2018 Suncorp Super Netball season

The 2018 Suncorp Super Netball season was the second season of the premier netball league in Australia. The season began on 28 April and concluded with the Grand Final on 26 August 2018. The start of the season was delayed to late April due to the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which was held earlier that month on the Gold Coast.[1] The fixtures for the season were released on 11 October 2017.[2]

2018 Suncorp Super Netball season
LeagueSuncorp Super Netball
SportNetball
Duration28 April – 26 August 2018
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Nine Network
Regular season
  Minor premiersGiants Netball
Season MVPJhaniele Fowler
Top scorerJhaniele Fowler (WCF: 783 goals)
Finals
ChampionsSunshine Coast Lightning
  Runners-upWest Coast Fever

Sunshine Coast Lightning were the defending premiers and successfully defended their title, defeating West Coast Fever in the Grand Final at Perth Arena.[3]

Overview

Teams

Team Captain Coach Home Courts Ref.
Adelaide Thunderbirds Leana De Bruin Dan Ryan Priceline Stadium
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Collingwood Magpies Madison Robinson Kristy-Keppich Birrell Hisense Arena
Margaret Court Arena
Silverdome
Giants Netball Kimberlee Green Julie Fitzgerald State Sports Centre
Qudos Bank Arena
AIS Arena
International Convention Centre
Melbourne Vixens Kate Moloney Simone McKinnis Hisense Arena
Margaret Court Arena
New South Wales Swifts Abbey McCulloch Briony Akle State Sports Centre
Qudos Bank Arena
Queensland Firebirds Gabi Simpson Roselee Jencke Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Coomera Sport and Leisure Centre
Sunshine Coast Lightning Geva Mentor Noeline Taurua University of Sunshine Coast Stadium
West Coast Fever Courtney Bruce Stacey Marinkovich Perth Arena
HBF Stadium

Format

The season is played over fourteen rounds, allowing every team to play each other twice, once at home and once away. The top four teams on the ladder at the conclusion of the regular season qualify for the finals series. In the first week of the finals series, the 1st ranked team hosts 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 hosts the 4th ranked team in the minor semi-final (with the loser of that match eliminated). The loser of the major semi-final then hosts the winner of the minor semi-final in the preliminary final. The winner of the major semi-final then hosts the winner of the preliminary final in the Grand Final.[4]

Rule changes

Netball Australia announced a change to the points system for the regular season, with bonus points being introduced. Under the new system, teams earn 4 points for a win and 1 point for every quarter won in a match. A drawn match earns a team 2 points and drawing a quarter earns no points. The winning team can earn a maximum of 8 points per match.[5][6]

Additionally, teams can request up to two time-outs per half and at any point in time while play is in progress, any one member of the team bench (players and team officials) listed on the official score sheet shall be permitted to move up and down their team bench within the bench zone to communicate with their on-court or off-court players. Finally, umpires can now award a penalty pass for delaying play or intimidation and quarter time and half time breaks will be increased by one and three minutes respectively.[5]

Broadcast

The Nine Network televised two matches each round during the regular season and also televised all finals matches. Telstra televised the other two matches each round. Every match of the season was available to be streamed live via the Netball Australia App. Unlike 2017, Nine telecast their two matches on the main channel, rather than secondary channel 9Gem. The two matches broadcast on Nine were on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.[7]

Regular season

Round 1

Sat 28 Apr Melbourne Vixens 59–58 Collingwood Magpies Hisense Arena  
3.00pm Kumwenda  41/42 (98%)
Philip  18/20 (90%)
Stats Thwaites  36/38 (95%)
Bell  22/29 (76%)
Sun 29 Apr Adelaide Thunderbirds 56–74 West Coast Fever Priceline Stadium  
12.30pm Nelson  37/42 (88%)
Latu-Meafou  10/13 (77%)
Hodges  9/10 (90%)
Stats Fowler  66/68 (97%)
Medhurst  5/6 (83%)
Stanton  3/3 (100%)
Sun 29 Apr Giants Netball 54–51 Sunshine Coast Lightning Qudos Bank Arena  
1.00pm Harten  33/36 (92%)
Pettitt  21/28 (75%)
Stats Bassett  36/41 (88%)
Wood  15/16 (94%)
Sun 29 Apr New South Wales Swifts 54–53 Queensland Firebirds Qudos Bank Arena  
3.00pm Housby  24/31 (77%)
Garbin  18/19 (95%)
Wallace  12/17 (71%)
Stats Aiken  45/51 (88%)
Tippett  8/11 (73%)

