The 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club was the inaugural Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament.[1] With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, Shannon Francois, and Jane Watson, Southern Steel finished the tournament as inaugural winners.[2] Steel went through the tournament unbeaten, defeating Northern Mystics 79–58 in the final.[3][4][5][6] All the matches were hosted at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson between 2 July and 7 July 2007. All the matches were broadcast live on Sky Sport (New Zealand).[7][8][9][10]
| 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club | |
|---|---|
| League | Netball New Zealand Super Club |
| Sport | Netball |
| Duration | 2 July – 7 July 2017 |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| TV partner(s) | Sky Sport (New Zealand) |
| Winners | Southern Steel |
| Runners-up | Central Pulse |
Teams edit
The tournament featured eight teams. These included the top three from the 2017 ANZ Premiership season – Southern Steel, Central Pulse and Northern Mystics.[7][11]
- Notes
^1 Celtic Flames were effectively the Wales national netball team plus guests. Wales play as Celtic Dragons in the Netball Superleague. The Celtic Flames squad featured past and present Dragons players, including Chelsea Lewis and Nia Jones. They also included two New Zealand internationals as guest players, Anna Thompson and Temalisi Fakahokotau of Mainland Tactix.[14][15][16][17][18]
^2 Marama Vou were a Netball Fiji representative team featuring mainly Fiji under-19 players. The team also included Brooke Leaver and Erikana Pedersen of Mainland Tactix as guest players.[11][19][20]
^3 The New South Wales Institute of Sport team was effectively a combined New South Wales Swifts and Giants Netball team. Its head coach was Briony Akle while Julie Fitzgerald was an assistant coach.[21][22][23][24]
Source:[10]
Group A edit
Matches edit
- Day 1
| 2 July 2017 | NSWIS | 74–46 | UTT | ||
Kristina Brice  33/39 (85%)Sophie Garbin 18/23 (78%)Angela Frketic 10/11 (91%)
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Report Stats |
Samantha Wallace 26/30 (87%) Kalifa McCollin 20/23 (87%)
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| 2 July 2017 | Southern Steel | 81–37 | Gauteng Jaguars | ||
| Jhaniele Fowler-Reid 58/64 (91%) Jamie Hume 13/18 (72%)Olivia Bates 6/7 (86%)Jennifer O'Connell 4/8 (50%)
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Stats | Ine-Marí Venter 21/31 (68%) Renske Stoltz 13/18 (72%)Chante Louw 4/5 (80%)Anique Grobler 1/2 (50%)
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- Day 2
| 3 July 2017 | NSWIS | 74–45 | Gauteng Jaguars | ||
| 3:00pm | Kristina Brice 51/57 (89%) Sophie Garbin 10/14 (71%)Angela Frketic 4/5 (80%)
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Report Stats |
Ine-Marí Venter 26/36 (72%) Renske Stoltz 18/29 (62%)Chante Louw 1/2 (50%)
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| 3 July 2017 | Southern Steel | 86–55 | UTT | ||
| 6:40pm | Jhaniele Fowler-Reid 59/64 (92%) Jamie Hume 9/14 (64%)Jennifer O'Connell 11/15 (73%)Olivia Bates 7/16 (44%)
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Stats | Samantha Wallace 35/38 (92%) Kalifa McCollin 20/25 (80%)
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- Day 3
| 5 July 2017 | Southern Steel | 77–61 | NSWIS | ||
| Jhaniele Fowler-Reid 68/72 (94%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 4/5 (80%)Jamie Hume 3/7 (43%)Olivia Bates 2/2 (100%)
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Report |
Kristina Brice 41/47 (87%) Sophie Garbin 15/18 (83%)Georgia Marshall 5/6 (83%)
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| 5 July 2017 | Gauteng Jaguars | 63–63 | UTT | ||
| Ine-Marí Venter 45/64 (70%) Renske Stoltz 18/26 (69%)
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Stats | Samantha Wallace 41/43 (95%) Kalifa McCollin 22/23 (96%)
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Source:[29]
Final ladder edit
| Group A | ||||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Southern Steel |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 153 | 6 | ||
| 2 |  NSWIS |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 209 | 168 | 4 | ||
| 3 |  UTT |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 164 | 223 | 1 | ||
| 4 |  Gauteng Jaguars |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 145 | 218 | 1 | ||
Qualified for Semi-finals
5th/8th place classification
Source:[30]
Group B edit
Matches edit
- Day 1
| 2 July 2017 | Northern Mystics | 92–43 | Marama Vou | ||
| Tera-Maria Amani 62/67 (93%) Paula Griffin 19/21 (90%) Maria Tutaia 11/11 (100%)
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Stats | Afa Rusivakula 32/40 (80%) Maria Lutua 7/16 (44%) Kelera Nawai 4/4 (100%)
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| 2 July 2017 | Central Pulse | 65–41 | Celtic Flames | ||
| Te Amo Amaru-Tibble 25/28 (89%) Cathrine Tuivaiti 24/29 (83%)Jermaine Howard-Vallance 15/18 (83%)Eseta Autagavaia 1/2 (50%)
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Report Stats |
Chelsea Lewis 18/27 (67%) Anna Thompson 12/18 (67%)Georgia Rowe 11/11 (100%)
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- Day 2
| 3 July 2017 | Celtic Flames | 68–41 | Marama Vou | ||
| 4:50pm | Chelsea Lewis 38/48 (79%) Anna Thompson 12/20 (60%)Georgia Rowe 13/14 (93%)Eleanor Roberts 5/6 (83%)
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Stats | Brooke Leaver 22/27 (81%) Maria Lutua 11/18 (61%)Afa Rusivakula 8/11 (73%)
