Melbourne Mavericks is an Australian professional netball team who have competed in Super Netball since the 2024 season. The club is operated by the Sports Entertainment Group (SEG) and is based at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Albert Park, Victoria.
The Mavericks hold the SSN licence made vacant by the Collingwood Magpies, who folded and withdrew from the league at the conclusion of the 2023 season.
History Following the demise of the Collingwood Magpies, speculation circled as to who would be awarded the eighth licence for the 2024 Super Netball season and beyond. Submissions for the new licence closed on 20 June 2023, with as many as six initial bids being whittled down to two by the closing date, according to media reports.
On 21 July 2023, the league announced that the Sports Entertainment Group (SEG), led by chief executive Craig Hutchison, was awarded the licence for a team to be based in south-east Melbourne. As part of the licensing agreement, Netball Australia will operate the team for the rest of 2023 before transitioning to SEG for 2024 and beyond. ABC News reported that the SEG bid was preferred by broadcasters Fox Netball over the alternate bid put forward by Netball Victoria, which suggested a regional team 'floating' between Geelong, Bendigo or Ballarat.
On 2 August 2023, decorated English netball coach Tracey Neville was announced as the inaugural head coach of the then-unnamed Mavericks.
The identity of the Mavericks was officially announced by netball operations general manager Shae Bolton-Brown on 20 September 2023, with the club's name, logo and primary colours—sky blue, 'pacific cyan' and sapphire—revealed after months of speculation.In their debut season, Neville guided Mavericks to a fifth place finish, just missing out on the finals on goal average. This was despite Lauren Moore and Sasha Glasgow suffering season ending injuries before round one.
The club reached its first finals campaign in 2026, after finishing fourth in Gerard Murphy's first season as coach. The Mavericks lost in the elimination final 56-52 to West Coast Fever in Perth.
+Regular season statistics Season Position Won Drawn Lost5th6087th40104th905
Location and home venues The Mavericks play all of their Melbourne-based home games at John Cain Arena in Melbourne Park. The Mavericks played one home game each season in 2024 and 2025 at the Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart, Tasmania. In the 2026 season, the Hobart game was replaced by a home game at RedEnergy Arena in Bendigo.
The team was initially announced as being representative of 'south-east Melbourne' without a specific location named. In October 2023, SEG confirmed that the club's administration and training base would be located at the Waverley Netball Centre in Glen Waverley, Victoria. Preceding the 2026 season, the club relocated the administration and training base to the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Albert Park.
Notable players 2026 squad
Internationals
Tara Hinchliffe Amy Parmenter Jamie Lee-Price
Eleanor Cardwell Sasha Glasgow
Shimona Nelson
Rolene Streutker
Uneeq Palavi
Captains CaptainYearsAmy Parmenter2024–present
Club Award winners Club Champion +SeasonWinnerRunner-upThird place2024Shimona JokKim JennerAmy Parmenter2025Molly JovicAmy ParmenterShimona Jok2026Jamie-Lee PriceJessie GrenvoldAmy Parmenter Wing Woman of the Year (Players' Player) SeasonPlayer2025Molly Jovic2026Jessie Grenvold Coaches' Award SeasonPlayer2024Amy Parmenter2025Tayla Fraser2026Reilley Batcheldor
Head coaches CoachYearsTracey Neville2024–2025Gerard Murphy2026–present
Melbourne Mavericks Reserves
The reserve team of the Melbourne Mavericks is known as the Melbourne Mavericks Reserves. This team currently plays in the Super Netball Reserves competition, which began in 2024, after rebranding from the Australian Netball Championships and prior to that, the Australian Netball League.
References
External links Official website Instagram TikTok