Round 2

Sat 5 May Adelaide Thunderbirds 48–71 Giants Netball Priceline Stadium  
2.30pm Nelson  34/38 (89%)
Hodges  11/14 (79%)
Leta-Meafou  3/3 (100%)
Stats Brice  29/29 (100%)
Harten  25/32 (78%)
Pettitt  17/20 (85%)
Sat 5 May West Coast Fever 68–57 Collingwood Magpies Perth Arena  
7.00pm Fowler  62/67 (93%)
Medhurst  6/7 (86%)
Stats Thwaites  39/45 (87%)
Bell  17/27 (63%)
Brown  1/2 (50%)
Sun 6 May Queensland Firebirds 55–52 Sunshine Coast Lightning Brisbane Entertainment Centre  
1.00pm Aiken  39/45 (87%)
Tippett  16/21 (76%)
Stats Bassett  35/36 (97%)
Wood  17/18 (94%)
Sun 6 May Melbourne Vixens 63–61 New South Wales Swifts Margaret Court Arena  
3.00pm Kumwenda  34/34 (100%)
Philip  29/32 (91%)
Stats Wallace  37/38 (97%)
Housby  24/25 (96%)

Round 3

Sat 12 May Melbourne Vixens 55–59 Queensland Firebirds Hisense Arena  
3.00pm Kumwenda  29/32 (91%)
Philip  26/29 (90%)
Stats Aiken  40/47 (85%)
Tippett  19/22 (86%)
Sat 12 May Sunshine Coast Lightning 55–56 West Coast Fever University of Sunshine Coast Stadium  
5.00pm Bassett  33/39 (85%)
Wood  22/25 (88%)
Stats Fowler  39/44 (89%)
Medhurst  17/21 (81%)
Sat 12 May Collingwood Magpies 70–50 Adelaide Thunderbirds Hisense Arena  
7.00pm Thwaites  55/57 (96%)
Bell  15/21 (71%)
Stats Nelson  37/42 (88%)
Hodges  9/14 (64%)
Latu-Meafou  4/6 (67%)
Sun 13 May New South Wales Swifts 55–54 Giants Netball Qudos Bank Arena  
1.00pm Housby  23/27 (85%)
Garbin  17/18 (94%)
Wallace  15/18 (83%)
Stats Harten  38/41 (93%)
Pettitt  16/19 (84%)

Round 4

Sat 19 May Giants Netball 53–51 Queensland Firebirds State Sports Centre  
3.00pm Brice  27/31 (87%)
Harten  18/20 (90%)
Pettitt  8/9 (89%)
Stats Aiken  32/38 (84%)
Tippett  19/19 (100%)
Sun 20 May Adelaide Thunderbirds 50–72 Melbourne Vixens Priceline Stadium  
12.30pm Nelson  37/41 (90%)
Hodges  13/15 (87%)
Stats Kumwenda  47/47 (100%)
Philip  25/27 (93%)
Sun 20 May Collingwood Magpies 50–52 Sunshine Coast Lightning Margaret Court Arena  
1.00pm Thwaites  36/41 (88%)
Bell  14/20 (70%)
Stats Bassett  37/37 (100%)
Wood  15/22 (68%)
Sun 20 May West Coast Fever 63–54 New South Wales Swifts HBF Stadium  
1.00pm Fowler  53/59 (90%)
Medhurst  8/8 (100%)
Stanton  2/5 (40%)
Stats Wallace  24/28 (86%)
Housby  24/31 (77%)
Garbin  6/7 (86%)

