2017 ANZ Premiership season

2017 ANZ Premiership season
League	ANZ Premiership
Sport	Netball
Duration	26 March – 28 June
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport
Champions	Southern Steel
Runners-up	Central Pulse
Minor premiers	Southern Steel
Adjacent seasons
2018 →

The 2017 ANZ Premiership season was the inaugural season of the ANZ Premiership, the premier domestic netball league in New Zealand. The new league was contested between six teams from around New Zealand, with a total of 47 matches to be played between March and June. The Southern Steel progressed through the season unbeaten, emerging as minor premiers and champions in 2017.^[1][2]

Format[]

The ANZ Premiership operated as a 14-week tournament with 47 matches during the first half of the calendar year. In 2017, the official pre-season was held at Te Wānanga o Raukawa Campus in Otaki, with all six teams competing in the tournament between 10–12 March.^[3]

The season began with a 13-week round-robin stage, followed by a two-game finals series. During the round-robin stage, each team plays every other team three times, accumulating competition points throughout the regular season. In the finals series, the 2nd and 3rd-ranked teams on the points table play off in the elimination final. The winner of this plays against the top-ranked team in the grand final.

Games throughout the season were held on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. Three Super Sunday events were held during the 2017 season, with all 3 games being played featuring all six teams back to back at one venue.^[4]

Teams[]

Team	City	Main venue	Heach coach	Captain(s)
Northern Mystics	Auckland	The Trusts Arena		Maria Tutaia, Anna Harrison
Northern Stars	Manukau	Vodafone Events Centre		Leana de Bruin
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Hamilton	Claudelands Arena	Margaret Forsyth	Casey Kopua
Central Pulse	Wellington	TSB Bank Arena	Yvette McCausland-Durie	Katrina Grant
Mainland Tactix	Christchurch	Horncastle Arena	*	Jess Moulds
Southern Steel	Invercargill	Stadium Southland	Reinga Bloxham	Wendy Frew

* Replaced on 24 April.

Regular season[]

Standings[]

2017 ANZ Premiership ladder v t
Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
1	Southern Steel	15	15	0	1062	812	250	130.79%	0	30
2	Central Pulse	15	9	6	783	756	27	103.57%	2	20
3	Northern Mystics	15	8	7	878	851	27	111.35%	3	19
4	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	7	8	873	848	25	102.95%	5	19
5	Northern Stars	15	4	11	738	868	-130	85.02%	1	9
6	Mainland Tactix	15	2	13	676	875	-199	77.26%	2	6
Last updated: 21 June 2017

Round 1[]

• Super Sunday round

Sun 26 March	Southern Steel	75–57	Northern Stars	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
2:00 pm	Fowler-Reid  52/54 (96%)  3/4 (75%) TP Selby-Rickit  20/24 (83%)	Report Stats	Rusivakula  8/10 (80%) Vaka  12/13 (92%) Wilson  37/40 (93%)

Sun 26 March	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	71–48	Mainland Tactix	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
4:00 pm	13/15 (87%) Potgieter  54/58 (93%) Rasmussen  4/5 (80%)	Report Stats	Corbin  27/39 (69%)  9/13 (69%) Thompson  12/14 (86%)

Sun 26 March	Northern Mystics	55–56	Central Pulse	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
6:00 pm	Mes  24/27 (89%) Tutaia  31/37 (84%)	Report Stats	Amaru-Tibble  7/10 (70%) Metuarau  16/19 (84%) Tuivaiti  33/34 (97%)

27 March	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	67–47	Northern Stars	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
7:40 pm	Falkner  15/19 (79%) Potgieter  50/52 (96%) Rasmussen  2/2 (100%)	Report Stats	Rusivakula  12/16 (75%) Vaka  12/18 (67%) Wilson  23/25 (92%)

Round 2[]

