SEVERN Stars head coach Sam Bird says her team want to prove they can perform on the road as the players prepare to visit Team Bath on Friday (7.30pm).

Stars look to follow up last weekend's victory over Celtic Dragons from their first home game of the season.

Despite some close away results in the first two rounds of the Vitality Netball Superleague, Stars are still chasing first points of the season on their travels.

“The win last week was well deserved for the squad but we do want to show we can perform away from home as well,” said Bird. 

“We have had a good hard week at training and the connections between the players are improving each week.”

Bird is anticipating a significant challenge at Team Bath Arena against last year’s fourth-placed team who have two wins under their belts this season but lost on Monday to Surrey Storm.

“We are looking forward to playing Bath,” she said.

“They had a surprise loss to Surrey Storm on Monday night so they will be looking to rectify those errors against us.”

Stars were inspired to victory by captain Maryka Holtzhausen’s return from international duty when they took on Welsh side Dragons. 

Extending their lead in every quarter of the match, the team finished the tie 57-40 winners.

“It was great to get a home win but there is still more to improve on,” said Bird. 

“The table shows that everyone has now won a match and that there are no easy games in the Superleague this year.

"I was pleased with the starting seven but also the changes that we made worked well.

"In our third season I think we finally have a strong bench with which to make tactical changes.”