Round 5

Sat 26 May Queensland Firebirds 71–61 West Coast Fever Brisbane Entertainment Centre  
3.00pm Aiken  45/51 (88%)
Tippett  26/28 (93%)
Stats Fowler  48/49 (98%)
Medhurst  11/14 (79%)
Stanton  2/2 (100%)
Sun 27 May New South Wales Swifts 64–54 Collingwood Magpies State Sports Centre  
1.00pm Wallace  43/48 (90%)
Housby  21/23 (91%)
Stats Thwaites  39/44 (89%)
Bell  14/21 (67%)
Teague-Neeld  1/2 (50%)
Sun 27 May Sunshine Coast Lightning 60–51 Adelaide Thunderbirds University of Sunshine Coast Stadium  
3.00pm Bassett  43/47 (91%)
Wood  17/20 (85%)
Stats Nelson  30/34 (88%)
Hodges  12/14 (86%)
Latu-Meafou  9/12 (75%)
Sun 27 May Giants Netball 58–51 Melbourne Vixens State Sports Centre  
5.00pm Harten  24/28 (86%)
Brice  17/20 (85%)
Pettitt  17/22 (77%)
Stats Kumwenda  38/38 (100%)
Philip  13/19 (68%)

Round 6

Sat 2 Jun Sunshine Coast Lightning 64–56 Melbourne Vixens University of Sunshine Coast Stadium  
3.00pm Bassett  51/53 (96%)
Wood  13/17 (76%)
Stats Kumwenda  31/33 (94%)
Philip  22/28 (79%)
Gooden  3/4 (75%)
Sat 2 Jun West Coast Fever 63–61 Giants Netball Perth Arena  
7.00pm Fowler  53/56 (95%)
Medhurst  10/11 (91%)
Stats Pettitt  26/29 (90%)
Brice  20/23 (87%)
Harten  15/16 (94%)
Sun 3 Jun New South Wales Swifts 51–49 Adelaide Thunderbirds State Sports Centre  
1.00pm Wallace  30/34 (88%)
Housby  15/20 (75%)
Garbin  6/9 (67%)
Stats Nelson  33/39 (85%)
Latu-Meafou  12/14 (86%)
Glasgow  4/8 (50%)
Sun 3 Jun Collingwood Magpies 67–62 Queensland Firebirds Silverdome  
3.00pm Thwiates  34/40 (85%)
Bell  33/39 (85%)
Stats Aiken  42/51 (82%)
Tippett  20/21 (95%)

Round 7

Sat 16 Jun Melbourne Vixens 74–60 West Coast Fever Hisense Arena  
3.00pm Kumwenda  49/51 (96%)
Philip  31/35 (89%)
Stats Fowler  56/60 (93%)
Stanton  3/5 (60%)
Medhurst  1/2 (50%)
Sun 17 Jun Adelaide Thunderbirds 42–66 Queensland Firebirds Priceline Stadium  
12.30pm Nelson  23/25 (92%)
Hodges  14/19 (74%)
Latu-Meafou  5/5 (100%)
Stats Aiken  46/61 (75%)
Tippett  20/21 (95%)
Sun 17 Jun Giants Netball 63–60 Collingwood Magpies Qudos Bank Arena  
1.00pm Pettitt  29/31 (94%)
Harten  25/28 (89%)
Brice  9/11 (82%)
Stats Thwaites  38/40 (95%)
Bell  22/26 (85%)
Sun 17 Jun New South Wales Swifts 59–56 Sunshine Coast Lightning Qudos Bank Arena  
3.00pm Wallace  43/45 (96%)
Housby  16/19 (84%)
Stats Bassett  34/36 (94%)
Wood  22/25 (88%)

