2017 Suncorp Super Netball season

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.[1]

2017 Suncorp Super Netball season
LeagueSuncorp Super Netball
SportNetball
Duration18 February – 17 June 2017
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Nine Network
Regular season
Minor premiersMelbourne Vixens
Season MVPGeva Mentor
Top scorerCaitlin Thwaites (COL: 594 goals)
Finals
ChampionsSunshine Coast Lightning
  Runners-upGiants Netball

Expansion team Sunshine Coast Lightning won the Grand Final, comfortably defeating Giants Netball at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.[2][3]

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.[1][4]

Standings
# Suncorp Super Netball Ladder
Team W D L GF GA % PTS
1 Melbourne Vixens111287477411823
2 Sunshine Coast Lightning111280872611123
3 Giants Netball100477372810620
4 Collingwood Magpies90577073010618
5 Queensland Firebirds71677875610315
6 NSW Swifts3110726792927
7 West Coast Fever2012670779864
8 Adelaide Thunderbirds1013648792822

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

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Finals series

Major semi-final
3 June 2017
4:00 pm		 Report
Stats		 Melbourne Vixens55–56Sunshine 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 Netball52–51Collingwood 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 Vixens57–65Giants 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 Lightning65–48Giants Netball    Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 8,999[2]
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%)

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.
Coach of the Year Award 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)[6]

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
  1. "2017 Fixture" (PDF). Suncorp Super Netball. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2017.
  2. "Sunshine Coast win Super Netball title". Wide World of Sports. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017.
  3. "Sunshine Coast Lightning put on masterclass over Giants to claim title". ESPN. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017.
  4. "Netball Australia has revealed fixture for 2017 season". Suncorp Super Netball. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017.
  5. "Lightning named Suncorp Super Netball champions". supernetball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  6. "2017 Australian Netball Awards". Netball Australia. 24 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017.
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