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| 3 July 2017 | Northern Mystics | 59–54 | Central Pulse | ||
| 8:30pm | Bailey Mes 31/34 (91%) Maria Tutaia 28/33 (85%)
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Stats | Cathrine Tuivaiti 32/34 (94%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble 22/24 (92%)
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- Day 3
| 5 July 2017 | Central Pulse | 67–50 | Marama Vou | ||
| Cathrine Tuivaiti 36/38 (95%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble 18/20 (90%)Jermaine Howard-Vallance 7/10 (70%)Eseta Autagavaia 6/9 (67%)
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Stats | Afa Rusivakula 38/44 (86%) Brooke Leaver 11/12 (92%)Maria Lutua 1/2 (50%)
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| 5 July 2017 | Northern Mystics | 66–43 | Celtic Flames | ||
| Tera-Maria Amani 44/48 (92%) Paula Griffin 13/15 (87%)Maria Tutaia 9/24 (38%)
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Report Stats |
Chelsea Lewis 25/32 (78%) Georgia Rowe 10/11 (91%)Anna Thompson 7/10 (70%)Eleanor Roberts 1/1 (100%)
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Source:[29]
Final ladder edit
| Group B | ||||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Mystics |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 140 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Central Pulse |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 186 | 150 | 4 | ||
| 3 |  Celtic Flames |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 172 | 2 | ||
| 4 |  Marama Vou |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 134 | 227 | 0 | ||
Qualified for Semi-finals
5th/8th place classification
Source:[30]
5th/8th place classification edit
Semi-finals edit
| 6 July 2017 | Celtic Flames | 57–45 | Gauteng Jaguars | ||
| 3:00pm | Chelsea Lewis 35/44 (80%) Anna Thompson 12/17 (71%)Georgia Rowe 10/11 (91%)
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Stats | Ine-Marí Venter 33/37 (89%) Renske Stoltz 12/15 (80%)
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| 6 July 2017 | UTT | 57–56 | Marama Vou | ||
| 4:50pm | Samantha Wallace 39/46 (85%) Kalifa McCollin 18/21 (86%)
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Stats | Brooke Leaver 27/33 (82%) Maria Lutua 15/25 (60%)Afa Rusivakula 14/17 (82%)
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7th/8th place match edit
| 7 July 2017 | Gauteng Jaguars | 68–49 | Marama Vou | ||
| Ine-Marí Venter 45/59 (76%) Renske Stoltz 23/31 (74%)
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Stats | Afa Rusivakula 31/36 (86%) Brooke Leaver 10/11 (91%)Maria Lutua 8/10 (80%)
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5th/6th place match edit
Celtic Flames finished in fifth place, ahead of all other invited international teams outside Australia and New Zealand.[6][31][32]
| 7 July 2017 | Celtic Flames | 62–47 | UTT | ||
| Georgia Rowe 29/32 (91%) Chelsea Lewis 16/18 (89%)Anna Thompson 16/19 (84%)Eleanor Roberts 1/2 (50%)
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Report Stats |
Samantha Wallace 32/37 (86%) Kalifa McCollin 15/17 (88%)
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1st/4th Play offs edit
Semi-finals edit
| 6 July 2017 | Southern Steel | 70–54 | Central Pulse | ||
| 6:40pm | Jhaniele Fowler-Reid 55/59 (93%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 12/15 (80%)Olivia Bates 3/7 (43%)Jamie Hume 0/1 (0%)
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Stats | Cathrine Tuivaiti 30/30 (100%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble 24/29 (83%)
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| 6 July 2017 | Northern Mystics | 66–48 | NSWIS | ||
| 8:30pm | Bailey Mes 45/49 (92%) Maria Tutaia 21/29 (72%)
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Report Stats |
Kristina Brice 34/39 (87%) Sophie Garbin 7/9 (78%)Georgia Marshall 6/8 (75%)Angela Frketic 1/2 (50%)
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Source:[33]
Third place play-off edit
| 7 July 2017 | Stats |
NSWIS | 48–46 | Central Pulse | Sky Sport | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–29, 34–39, 48–46 | |||||||
| Kristina Brice 30/39 (77%) Sophie Garbin 13/18 (72%)Georgia Marshall 5/8 (63%)
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Te Amo Amaru-Tibble 29/33 (88%) Jermaine Howard-Vallance 12/19 (63%)Eseta Autagavaia 3/5 (60%)Cathrine Tuivaiti 2/2 (100%)
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Final edit
| 7 July 2017 | Stats |
Southern Steel | 79–58 | Northern Mystics | Sky Sport | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 32–34, 53–46, 79–58 | |||||||
| Jhaniele Fowler-Reid 65/70 (93%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 12/18 (67%)Olivia Bates 2/3 (67%)
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Bailey Mes 32/33 (97%) Maria Tutaia 20/27 (74%)Tera-Maria Amani 6/8 (75%)
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Final standings edit
| Rank | Team |
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Southern Steel
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Northern Mystics
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NSWIS
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| 4th | Central Pulse
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| 5th | Celtic Flames
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| 6th | UTT
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| 7th | Gauteng Jaguars
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| 8th | Marama Vou
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Sources:[6]
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