Sun 2 April	Mainland Tactix	37–48	Northern Stars	Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
2:00 pm	Corbin  11/16 (69%)  10/14 (71%) Thompson  16/26 (62%)	Report Stats	Rusivakula  18/22 (82%) Vaka  19/24 (79%) Wilson  11/14 (79%)

3 April	Northern Mystics	67–74	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
7:40 pm	Mes  39/43 (91%) Tutaia  28/39 (72%)	Report Stats	Fowler-Reid  60–69 TP Selby-Rickit  14/19 (74%)

5 April	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	52–50	Central Pulse	Energy Events Centre, Rotorua
7:40 pm	Falkner  13/17 (76%) Potgieter  39/46 (85%)	Report Stats	Amaru-Tibble  13/17 (76%) Metuarau  14/19 (74%) Tuivaiti  23/25 (92%)

Round 3[]

Sun 9 April	Central Pulse	48–37	Mainland Tactix	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
2:00 pm	Amaru-Tibble  11/14 (79%) Metuarau  13/18 (72%) Tuivaiti  24/27 (89%)	Report Stats	Corbin  7/15 (47%)  14/15 (93%) Thompson  16/18 (89%)

10 April	Southern Steel	72–59	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Stadium Southland, Invercargill
7:40 pm	Fowler-Reid  45/50 (90%)  7/9 (78%) TP Selby-Rickit  20/27 (74%)	Report Stats	Falkner  19/21 (90%) Potgieter  38/41 (93%) Rasmussen  2/4 (50%)

12 April	Northern Stars	44–58	Northern Mystics	Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau
7:40 pm	Rusivakula  15/22 (68%) Vaka  10/16 (63%) Wilson  19/21 (90%)	Report Stats	0/1 (0%) Mes  25/29 (86%) Tutaia  33/40 (83%)

Round 4[]

Sun 16 April	Northern Mystics	67–62	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
2:00 pm	Mes  30/33 (91%) Tutaia  37/44 (84%)	Report Stats	Falkner  16/23 (70%) Potgieter  46/50 (92%)

17 April	Northern Stars	44–53	Central Pulse	Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau
7:40 pm	Rusivakula  7/9 (78%) Vaka  3/5 (60%) Wilson  34/43 (79%)	Report Stats	Amaru-Tibble  4/6 (67%) Metuarau  18/22 (82%) Tuivaiti  31/34 (91%)

19 April	Mainland Tactix	41–90	Southern Steel	Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
7:40 pm	Corbin  6/10 (60%)  28/32 (88%) Thompson  7/8 (88%)	Report Stats	Fowler-Reid  70/75 (93%)  9/15 (60%) TP Selby-Rickit  11/13 (85%)

Round 5[]

Sun 23 April	Mainland Tactix	46–61	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
2:00 pm	Corbin  3/6 (50%)  37/44 (84%) Thompson  6/14 (43%)	Report Stats	Falkner  17/18 (94%)  6/8 (75%) Potgieter  38/41 (93%)

24 April	Central Pulse	47–43	Northern Mystics	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
7:40 pm	Metuarau  19/23 (83%) Tuivaiti  28/29 (97%)	Report Stats	Mes  27/36 (75%) Tutaia  16/26 (62%)

26 April	Northern Stars	51–73	Southern Steel	Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau
7:40 pm	Rusivakula  5/6 (83%) Vaka  8/16 (50%) Wilson  38/42 (90%)	Report Stats	Fowler-Reid  45/46 (98%)  8/15 (53%) TP Selby-Rickit  20/26 (77%)

Round 6[]

• Super Sunday round

Sun 30 April	Central Pulse	49–50	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Stadium Southland, Invercargill
2:00 pm	Metuarau  24/33 (73%) Tuivaiti  25/28 (89%)	Report Stats	Falkner  17/19 (89%)  33/38 (87%)

Sun 30 April	Southern Steel	66–46	Northern Mystics	Stadium Southland, Invercargill
4:00 pm	Fowler-Reid  50/59 (85%)  3/4 (75%) TP Selby-Rickit  13/19 (68%)	Report Stats	2/4 (50%) Mes  22/27 (81%) Tutaia  22/33 (67%)

