2017 Suncorp Super Netball season

Sports season

2017 Suncorp Super Netball season
League	Suncorp Super Netball
Sport	Netball
Duration	18 February – 17 June 2017
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Nine Network
Regular season
Minor premiers	Melbourne Vixens
Season MVP	Geva Mentor
Top scorer	Caitlin Thwaites (COL: 594 goals)
Finals
Champions	Sunshine Coast Lightning
Runners-up	Giants Netball
Seasons
2018 →

The 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season was the inaugural season of the premier netball league in Australia, following the disbanding of the ANZ Championship in 2016. The regular season began on 18 February 2017 and concluded with the Grand Final on 17 June 2017.

Expansion team Sunshine Coast Lightning won the Grand Final, comfortably defeating Giants Netball at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

Overview

The season was played over 14 rounds, allowing every team to play each other twice, once at home and once away. The top 4 teams on the standings at the conclusion of the regular season qualified for the finals series. In the first week of the finals series, the 1st ranked team hosted the 2nd ranked team in the major semi-final (with the winner of that match to qualify for the Grand Final) and the 3rd ranked team hosted the 4th ranked team in the minor semi-final (with the loser of that match eliminated). The loser of the major semi-final then hosted the winner of the minor semi-final in the preliminary final. The winner of the major semi-final then hosted the winner of the preliminary final in the Grand Final. YES

Standings

#	Suncorp Super Netball Ladder
#	Team	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	PTS
1	Melbourne Vixens	11	1	2	874	774	118	23
2	Sunshine Coast Lightning	11	1	2	808	726	111	23
3	Giants Netball	10	0	4	773	728	106	20
4	Collingwood Magpies	9	0	5	770	730	106	18

5	Queensland Firebirds	7	1	6	778	756	103	15
6	New South Wales Swifts	3	1	10	726	792	92	7
7	West Coast Fever	2	0	12	670	779	86	4
8	Adelaide Thunderbirds	1	0	13	648	792	82	2

Regular season

All times are local; a full list of season results and match statistics can be found here

Round 1

18 Feb	Giants Netball	58–53	New South Wales Swifts	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
5:00 pm				Attendance: TBA

