Suncorp Super Netball

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Suncorp Super Netball
Upcoming season or competition:
Current sports event 2022 Suncorp Super Netball season
Suncorp-super-netball-logo.png
SportNetball
Founded2016
Inaugural season2017
Owner(s)Netball Australia
No. of teams8
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)
New South Wales Swifts (2nd title)
Most titlesNew South Wales Swifts
Sunshine Coast Lightning
(2 titles each)
TV partner(s)Foxtel
Kayo Sports
Sponsor(s)Suncorp Group
Level on pyramid1
Related
competitions
Australian Netball League
Official websitehttp://supernetball.com.au/

Suncorp Super Netball is the top level netball league featuring teams from Australia. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top level netball league in Australia. Since 2019, the league has been governed, on behalf of Netball Australia, by an independent commission. Its main sponsor is Suncorp Group. In 2017, Sunshine Coast Lightning were the inaugural Suncorp Super Netball winners.

History[]

Formation[]

In May 2016, Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand announced that the ANZ Championship would be discontinued after the 2016 season. In Australia it was replaced by Suncorp Super Netball and in New Zealand it was replaced by the ANZ Premiership. The founding members of Suncorp Super Netball included the five former Australian ANZ Championship teams – Adelaide Thunderbirds, Melbourne Vixens, New South Wales Swifts, Queensland Firebirds and West Coast Fever – plus three brand new franchises; Collingwood Magpies, Giants Netball and Sunshine Coast Lightning.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Inaugural Champions[]

With a team coached by Noeline Taurua, captained by Geva Mentor and also featuring Caitlin Bassett, Karla Pretorius and Stephanie Wood, Sunshine Coast Lightning finished the 2017 season as inaugural champions after defeating Giants Netball 65–48 in the grand final. In 2018 they retained the title after defeating West Coast Fever 62–59 in the grand final.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Recent Champions[]

2019

In 2019, Briony Akle guided New South Wales Swifts to their first Suncorp Super Netball title. Despite losing their new captain, Maddy Proud, to injury early in the season, Swifts finished the regular season in second place. In the major semi-final, they lost to Sunshine Coast Lightning. However, they then defeated Melbourne Vixens in the preliminary final. In the grand final they faced Lightning again but this time defeated them 64–47 to emerge as champions.[14][15][16][17][18][19]

2020

In 2020, with a team coached again by Simone McKinnis and co-captained by Kate Moloney and Liz Watson , Melbourne Vixens finished the season as both minor premiers and overall champions.[20][21] In the Grand Final they defeated West Coast Fever 66–64.[22][23][24]

2021

In 2021 with a team coached by Briony Akle and co-captained by Maddy Proud and Paige Hadley, New South Wales Swifts won their second Suncorp Super Netball title. In the grand final they defeated Giants Netball 63–59.[25][26][27][28][29][30][31]

Teams[]

Team Main home venue Home city State/Territory
ANZ Thunderbirds.svg Adelaide Thunderbirds[32] Netball SA Stadium Adelaide South Australia
SSN Magpies.png Collingwood Magpies[33] John Cain Arena Melbourne Victoria
SSN Giants.png Giants Netball[34] Ken Rosewall Arena Sydney New South Wales
ANZ Vixens.svg Melbourne Vixens[35] John Cain Arena Melbourne Victoria
ANZ Swifts.svg New South Wales Swifts[36] Ken Rosewall Arena Sydney New South Wales
ANZ Firebirds.svg Queensland Firebirds[37] Nissan Arena Brisbane Queensland
SSN Lightning.png Sunshine Coast Lightning[38] USC Stadium Sunshine Coast Queensland
ANZ Fever.svg West Coast Fever[39] RAC Arena Perth Western Australia

Grand Finals[]

Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue Attendance
2017[8][9][10] Sunshine Coast Lightning 65–48 Giants Netball Brisbane Entertainment Centre 8,999
2018[11][12][13][40] Sunshine Coast Lightning 62–59 West Coast Fever Perth Arena 13,722
2019[18][19] New South Wales Swifts 64–47 Sunshine Coast Lightning Brisbane Entertainment Centre
2020[22][23][24] Melbourne Vixens 66–64 West Coast Fever Nissan Arena 2,061
2021[26][27][28][29][30] New South Wales Swifts 63–59 Giants Netball Nissan Arena 3,650

Minor premierships[]

Season Winners
2017[41] Melbourne Vixens
2018[42][43] Giants Netball
2019[44][45] Sunshine Coast Lightning
2020[20][21] Melbourne Vixens
2021[46][47] Giants Netball

Premiership winning coaches[]

Season Head coaches Team
2017[10] New Zealand Noeline Taurua Sunshine Coast Lightning
2018[48] New Zealand Noeline Taurua Sunshine Coast Lightning
2019[14][15] Australia Briony Akle New South Wales Swifts
2020[20][49] Australia Simone McKinnis Melbourne Vixens
2021[26][29] Australia Briony Akle New South Wales Swifts

Premiership winning captains[]

Season Captains Team
2017[10][50] England Geva Mentor Sunshine Coast Lightning
2018[11] England Geva Mentor Sunshine Coast Lightning
2019[14][15] Australia Maddy Proud New South Wales Swifts
2020[20] Australia Kate Moloney
Australia Liz Watson
Melbourne Vixens
2021[26][31] Australia Maddy Proud
Australia Paige Hadley
New South Wales Swifts

Broadcasting[]

Seasons Live broadcasters
20172021[51] Nine Network
Telstra
2022– [52] Foxtel
Kayo Sports

Commission[]

In January 2019, Netball Australia announced it would form an independent commission to become the governing body of Suncorp Super Netball.[53] In April 2019 they named five commissioners which included Marne Fechner, Netball Australia's CEO. Two more commissioners were appointed in May and August 2019.[54][55][56]

Sponsorship[]

In October 2016, Suncorp Group was announced as Netball Australia's principal partner from 2017 to 2021. The agreement included naming rights to the new league.[7][57][58][59] In August 2021 this agreement was renewed for another five years.[60] Other sponsorship partners include the Australian Institute of Sport, Nissan Australia, Origin Energy, HCF, ASICS, Cadbury and Gilbert Netball.[61]

Awards[]

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