Cathrine Latu last night gave a glimpse of what the post-Irene van Dyk era will look like for the Silver Ferns - and it's not all bad.

No athlete should claim to be bigger than the game, but last night Irene van Dyk was.

Cathrine Latu made her long-anticipated Silver Ferns debut at her home stadium in Waitakere - the same court on which she played her last game for Samoa.