2022 Netball Superleague season

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2022 Netball Superleague season
LeagueNetball Superleague
SportNetball
Number of teams11
2022 Netball Superleague season
Seasons
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The 2022 Netball Superleague season is the ongoing seventeenth season of the Netball Superleague, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. Loughborough Lightning are the defending champions, as they won the 2021 season.[1] The season began on 5 February, and will end with the Grand Final on 5 June.

Overview[]

Format[]

The fixture list for the 2022 Netball Superleague season was announced on 3 November 2021.[2] The season is scheduled to begin on 5 February and the Grand Final is scheduled for 5 June.[3] The first fixtures will be the "Season Opener" double-header weekend at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on 5 and 6 February,[3] and the Rounds 13 and 14 fixtures will also be all held at one venue.[2]

In the league section, each team will play every other team at home and away in the traditional format. In the 2021 season, all matches had been played at Studio 001 in Wakefield or the Copper Box Arena in London due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Fans are expected to be allowed at all matches;[3] in the 2021 season, matches were held behind closed doors until round 17, and matches from then onwards were limited to 1,000 spectators.[5]

Teams[]

Team Base
CelticDragonsColours.png Celtic Dragons Cardiff, Wales
RhinosNetballColours.png Leeds Rhinos Leeds, West Yorkshire
LondonPulseColours.png London Pulse Stratford, Greater London
LoughboroughLightningColours.png Loughborough Lightning Loughborough, Leicestershire
ManchesterThunder.png Manchester Thunder Manchester, Greater Manchester
HertfordshireMavericksColours.png Saracens Mavericks Hatfield, Hertfordshire
SevernStarsColours.png Severn Stars Worcester, Worcestershire
SirensNetballColours.png Strathclyde Sirens Glasgow, Scotland
SurreyStormColours.png Surrey Storm Guildford, Surrey
TeamBathColours.png Team Bath Bath, Somerset
WaspsNetballColours.png Wasps Coventry, West Midlands

Source:[6]

Squads[]

Each team can have a squad of 15 players, 12 of whom are registered players, and three training partners.[7][8] Of the 12 registered players, 10 of them are covered by the sport's salary cap.[7] A team's matchday squad can contain 12 players. Each team are permitted to sign two non-EU players and these players were not allowed to play in the same third of the court simultaneously.[7] The player signing window ran from 15 September to 15 October 2021.[7]

Celtic Dragons signed South African Lefébre Rademan from London Pulse, from Loughborough Lightning,[9] as well as and Nia Jones from Severn Stars, and both and , who were unattached players.[10] Leeds Rhinos signed from Celtic Dragons,[11] from Manchester Thunder and Sigi Burger from London Pulse.[10] London Pulse signed from Loughborough Lightning, and from Manchester Thunder and both Tayla Honey and from Australian Suncorp Super Netball side Melbourne Vixens.[12] Loughborough Lightning signed England international player Fran Williams from Wasps,[13] and South African Zanele Vimbela, who missed the 2021 season through injury.[14]

Manchester Thunder signed international players Natalie Haythornthwaite, Shadine van der Merwe[15] and .[10] Malawian Joyce Mvula resigned for the club on a two-year contract.[15] Saracens Mavericks signed from Surrey Storm.[10] Severn Stars signed Cat Tuivaiti from Strathclyde Sirens, from Wasps, Michelle Drayne from London Pulse and from Team Bath.[10] Strathclyde Sirens signed from Celtic Dragons.[10] Surrey Storm signed Ugandan captain Peace Proscovia from Australian club side Sunshine Coast Lightning.[16] Felistus Kwangwa, the first Zimbabwean to play in the Netball Superleague, resigned for Storm.[17] Team Bath signed from Wasps, and Wasps signed and from Loughborough Lightning,[18] as well as from Celtic Dragons.[10]


Table[]

2022 Netball Superleague table[19]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester Thunder 9 9 0 0 603 479 +124 27 Qualifying for the Finals series
2 Loughborough Lightning 8 8 0 0 510 391 +119 24
3 London Pulse 9 6 0 3 471 408 +63 18
4 Saracens Mavericks 8 5 0 3 489 489 0 15
5 Team Bath 8 4 0 4 481 461 +20 12
6 Leeds Rhinos 7 4 0 3 393 432 −39 12
7 Surrey Storm 8 3 0 5 520 538 −18 9
8 Wasps 9 3 0 6 510 531 −21 9
9 Strathclyde Sirens 9 3 0 6 434 469 −35 9
10 Severn Stars 9 1 0 8 425 526 −101 3
11 Celtic Dragons 9 1 0 8 412 524 −112 3


League stage[]

Source:[20]

Rounds 1 & 2[]

The match between Leeds Rhinos and Loughborough Lightning was postponed, as Leeds Rhinos did not have 10 available players, due to injuries and COVID-19 cases.[21]