Sun 30 April	Mainland Tactix	44–49	Northern Stars	Stadium Southland, Invercargill
6:00 pm	Corbin  26/35 (74%)  8/11 (73%) Thompson  10/12 (83%)	Report Stats	0/1 (0%) Vaka  17/22 (77%) Wilson  32/37 (86%)

1 May	Southern Steel	63–50	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland, Invercargill
7:40 pm	Fowler-Reid  49/54 (91%) TP Selby-Rickit  14/23 (61%)	Report Stats	Metuarau  24/31 (77%) Tuivaiti  26/26 (100%)

3 May	Northern Mystics	71–47	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
7:40 pm	6/6 (100%) Mes  45/51 (88%) Tutaia  20/23 (87%)	Report Stats	22/25 (88%) Corbin  4/6 (67%)  15/18 (83%) Thompson  6/8 (75%)

Round 7[]

Sun 07 May	Southern Steel	61—55	Mainland Tactix	, Dunedin, New Zealand
2:00 pm

Mon 08 May	Central Pulse	55—37	Northern Stars	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, New Zealand
7:40 pm

Wed 10 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	55—59	Northern Mystics	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton, New Zealand
7:00 pm

Round 8[]

Sun 14 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	61—65	Southern Steel	Energy Events Centre, Rotorua, New Zealand
2:00 pm

Sun 15 May	Mainland Tactix	38—52	Central Pulse	Horncastle Arena, Christchurch, New Zealand
7:40 pm

Wed 17 May	Northern Stars	59—53	Northern Mystics	, Auckland, New Zealand
7:40 pm

Round 9[]

Sun 21 May	Mainland Tactix	51—63	Northern Mystics	Trafalgar Centre, Nelson
2:00 pm

22 May	Northern Stars	55—50	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau
7:40 pm

24 May	Central Pulse	44—80	Southern Steel	Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua
7:40 pm

Round 10[]

Sun 28 May	Southern Steel	82—58	Northern Stars	Stadium Southland, Invercargill
2:00 pm

29 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	65 – 46	Mainland Tactix	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
7:40 pm

31 May	Northern Mystics	64 – 53	Central Pulse	North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
7:40 pm

Round 11[]

Sun 4 June	Northern Stars	43 – 46	Mainland Tactix	Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau
2:00 pm

5 June	Central Pulse	62 – 45	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
7:40 pm

7 June	Southern Steel	68 – 67	Northern Mystics	More FM Arena, Dunedin
7:40 pm

Round 12[]

• Super Sunday round

Sun 11 June	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	59 - 78	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
2:00 pm

Sun 11 June	Northern Mystics	60 – 54	Northern Stars	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
4:00 pm

Sun 11 June	Central Pulse	56 – 37	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
6:00 pm

12 June	Northern Mystics	59 – 58	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
7:40 pm

14 June	Mainland Tactix	46 – 51	Southern Steel	Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
6:00 pm

14 June	Central Pulse	57 – 47	Northern Stars	Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua
8:00 pm

Round 13[]

Sun 18 June	Northern Mystics	46-57	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
2:00 pm

19 June	Southern Steel	64-51	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland, Invercargill
7:40 pm

21 June	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	58-45	Northern Stars	ASB Baypark Stadium, Tauranga
7:40 pm

Finals[]

Elimination final[]

Sun 25 June 2:00 pm

Report

Central Pulse

59-52

Northern Mystics

TSB Bank Arena, Wellington

Sky Sport

Grand final[]

28 June 7:40 pm		Southern Steel	69–53	Central Pulse		Stadium Southland, Invercargill	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 17–10, 20–18, 14–15
		Fowler-Reid 56/60 (93%)		Latu 26/29 (90%)

References[]

External links[]

• ANZ Premiership website