Round 8

Sat 23 Jun Sunshine Coast Lightning 53–53 Giants Netball University of Sunshine Coast Stadium  
3.00pm Bassett  40/44 (91%)
Wood  13/16 (81%)
Stats Harten  30/33 (91%)
Pettitt  21/25 (84%)
Brice  2/5 (40%)
Sat 23 Jun West Coast Fever 76–56 Adelaide Thunderbirds Perth Arena  
7.00pm Fowler  66/73 (90%)
Medhurst  10/11 (91%)
Stats Nelson  47/51 (92%)
Hodges  7/11 (64%)
Latu-Meafou  2/3 (67%)
Sun 24 Jun Collingwood Magpies 57–65 Melbourne Vixens Margaret Court Arena  
1.00pm Thwaites  49/51 (96%)
Bell  8/16 (50%)
Stats Kumwenda  42/43 (98%)
Phillip  23/24 (96%)
Sun 24 Jun Queensland Firebirds 60–57 New South Wales Swifts Brisbane Entertainment Centre  
3.00pm Aiken  43/49 (88%)
Tippett  17/18 (94%)
Stats Housby  25/32 (78%)
Garbin  19/23 (83%)
Wallace  13/15 (87%)

Round 9

Sat 30 Jun New South Wales Swifts 58–65 Melbourne Vixens State Sports Centre  
3.00pm Wallace  48/50 (96%)
Housby  10/11 (91%)
Stats Kumwenda  37/39 (95%)
Philip  28/30 (93%)
Sat 30 Jun Collingwood Magpies 57–70 West Coast Fever Margaret Court Arena  
7.00pm Thwaites  43/50 (86%)
Teague-Neeld  11/13 (85%)
Bell  3/6 (50%)
Stats Fowler  62/66 (94%)
Medhurst  8/8 (100%)
Sun 1 Jul Sunshine Coast Lightning 58–57 Queensland Firebirds University of Sunshine Coast Stadium  
1.00pm Bassett  34/38 (89%)
Wood  24/27 (89%)
Stats Aiken  33/39 (85%)
Tippett  24/25 (96%)
Sun 1 Jul Giants Netball 63–44 Adelaide Thunderbirds AIS Arena  
3.00pm Harten  30/34 (88%)
Pettitt  27/35 (77%)
Brice  6/6 (100%)
Stats Nelson  23/27 (85%)
Glasgow  11/16 (69%)
Hodges  10/14 (71%)

Round 10

Sat 7 Jul Queensland Firebirds 57–58 Melbourne Vixens Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre[8]  
3.00pm Aiken  38/47 (81%)
Tippett  19/20 (95%)
Stats Kumwenda  29/32 (91%)
Philip  29/35 (83%)
Sat 7 Jul West Coast Fever 59–58 Sunshine Coast Lightning HBF Stadium  
7.00pm Fowler  50/56 (89%)
Medhurst  9/12 (75%)
Stats Bassett  43/47 (91%)
Wood  15/19 (79%)
Sun 8 Jul Adelaide Thunderbirds 48–58 Collingwood Magpies Adelaide Entertainment Centre  
12.30pm Nelson  32/34 (94%)
Hodges  11/11 (100%)
Tuivaiti  5/5 (100%)
Stats Thwaites  50/54 (93%)
Bell  8/13 (62%)
Teague-Neeld  0/2 (0%)
Sun 8 Jul Giants Netball 66–56 New South Wales Swifts International Convention Centre  
5.00pm Harten  29/37 (78%)
Pettitt  19/21 (90%)
Brice  18/21 (86%)
Stats Wallace  40/45 (89%)
Housby  16/18 (89%)

