The 2019 Suncorp Super Netball season was the third season of the premier netball league in Australia. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 15 September 2019, however it was suspended for most of the month of July due to the Netball World Cup, which was played in Liverpool.
The New South Wales Swifts won the premiership, defeating two-time defending premiers Sunshine Coast Lightning by 17 goals in the Grand Final at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
Overview Teams Team Leaders Coach Home Courts Ref. Adelaide Thunderbirds Chelsea Pitman &Layla Guscoth Tania Obst Priceline StadiumAdelaide Entertainment CentreTerritory Netball Stadium Collingwood Magpies Madison Browne &Geva Mentor Rob Wright Melbourne ArenaBendigo StadiumSilverdome Giants Netball Kimberlee Green Julie Fitzgerald Qudos Bank ArenaQuayCentreAIS Arena Melbourne Vixens Kate Moloney Simone McKinnis Melbourne ArenaMargaret Court Arena New South Wales Swifts Maddy Proud Briony Akle Qudos Bank ArenaQuayCentre Queensland Firebirds Gabi Simpson Roselee Jencke Queensland State Netball Centre Sunshine Coast Lightning Laura Langman Noeline Taurua University of Sunshine Coast StadiumBrisbane Entertainment Centre West Coast Fever Courtney Bruce Stacey Marinkovich RAC Arena
Format The season is played over fourteen rounds, allowing every team to play each other twice, once at home and once away. The top four teams on the ladder at the conclusion of the regular season qualify for the finals series. In the first week of the finals series, the 1st ranked team hosts the 2nd ranked team in the major semi-final (with the winner of that match to qualify for the Grand Final) and the 3rd ranked team hosts the 4th ranked team in the minor semi-final (with the loser of that match eliminated). The loser of the major semi-final then hosts the winner of the minor semi-final in the preliminary final. The winner of the major semi-final then hosts the winner of the preliminary final in the Grand Final.
Player transfers At the start of Super Netball in 2017, all players were contracted for a maximum of two years in line with the initial collective bargaining agreement negotiated by the players' association. Clubs were free to re-sign existing players in the last few weeks of the 2018 season, before the transfer window opened for unimpeded acquisitions at the end of the season. Clubs were given until 25 September 2018 to finalise their rosters for the 2019 season.
Arrivals The following table is a list of players who moved clubs/leagues into Super Netball, or were elevated into a permanent position in the senior team, during the off-season. It does not include players who were re-signed by their original Super Netball clubs. +NameMoving fromMoving toRef Shamera Sterling Loughborough Lightning Adelaide Thunderbirds Tippah Dwan Queensland Firebirds (training partner) Queensland Firebirds Teigan O'Shannassy Giants Netball (training partner) Giants Netball Shimona Nelson Adelaide Thunderbirds Collingwood Magpies Laura LangmanUnattached Sunshine Coast Lightning Natalie Haythornthwaite Wasps Netball New South Wales Swifts Caitlin Bassett Sunshine Coast Lightning Giants Netball Alice Teague-Neeld Collingwood Magpies West Coast Fever Olivia Lewis West Coast Fever (training partner) West Coast Fever Caitlin Thwaites Collingwood Magpies Melbourne Vixens Kelsey Browne Sunshine Coast Lightning Collingwood Magpies Lauren Moore New South Wales Swifts (training partner) New South Wales Swifts Peace Proscovia Loughborough Lightning Sunshine Coast Lightning Geva Mentor Sunshine Coast Lightning Collingwood Magpies Ine-Marí Venter Gauteng Jaguars Melbourne Vixens Tayla Honey Melbourne Vixens (training partner) Melbourne Vixens Cody Lange Collingwood Magpies (training partner) Adelaide Thunderbirds Kelly AltmannUnattached Adelaide Thunderbirds Amy Parmenter Giants Netball (training partner) Giants Netball Annika Lee-Jones West Coast Fever Sunshine Coast Lightning Gabrielle SinclairUnattached Collingwood Magpies Beth Cobden Loughborough Lightning Adelaide Thunderbirds Nat Medhurst West Coast Fever Collingwood Magpies Layla Guscoth Team Bath Adelaide Thunderbirds Maria Folau Northern Mystics Adelaide Thunderbirds Matilda McDonellUnattached Giants Netball Phumza Maweni Severn Stars Sunshine Coast Lightning
Departures The following table is a list of players who left Super Netball clubs at the end of the previous season and joined a foreign club. It does not include players who retired from Super Netball at the end of the previous season. +NameSuper Netball team (2018)New team (2019)Ref Serena GuthrieGiants Netball Team Bath Leana de BruinAdelaide Thunderbirds Northern Stars Charlee HodgesAdelaide Thunderbirds Northern Stars Kristina BriceGiants Netball Northern Mystics Erena MikaereSunshine Coast Lightning Northern Mystics Abigail Latu-MeafouAdelaide Thunderbirds Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Cat TuivaitiAdelaide Thunderbirds UWS Sirens Gia AbernethyAdelaide Thunderbirds UWS Sirens Bongiwe MsomiAdelaide Thunderbirds Wasps Netball
Pre-season tournament The league introduced a pre-season tournament for the first time, known as the #TeamGirls Cup. The tournament took place between 8 and 10 March at the newly constructed Queensland State Netball Centre.
