The 2018 Central Pulse season saw the Central Pulse netball team compete in the 2018 ANZ Premiership and the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Grant and featuring Karin Burger, Aliyah Dunn, Ameliaranne Ekenasio, Sulu Fitzpatrick and Claire Kersten, Central Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers. However, in the grand final Southern Steel defeated Pulse 54–53. However, Pulse subsequently won the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament, defeating Mainland Tactix 61–56 in the final.
Players
Player movements + Gains and losses Gains Losses Aliyah Dunn (Southern Steel) Ameliaranne Ekenasio (maternity leave) Sulu Fitzpatrick (Northern Stars) Mila Reuelu-Buchanan (Central Zone) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Eseta Autagavaia Sara Bayman (UWS Sirens) Sheridan Bignall Jermaine Howard-Vallance (Central Zone) Phoenix Karaka (Northern Mystics) Cathrine Tuivaiti (Adelaide Thunderbirds)
2018 roster
Notes Four Central Zone players, Maddy Gordon, Paris Lokotui, Elle Temu and Saviour Tui were added to the squad for the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club.
Pre-season Pulse hosted the official ANZ Premiership pre-season tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki between 20 and 22 April.
ANZ Premiership regular season
Fixtures and results 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
Final standings
ANZ Premiership Finals Series
Grand final
Netball New Zealand Super Club
Group stage
Final ladder Group B 1 Central Pulse 3 2 0 1 196 118 166.1 1 7 2 NSWIS 3 3 0 0 178 149 119.5 0 9 3 Marama Vou 3 1 0 2 146 209 69.9 0 3 4 UWS Sirens 3 0 0 3 139 183 76.0 0 0
1st/4th Play offs Semi-finals
Final
National Netball League With a team featuring Maddy Gordon, Saviour Tui and Ainsleyana Puleiata, Pulse's reserve team, Central Zone won the 2018 National Netball League title after defeating Waikato Bay of Plenty 62–53 in the grand final.
Award winners
New Zealand Netball Awards Award WinnerANZ Premiership Player of the YearKatrina Grant
Team of the season Three Central Pulse players were named in Brendon Egan's Stuff Seven team of the season.
Position PlayerGS Aliyah Dunn WDKarin BurgerGDKatrina Grant
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