Round 11

Sat 14 Jul Sunshine Coast Lightning 58–56 Collingwood Magpies University of Sunshine Coast Stadium  
3.00pm Bassett  43/43 (100%)
Wood  15/18 (83%)
Stats Thwaites  30/36 (83%)
Bell  26/31 (84%)
Sat 14 Jul New South Wales Swifts 68–74 West Coast Fever State Sports Centre  
7.00pm Wallace  35/40 (88%)
Housby  23/26 (88%)
Garbin  10/12 (83%)
Stats Fowler  61/65 (94%)
Medhurst  13/15 (87%)
Sun 15 Jul Queensland Firebirds 64–50 Giants Netball Brisbane Entertainment Centre  
1.00pm Aiken  35/51 (69%)
Tippett  29/31 (94%)
Stats Harten  25/29 (86%)
Pettitt  23/26 (88%)
Brice  2/4 (50%)
Sun 15 Jul Melbourne Vixens 73–48 Adelaide Thunderbirds Hisense Arena  
3.00pm Kumwenda  52/56 (93%)
Philip  17/20 (85%)
Gooden  4/7 (57%)
Stats Tuivaiti  28/29 (97%)
Hodges  13/15 (87%)
Nelson  7/9 (78%)
Pitman  0/1 (0%)

Round 12

Sat 21 Jul Collingwood Magpies 57–57 New South Wales Swifts Hisense Arena  
3.00pm Thwaites  34/37 (92%)
Bell  23/29 (79%)
Stats Garbin  21/22 (95%)
Housby  19/22 (86%)
Wallace  17/19 (89%)
Sat 21 Jul West Coast Fever 54–60 Queensland Firebirds Perth Arena  
7.00pm Fowler  42/45 (93%)
Medhurst  12/16 (75%)
Stats Aiken  41/50 (82%)
Tippett  19/24 (79%)
Sun 22 Jul Melbourne Vixens 58–60 Giants Netball Hisense Arena  
1.00pm Kumwenda  41/43 (95%)
Philip  17/22 (77%)
Gooden  0/1 (0%)
Stats Pettitt  30/35 (86%)
Harten  30/35 (86%)
Sun 22 Jul Adelaide Thunderbirds 44–75 Sunshine Coast Lightning Priceline Stadium  
12.30pm Nelson  24/30 (80%)
Hodges  13/17 (76%)
Tuivaiti  7/7 (100%)
Stats Bassett  41/45 (91%)
Wood  20/25 (80%)
Koenen  14/17 (82%)

Round 13

Sat 28 Jul Sunshine Coast Lightning 61–51 New South Wales Swifts University of Sunshine Coast Stadium  
3.00pm Bassett  42/46 (91%)
Wood  19/22 (86%)
Stats Housby  23/29 (79%)
Wallace  16/17 (94%)
Garbin  12/15 (80%)
Sun 29 Jul Queensland Firebirds 67–46 Adelaide Thunderbirds Brisbane Entertainment Centre  
1.00pm Aiken  45/54 (83%)
Tippett  22/27 (81%)
Stats Nelson  33/35 (94%)
Latu-Meafou  7/8 (88%)
Pitman  3/5 (60%)
Tuivaiti  3/3 (100%)
Sun 29 Jul Collingwood Magpies 56–66 Giants Netball Hisense Arena  
3.00pm Thwaites  37/41 (90%)
Bell  19/23 (83%)
Stats Harten  36/41 (88%)
Pettitt  30/32 (94%)
Sun 29 Jul West Coast Fever 68–55 Melbourne Vixens Perth Arena  
3.00pm Fowler  62/66 (94%)
Medhurst  6/7 (86%)
Stats Kumwenda  32/36 (89%)
Philip  20/25 (80%)
Gooden  3/6 (50%)

Round 14

Fri 3 Aug Adelaide Thunderbirds 41–69 New South Wales Swifts Priceline Stadium  
7.00pm Nelson  20/26 (77%)
Latu-Meafou  17/23 (74%)
Tuivaiti  4/4 (100%)
Pitman  0/2 (0%)
Stats Wallace  40/42 (95%)
Housby  17/19 (89%)
Garbin  10/12 (83%)
Sat 4 Aug Queensland Firebirds 76–44 Collingwood Magpies Brisbane Entertainment Centre  
3.00pm Aiken  51/63 (81%)
Tippett  25/27 (93%)
Stats Thwaites  30/32 (94%)
Bell  7/11 (64%)
Teague-Neeld  7/10 (70%)
Sat 4 Aug Giants Netball 69–66 West Coast Fever International Convention Centre  
7.00pm Pettitt  35/40 (88%)
Harten  34/40 (85%)
Stats Fowler  63/72 (88%)
Medhurst  2/4 (50%)
Stanton  1/1 (100%)
Sun 5 Aug Melbourne Vixens 51–56 Sunshine Coast Lightning Hisense Arena  
1.00pm Commane  31/33 (94%)
Philip  20/24 (83%)
Stats Bassett  41/48 (85%)
Wood  15/19 (79%)