18 Feb	Melbourne Vixens	58–55	Collingwood Magpies	Hisense Arena
7:00 pm				Attendance: 8,074

18 Feb	Queensland Firebirds	56–56	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
7:45 pm				Attendance: 5,973

19 Feb	Adelaide Thunderbirds	56–51	West Coast Fever	Priceline Stadium
12:30 pm				Attendance: TBA

Round 2

25 Feb	New South Wales Swifts	54–44	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Qudos Bank Arena
5:00 pm

25 Feb	Giants Netball	66–51	West Coast Fever	Qudos Bank Arena
7:00 pm

25 Feb	Queensland Firebirds	50–54	Collingwood Magpies	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
7:45 pm

26 Feb	Sunshine Coast Lightning	58–52	Melbourne Vixens	University of the Sunshine Coast Stadium
12:00 pm

Round 3

3 Mar	West Coast Fever	47–60	Queensland Firebirds	Perth Arena
6:30 pm

4 Mar	Collingwood Magpies	51–59	Giants Netball	Hisense Arena
7:00 pm

4 Mar	Melbourne Vixens	59–59	New South Wales Swifts	Hisense Arena
8:45 pm

5 Mar	Adelaide Thunderbirds	42–51	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Priceline Stadium
12:30 pm

Round 4

10 Mar	Queensland Firebirds	62–53	New South Wales Swifts	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
7:30 pm

11 Mar	Melbourne Vixens	56–45	West Coast Fever	Hisense Arena
7:00 pm

11 Mar	Sunshine Coast Lightning	54–55	Giants Netball	University of the Sunshine Coast Stadium
7:45 pm

12 Mar	Collingwood Magpies	64–45	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Hisense Arena
3:00 pm

Round 5

17 Mar	West Coast Fever	50–45	New South Wales Swifts	HBF Stadium
6:30 pm

18 Mar	Queensland Firebirds	50–66	Melbourne Vixens	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
6:00 pm

18 Mar	Sunshine Coast Lightning	51–50	Collingwood Magpies	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
7:45 pm

19 Mar	Giants Netball	53–38	Adelaide Thunderbirds	AIS Arena
1:00 pm

Round 6

24 Mar	West Coast Fever	49–66	Sunshine Coast Lightning	HBF Stadium
6:30 pm

25 Mar	Melbourne Vixens	59–51	Giants Netball	Hisense Arena
7:00 pm

25 Mar	Adelaide Thunderbirds	39–49	Queensland Firebirds	Titanium Security Arena
8:15 pm

26 Mar	New South Wales Swifts	54–55	Collingwood Magpies	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
1:00 pm

Round 7

1 Apr	New South Wales Swifts	56–59	Giants Netball	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
7:00 pm

1 Apr	West Coast Fever	57–40	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Perth Arena
5:45 pm

2 Apr	Sunshine Coast Lightning	60–49	Queensland Firebirds	University of the Sunshine Coast Stadium
1:00 pm

2 Apr	Collingwood Magpies	56–60	Melbourne Vixens	Hisense Arena
3:00 pm

Round 8

7 Apr	Collingwood Magpies	56–43	West Coast Fever	Hisense Arena
7:30 pm

8 Apr	Queensland Firebirds	51–55	Giants Netball	Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre
7:00 pm

8 Apr	Adelaide Thunderbirds	54–75	Melbourne Vixens	Priceline Stadium
8:15 pm

9 Apr	New South Wales Swifts	50–55	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
1:00 pm

Round 9

22 Apr	Sunshine Coast Lightning	59–50	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
7:00 pm

22 Apr	Queensland Firebirds	55–50	West Coast Fever	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
8:45 pm

23 Apr	Giants Netball	56–59	Collingwood Magpies	Qudos Bank Arena
1:00 pm

23 Apr	New South Wales Swifts	54–62	Melbourne Vixens	Qudos Bank Arena
3:00 pm

Round 10

29 Apr	Melbourne Vixens	70–59	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Margaret Court Arena
7:00 pm

29 Apr	Adelaide Thunderbirds	48–51	New South Wales Swifts	Titanium Security Arena
8:15 pm

30 Apr	Collingwood Magpies	61–59	Queensland Firebirds	Silverdome
12:00 pm

30 Apr	West Coast Fever	45–48	Giants Netball	HBF Stadium
12:00 pm

Round 11

5 May	New South Wales Swifts	50–48	West Coast Fever	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
7:30 pm

6 May	Melbourne Vixens	66–55	Queensland Firebirds	Hisense Arena
7:00 pm

6 May	Collingwood Magpies	49–56	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Hisense Arena
8:45 pm

7 May	Adelaide Thunderbirds	47–49	Giants Netball	Priceline Stadium
12:30 pm

Round 12

12 May	Sunshine Coast Lightning	64–50	West Coast Fever	University of the Sunshine Coast Stadium
7:30 pm

13 May	Collingwood Magpies	62–50	New South Wales Swifts	Hisense Arena
7:00 pm

13 May	Queensland Firebirds	59–48	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
8:45 pm

14 May	Giants Netball	56–52	Melbourne Vixens	AIS Arena
1:00 pm

Round 13

19 May	Giants Netball	53–56	Queensland Firebirds	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
7:30 pm

20 May	West Coast Fever	42–49	Collingwood Magpies	Perth Arena
6:45 pm

20 May	Sunshine Coast Lightning	63–49	New South Wales Swifts	University of the Sunshine Coast Stadium
7:00 pm

21 May	Melbourne Vixens	71–50	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Margaret Court Arena
3:00 pm

Round 14

27 May	New South Wales Swifts	48–67	Queensland Firebirds	Qudos Bank Arena
5:00 pm

27 May	West Coast Fever	42–68	Melbourne Vixens	Perth Arena
6:45 pm

27 May	Giants Netball	55–56	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Qudos Bank Arena
7:00 pm

28 May	Adelaide Thunderbirds	47–49	Collingwood Magpies	Titanium Security Arena
12:30 pm

Finals series

Major semi-final

3 June 2017 4:00 pm	Report Stats	Melbourne Vixens	55–56	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Margaret Court Arena Attendance: 3,763
		Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 13–12, 16–15, 13–16
		Kumwenda 33/38 (87%) Philip 22/26 (85%)		Bassett 44/47 (94%) Wood 12/14 (86%)