The eight Super Netball teams were split into two groups of four and played each of their group opponents once, before playing an inter-group match to determine places from first to eighth. All matches were live-streamed on the Netball Live App and Telstra TV, with the final match between the two top teams broadcast on the Nine Network. The tournament was won by the Collingwood Magpies, who defeated local rivals the Melbourne Vixens by six goals in the final.
Pool A Fixtures
Pool B Fixtures
Finals
PlaceTeam Collingwood Magpies Melbourne Vixens Sunshine Coast Lightning4 Giants Netball5 New South Wales Swifts6 Queensland Firebirds=7 Adelaide Thunderbirds=7 West Coast Fever
Regular season Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Ladder
Finals series Major semi-final
Minor semi-final
The Vixens were required to shift their home final to the SNHC due to their usual venues (Melbourne Arena and Margaret Court Arena) being unavailable.
Preliminary final
Grand Final
Grand Final MVP Winner: Samantha Wallace (New South Wales Swifts)
Nissan Net Points Team of the Week Round GSGAWACWDGDGK Round 1 J.Fowler (WCF) J.Harten (GIA) P.Hadley (NSW) M.Proud (NSW) J.Anstiss (WCF) K.Pretorius (SCL) S.Sterling (ADE) Round 2 J. Fowler (WCF) S.Wood (SCL) L.Scherian (SCL) K.Moloney (VIX) A.Brazill (MAG) K.Pretorius (SCL) E.Mannix (VIX) Round 3 S.Wallace (NSW) H.Housby (NSW) I.Colyer (WCF) P.Hadley (NSW) R.Ingles (VIX) K.Pretorius (SCL) S.Sterling (ADE) Round 4 S.Nelson (MAG) K.Stanton (WCF) L.Watson (VIX) P.Hadley (NSW) A.Brazill (MAG) K.Pretorius (SCL) S.Sterling (ADE) Round 5P.Proscovia (SCL) N.Medhurst (MAG) M.Proud (NSW) L.Langman (SCL) G.Simpson (FIR) K.Pretorius (SCL) S.Sterling (ADE) Round 6 J.Fowler (WCF) H.Housby (NSW) C.Nevins (FIR) J.Price (GIA) A.Parmenter (GIA) T.Hinchliffe (FIR) C.Bruce (WCF) Round 7J.Fowler (WCF) H.Housby (NSW) M.Proud (NSW) P.Hadley (NSW) R.Ingles (VIX) K.Pretorius (SCL) G.Mentor (MAG) Round 8P.Proscovia (SCL) H.Housby (NSW) C.Pitman (ADE) J.Price (GIA) A.Brazill (MAG) K.Pretorius (SCL) P.Maweni (SCL) Round 9P.Proscovia (SCL) N.Medhurst (MAG) L.Watson (VIX) K.Moloney (VIX) A.Parmenter (GIA) M.Turner (NSW) S.Sterling (ADE) Round 10C.Koenan (SCL) S.Wood (SCL) K.Browne (MAG) J.Price (GIA) A.Brazill (MAG) K.Manu'a (GIA) S.Sterling (ADE) Round 11C.Bassett (GIA) G.Tippett (FIR) L.Watson (VIX) K.Moloney (VIX) A.Brazill (MAG) K.Pretorius (SCL) S.Sterling (ADE) Round 12S.Wallace (NSW) N.Medhurst (MAG) L.Scherian (SCL) A.Brazill (MAG) G.Simpson (FIR) K.Pretorius (SCL) S.Sterling (ADE) Round 13J. Fowler (WCF) G.Tippett (FIR) C.Nevins (FIR) A.Brazill (MAG) A.Parmenter (GIA) K.Pretorius (SCL) S.Sterling (ADE) Round 14C.Bassett (GIA) G.Tippett (FIR) C.Nevins (FIR) J.Price (GIA) J.Anstiss (WCF) K.Pretorius (SCL) S.Sterling (ADE)
Awards The Player of the Year Award was won by Jhaniele Fowler of the West Coast Fever, who claimed the award for the second consecutive year. The Grand Final MVP Award was won by Samantha Wallace of the New South Wales Swifts, who scored 40 goals from 44 attempts in the Grand Final. The Rising Star Award was won by Amy Parmenter of Giants Netball. The Joyce Brown Coach of the Year award was won by Briony Akle, coach of the premiership team the New South Wales Swifts. The Leading Goalscorer Award was won by Jhaniele Fowler of the West Coast Fever, who scored 709 goals in the regular season. The following players were named in the Super Netball Team of the Year:
Defenders Goal Keeper: Emily Mannix(Melbourne Vixens) Goal Defence: Karla Pretorius(Sunshine Coast Lightning)
Midcourters Wing Defence: Renae Ingles(Melbourne Vixens) Centre: Kate Moloney(Melbourne Vixens) Wing Attack: Liz Watson(Melbourne Vixens)
Attackers Goal Attack: Gretel Tippett(Queensland Firebirds) Goal Shooter: Jhaniele Fowler(West Coast Fever)
Reserves Attack Reserve: Samantha Wallace(New South Wales Swifts) Micourt Reserve: Ashleigh Brazill(Collingwood Magpies) Defence Reserve: Shamera Sterling(Adelaide Thunderbirds)
References
External links
Season results