Ladder

Pos Team P W D L GF GA % BP PTS
1 Giants Netball141013841776108.43476
2 West Coast Fever141004912851107.23171
3 Queensland Firebirds14905858751114.23369
4 Sunshine Coast Lightning14815809752107.63569
5 Melbourne Vixens14806855814105.02759
6 New South Wales Swifts1461781481699.82248
7 Collingwood Magpies14311080185893.42539
8 Adelaide Thunderbirds14001467394571.244
Last updated: 10 August 2018 — Source[9]

Finals series

Major semi-final

Sat 11 Aug
3.00pm
Report
Stats
Giants Netball5763West Coast Fever    State Sports Centre Nine
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 17–12, 17–15, 13–18
Harten  33/38 (87%)
Pettitt  24/30 (80%)
Fowler  48/48 (100%)
Medhurst  9/9 (100%)
Stanton  6/7 (86%)

Minor semi-final

Sun 12 Aug
1.00pm
Report
Stats
Queensland Firebirds5657Sunshine Coast Lightning    Brisbane Entertainment Centre Nine
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 12–15, 15–17, 14–9
Aiken  37/42 (88%)
Tippett  19/19 (100%)
Bassett  37/39 (95%)
Wood  20/26 (77%)

Preliminary final

Sun 19 Aug
1.00pm
Report
Stats
Giants Netball5059Sunshine Coast Lightning    Qudos Bank Arena Nine
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 11–12, 11–16, 13–16
Harten  28/32 (88%)
Austin  12/16 (75%)
Pettitt  9/15 (60%)
Brice  1/1 (100%)
Bassett  40/43 (93%)
Wood  19/23 (83%)

Grand Final

Sun 26 Aug
1.00pm AEST
Report
Stats
West Coast Fever5962Sunshine Coast Lightning    Perth Arena
Attendance: 13,722
Nine
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 15–12, 16–22, 14–14
Fowler  53/55 (96%)
Medhurst  6/10 (60%)
Bassett  45/50 (90%)
Wood  17/20 (85%)
  • Grand Final MVP Winner: Caitlin Bassett
  • Note: The crowd of 13,722 was an Australian national league record attendance.[10]

Awards

Award Winner Position Team Ref.
Player of the Year Award Jhaniele Fowler GS West Coast Fever Ref.
Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award Caitlin Bassett GS Sunshine Coast Lightning Ref.
Young Star Award Jess Anstiss WD West Coast Fever Ref.
Joyce Brown Coach of the Year Stacey Marinkovich Coach West Coast Fever Ref.
Leading Goalscorer Jhaniele Fowler GS West Coast Fever Ref.
Team of the Year Jhaniele Fowler GS West Coast Fever Ref.
Gretel Tippett GA Queensland Firebirds Ref.
Liz Watson WA Melbourne Vixens Ref.
Serena Guthrie C Giants Netball Ref.
Jess Anstiss WD West Coast Fever Ref.
Karla Pretorius GD Sunshine Coast Lightning Ref.
Geva Mentor GK Sunshine Coast Lightning Ref.
Jo Harten
Kimberlee Green
Laura Geitz
Attack Reserve
Mid Court Reserve
Defence Reserve
Giants Netball
Giants Netball
Queensland Firebirds
Ref.

References

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  3. "Lightning strikes twice as Sunshine Coast retain Super Netball title". ABC News. 26 August 2018.
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  5. "New Rule Changes To Be Implemented In Season 2". Suncorp Super Netball. 19 April 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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  8. "Vixens win a one-point thriller over Firebirds". www.smh.com.au. 8 July 2018.
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