Minor semi-final

3 June 2017 7:00 pm	Report Stats	Giants Netball	52–51	Collingwood Magpies	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre Attendance: 5,000
		Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 13–12, 11–15, 15–12
		Brice 29/33 (88%) Harten 23/25 (92%)		Thwaites 37/45 (82%) Brown 14/16 (88%)

Preliminary final

10 June 2017 7:00 pm	Report Stats	Melbourne Vixens	57–65	Giants Netball	Hisense Arena
		Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 12–17, 14–19, 19–14
		Kumwenda 37/44 (84%) Philip 20/26 (77%)		Brice 42/44 (95%) Harten 23/25 (92%)

Grand Final

17 June 2017 7:00 pm	Report Stats	Sunshine Coast Lightning	65–48	Giants Netball	Brisbane Entertainment Centre Attendance: 8,999
		Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 19–12, 16–11, 17–10
		Scoring by half: 32-27, 33-21
		Bassett 49/51 (96%) Wood 16/20 (80%)		Brice 24/29 (83%) Harten 20/25 (80%) Pettitt 4/7 (57%)

Karla Mostert (Sunshine Coast Lightning) was awarded the Most Valuable Player award in the Grand Final.

Awards

Team of the Week Award

Round	GS	GA	WA	C	WD	GD	GK	Ref.
Round 1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Round 2	S. Wallace (NSW)	T. Philip (MEL)	K. Green (GIA)	L. Langman (SCL)	A. McCulloch (NSW)	R. Bulley (GIA)	S. Layton (COL)	Ref.
Round 3	C. Bassett (SCL)	G. Tippett (QLD)	L. Watson (MEL)	E. Burger (QLD)	G. Simpson (QLD)	F. Themann (ADE)	S. Poolman (GIA)	Ref.
Round 4	C. Thwaites (COL)	G. Tippett (QLD)	K. Green (GIA)	L. Watson (MEL)	K. Mostert (SCL)	E. Mikaere (SCL)	S. Layton (COL)	Ref.
Round 5	C. Thwaites (COL)	T. Philip (MEL)	E. Bell (ADE)	L. Scherian (SCL)	G. Simpson (QLD)	R. Bulley (GIA)	C. Bruce (WCF)	Ref.
Round 6	C. Bassett (SCL)	T. Philip (MEL)	M. Robinson (COL)	C. Nevins (QLD)	R. Ingles (ADE)	R. Bulley (GIA)	S. Klau (NSW)	Ref.
Round 7	M. Kumwenda (MEL)	T. Philip (MEL)	L. Watson (MEL)	S. Guthrie (GIA)	L. Langman (SCL)	K. Shimmin (QLD)	G. Mentor (SCL)	Ref.
Round 8	C. Thwaites (COL)	T. Philip (MEL)	L. Watson (MEL)	S. Guthrie (GIA)	A. McCulloch (NSW)	K. Mostert (SCL)	S. Layton (COL)	Ref.
Round 9	C. Thwaites (COL)	S. Pettitt (GIA)	M. Robinson (COL)	K. Maloney (MEL)	A. Brazill (COL)	R. Bulley (GIA)	A. Agbeze (ADE)	Ref.
Round 10	M. Kumwenda (MEL)	S. Wood (SCL)	L. Watson (MEL)	M. Proud (NSW)	G. Simpson (QLD)	R. Bulley (GIA)	E. Mannix (MEL)	Ref.
Round 11	M. Kumwenda (MEL)	S. Wood (SCL)	L. Watson (MEL)	S. Guthrie (GIA)	R. Ingles (ADE)	J. Weston (MEL)	G. Mentor (SCL)	Ref.
Round 12	C. Thwaites (COL)	J. Harten (GIA)	M. Robinson (COL)	K. Ravaillion (COL)	A. Brazill (COL)	R. Bulley (GIA)	S. Poolman (GIA)	Ref.
Round 13	C. Thwaites (COL)	G. Tippett (QLD)	L. Watson (MEL)	L. Langman (SCL)	G. Simpson (QLD)	F. Themann (ADE)	E. Mannix (MEL)	Ref.
Round 14	C. Bassett (SCL)	G. Tippett (QLD)	K. Browne (SCL)	S. Guthrie (GIA)	R. Ingles (ADE)	J. Weston (MEL)	C. Bruce (WCF)	Ref.

