Thunderbirds secure home netball final Out of reach: (from left) Sharelle McMahon, Karyn Howarth, Sharni Layton and Bec Bulley. Photo: Centimetre Perfect Melbourne Vixens coach Simone McKinnis has questioned how much her players want to win the ANZ Championship after their major semi-final in Adelaide on Sunday. The Vixens lost 49-39 to the Adelaide Thunderbirds, who will host the grand final on July 14, while the Vixens will play Queensland Firebirds at the State Netball and Hockey Centre on Sunday at 12.15pm. Disney on Ice has booked out the Vixens' usual home court, Hisense Arena, from Thursday to Monday, forcing the club to the Parkville venue which fits just over 3000 people compared to about 9000 at Hisense Arena. In the major semi-final, the Vixens looked every chance of beating the minor premiers when the final term started with the visitors trailing by a goal. But the Thunderbirds lifted their performance and powered through the final quarter, causing errors from the Vixens and converting those mistakes into goals. Thunderbirds goal keeper Sharni Layton was instrumental in her side's excellent final term while captain Natalie von Bertouch was relentless in driving her side forward. Thunderbirds shooter Carla Borrego led her side shooting 33 out of 38 shots while Vixens' Karyn Howarth shot 29 of 35. McKinnis said she was disappointed with her players and questioned whether they had matched the unrelenting workrate of the Thunderbirds in the final term. "Generally it was a physical game," McKinnis said. We were with them up to the last term and then we dropped away from that, we didn't respond. They came out determined to take the game and we stepped back. McKinnis added that her side had not dropped away in the same fashion during any other match this season. "Not like that last quarter," she said. The Thunderbirds finished the game well and they wanted it, we have really got to want it and fight for it all the way, we didn't finish the game the way we should've. Vixens captain Bianca Chatfield agreed with McKinnis and said the side had to be more desperate in the preliminary final. "Thunderbirds are a very physical side and we knew we had to rise above it, not let them out play us like they did in the last quarter," Chatfield said. Meanwhile, Queensland Firebirds knocked reigning champions Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic out of the finals with a 53-50 win in New Zealand on Sunday night. The Firebirds led through the second half, with their defence keeping the ball from Magic superstar Irene van Dyk who scored 27 of 28 shots, while Firebird Romelda Aitken had 40 of 46 shots.