5 February Loughborough Lightning 61–50 London Pulse Resorts World Arena  
12:00
5 February Team Bath 54–40 Strathclyde Sirens Resorts World Arena  
13:45
5 February Manchester Thunder 79–53 Celtic Dragons Resorts World Arena  
15:30
5 February Wasps 49–58 Saracens Mavericks Resorts World Arena  
17:15
5 February Surrey Storm 56–47 Severn Stars Resorts World Arena  
19:00
6 February Leeds Rhinos Postponed Loughborough Lightning Resorts World Arena  
11:00
6 February Wasps 44–50 Strathclyde Sirens Resorts World Arena  
12:45
6 February London Pulse 52–48 Team Bath Resorts World Arena  
14:30
6 February Celtic Dragons 54–61 Saracens Mavericks Resorts World Arena  
16:15
6 February Severn Stars 45–70 Manchester Thunder Resorts World Arena  
18:00

Round 3[]

11 February Saracens Mavericks 53–51 London Pulse Hertfordshire Sports Village  
19:00
11 February Strathclyde Sirens 43–45 Leeds Rhinos Emirates Arena  
19:30
12 February Manchester Thunder 76–68 Surrey Storm Belle Vue  
17:00
12 February Loughborough Lightning 65–37 Celtic Dragons Sir David Wallace Arena  
18:00
12 February Wasps 54–45 Severn Stars Coventry Building Society Arena  
19:00
14 February Leeds Rhinos 47–67 Team Bath English Institute of Sport, Sheffield  
17:30

Round 4[]

18 February Team Bath 58–62 Surrey Storm Team Bath Arena  
19:30
19 February Celtic Dragons 52–57 Leeds Rhinos Sport Wales National Centre  
16:00
20 February Severn Stars 52–62 Saracens Mavericks University of Worcester Arena  
15:00
21 February Strathclyde Sirens 60–71 Manchester Thunder Emirates Arena  
17:30
21 February London Pulse 52–35 Wasps Copper Box Arena  
19:00
21 February Surrey Storm 56–72 Loughborough Lightning Surrey Sports Park  
19:30


Round 5[]

25 February Strathclyde Sirens 48–61 Loughborough Lightning Emirates Arena  
19:30
26 February London Pulse 50–37 Celtic Dragons Copper Box Arena  
14:00
26 February Saracens Mavericks 56–59 Manchester Thunder Hertfordshire Sports Village  
16:00
26 February Severn Stars 45–48 Team Bath University of Gloucestershire Arena  
18:00
26 February Surrey Storm 59–49 Leeds Rhinos Surrey Sports Park  
18:00
28 February Manchester Thunder 71–51 Wasps Belle Vue  
17:30

Round 6[]

4 March Team Bath 53–57 Manchester Thunder Team Bath Arena  
19:30
5 March London Pulse 64–35 Severn Stars Copper Box Arena  
14:00
5 March Strathclyde Sirens 59–57 Surrey Storm Emirates Arena  
14:00
5 March Loughborough Lightning 71–47 Saracens Mavericks Sir David Wallace Arena  
19:00
6 March Leeds Rhinos 44–43 Wasps First Direct Arena  
16:00
7 March Severn Stars 42–58 Celtic Dragons University of Worcester Arena  
17:30

Round 7[]

11 March Severn Stars 49–53 Leeds Rhinos University of Worcester Arena  
19:00
11 March Wasps 60–37 Celtic Dragons Coventry Building Society Arena  
19:30
12 March London Pulse 56–50 Surrey Storm Copper Box Arena  
14:00
12 March Saracens Mavericks 48–45 Strathclyde Sirens Sir David Wallace Arena  
15:00
12 March Manchester Thunder 69–45 Leeds Rhinos Manchester Arena  
17:30

Round 8[]

13 March Surrey Storm 55–53 Saracens Mavericks Surrey Sports Park  
13 March Team Bath 59–43 Celtic Dragons Team Bath Arena  
13 March Loughborough Lightning 57–53 Wasps Sir David Wallace Arena  
14 March Team Bath 44–53 Loughborough Lightning Team Bath Arena  
17:30
14 March London Pulse 48–38 Strathclyde Sirens Copper Box Arena  
19:00

Round 9[]

18 March Strathclyde Sirens 51–41 Celtic Dragons Emirates Arena  
19:30
19 March Saracens Mavericks 51–53 Leeds Rhinos Hertfordshire Sports Village  
16:00
19 March Manchester Thunder 51–48 London Pulse Belle Vue  
17:00
19 March Severn Stars 56–70 Loughborough Lightning University of Gloucestershire Arena  
18:00
19 March Wasps 62–70 Team Bath Coventry Building Society Arena  
19:00
21 March Surrey Storm 67–59 Wasps Surrey Sports Park  
17:30

Round 10[]

25 March Team Bath v Saracens Mavericks Team Bath Arena  
19:30
25 March Strathclyde Sirens v Severn Stars Emirates Arena  
19:30
26 March Leeds Rhinos v London Pulse EIS Sheffield  
15:00
28 March Loughborough Lightning v Manchester Thunder Sir David Wallace Arena  
17:30
28 March Celtic Dragons v Surrey Storm Sport Wales National Centre  
19:00

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