The trans-Tasman final will be an all-Australian affair for the fourth season in a row.The Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic had been the last New Zealand team standing, but lost 64-45 to the NSW Swifts on Monday night in Hamilton.They never really came close to earning themselves a chance at a second title, as the Swifts ground their dreams into dust, slowly at first, then emphatically as the game wore on.The result means they will still go down in history as the only NZ team to have won the league, having beaten the Melbourne Vixens in the 2012 decider.The Magic's loss was the first time this season they had been beaten when able to field a first-choice starting seven, indicative of the gap between Australian teams and NZ teams that has persisted throughout the league's nine-year existence.Returning to her home town, it was Swifts centre - and former Magic player - Laura Langman who got things under way, ushering in a first quarter that was a real slugfest, with neither team giving an inch on defence, nor allowing their opponents an inch of space.A couple of Magic errors allowed the visitors to open up a slender three-goal lead with five minutes to go in the first spell, and it remained two as the first buzzer sounded, Caitlin Thwaites sinking a rushed shot as the clock ran down.The Swifts opened up a seven-goal lead by the midpoint of the second quarter, and it became nine at halftime, Jo Harten's long-range shot at the buzzer bouncing out, in what was perhaps an omen when contrasted with Thwaites'.The battle of the game - and there were several to choose from - was between Harten and Swifts goalkeep Sharni Layton - who was making her 100th appearance in the league.  
They each had moments where they got the better of the other, but ultimately Layton had more of them, and just by making it a real contest, she had done half the job.The game became bogged down as the third quarter started, with goals hard to come by, which was worse for the Magic, who couldn't make the inroads they needed. The Swifts' lead grew to 12, which led to Magic coach Julie Fitzgerald breaking the emergency glass and moving Grace Rasmussen to goal attack - a switch that led to Rasmussen netting her first Magic goals, but little more.The margin was 18 at the end of the third quarter, then 19 as the final whistle blew.And so somewhat fittingly for a league in which Australian teams have always dominated, the last grand final will be contested by two of them. A rematch of last season's - which the Queensland Firebirds won by one - it will take place next Sunday afternoon in Brisbane.NSW Swifts 64 (Thwaites 43/46, Pettitt 15/19, Wood 6/8) def Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic 45 (Harten 38/42, Halpenny 5/9, Rasmussen 2/2).