Postseason Awards

Award	Winner	Position	Team	Ref.
Player of the Year Award	Geva Mentor	GK	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Ref.
Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award	Karla Mostert	GD	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Ref.
Young Star Award	Liz Watson	WA	Melbourne Vixens	Ref.
Joyce Brown Coach of the Year	Simone McKinnis	Coach	Melbourne Vixens	Ref.
Leading Goalscorer	Caitlin Thwaites	GS	Collingwood Magpies	Ref.
Team of the Year	Mwai Kumwenda	GS	Melbourne Vixens	Ref.
	Tegan Philip	GA	Melbourne Vixens	Ref.
	Liz Watson	WA	Melbourne Vixens	Ref.
	Laura Langman	C	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Ref.
	Gabi Simpson	WD	Queensland Firebirds	Ref.
	Jo Weston	GD	Melbourne Vixens	Ref.
	Geva Mentor	GK	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Ref.

Reserves in the Team of the Year: Caitlin Thwaites (Attack Reserve), Serena Guthrie (Mid Court Reserve) and Rebecca Bulley (Defender Reserve)

Team captains and coaches

Team	Captain	Coach	Ref.
Adelaide Thunderbirds	Erin Bell	Dan Ryan	Ref.
Collingwood Magpies	Madison Robinson	Kristy Keppich-Birrell	Ref.
Giants Netball	Kimberlee Green	Julie Fitzgerald	Ref.
Melbourne Vixens	Kate Moloney	Simone McKinnis	Ref.
NSW Swifts	Abbey McCulloch	Rob Wright	Ref.
Queensland Firebirds	Gabi Simpson	Roselee Jencke	Ref.
Sunshine Coast Lightning	Geva Mentor	Noeline Taurua	Ref.
West Coast Fever	Natalie Medhurst	Stacey Marinkovich	Ref.

References

^ "2017 Fixture" (PDF). Suncorp Super Netball. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2017.
^ "Sunshine Coast win Super Netball title". Wide World of Sports. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017.
"Sunshine Coast Lightning put on masterclass over Giants to claim title". ESPN. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017.
"Netball Australia has revealed fixture for 2017 season". Suncorp Super Netball. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017.
"Lightning named Suncorp Super Netball champions". supernetball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
"2017 Australian Netball Awards". Netball Australia. 24 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017.

External links

Suncorp Super Netball

Organising body

Netball Australia

Teams

Current	Adelaide Thunderbirds Giants Netball Melbourne Mavericks Melbourne Vixens New South Wales Swifts Queensland Firebirds Sunshine Coast Lightning West Coast Fever
Former	Collingwood Magpies (2017–23)

Seasons

Awards

Related Competitions

Australian Netball Championships

v t e Sunshine Coast Lightning 2017 Suncorp Super Netball winners (1st Premiership)
Players	Caitlin Bassett (vc) Kelsey Browne Cara Koenen Laura Langman Madeline McAuliffe Erena Mikaere Karla Pretorius Geva Mentor (c) Laura Scherian Steph Wood
Coaches	Noeline Taurua (head coach)

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