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
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
Minor semi-final
Preliminary final
Grand Final
Karla Mostert (Sunshine Coast Lightning) was awarded the Most Valuable Player award in the Grand Final.
Awards Team of the Week Award Round GSGAWACWDGDGKRef. 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 3C. Bassett (SCL) G. Tippett (QLD) L. Watson (MEL) E. Burger (QLD) G. Simpson (QLD) F. Themann (ADE) S. Poolman (GIA) Ref. Round 4C. Thwaites (COL) G. Tippett (QLD) K. Green (GIA) L. Watson (MEL) K. Mostert (SCL) E. Mikaere (SCL) S. Layton (COL) Ref. Round 5C. Thwaites (COL) T. Philip (MEL) E. Bell (ADE) L. Scherian (SCL) G. Simpson (QLD) R. Bulley (GIA) C. Bruce (WCF) Ref. Round 6C. Bassett (SCL) T. Philip (MEL) M. Robinson (COL) C. Nevins (QLD) R. Ingles (ADE) R. Bulley (GIA) S. Klau (NSW) Ref. Round 7M. Kumwenda (MEL) T. Philip (MEL) L. Watson (MEL) S. Guthrie (GIA) L. Langman (SCL) K. Shimmin (QLD) G. Mentor (SCL) Ref. Round 8C. Thwaites (COL) T. Philip (MEL) L. Watson (MEL) S. Guthrie (GIA) A. McCulloch (NSW) K. Mostert (SCL) S. Layton (COL) Ref. Round 9C. Thwaites (COL) S. Pettitt (GIA) M. Robinson (COL) K. Maloney (MEL) A. Brazill (COL) R. Bulley (GIA) A. Agbeze (ADE) Ref. Round 10M. Kumwenda (MEL) S. Wood (SCL) L. Watson (MEL) M. Proud (NSW) G. Simpson (QLD) R. Bulley (GIA) E. Mannix (MEL) Ref. Round 11M. Kumwenda (MEL) S. Wood (SCL) L. Watson (MEL) S. Guthrie (GIA) R. Ingles (ADE) J. Weston (MEL) G. Mentor (SCL) Ref. Round 12C. Thwaites (COL) J. Harten (GIA) M. Robinson (COL) K. Ravaillion (COL) A. Brazill (COL) R. Bulley (GIA) S. Poolman (GIA) Ref. Round 13C. Thwaites (COL) G. Tippett (QLD) L. Watson (MEL) L. Langman (SCL) G. Simpson (QLD) F. Themann (ADE) E. Mannix (MEL) Ref. Round 14C. Bassett (SCL) G. Tippett (QLD) K. Browne (SCL) S. Guthrie (GIA) R. Ingles (ADE) J. Weston (MEL) C. Bruce (WCF) Ref.
Postseason Awards AwardWinnerPositionTeamRef. Player of the Year Award Geva Mentor GK Sunshine Coast Lightning 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 Leading Goalscorer Caitlin Thwaites GS Collingwood Magpies Team of the Year Mwai Kumwenda GS Melbourne Vixens Tegan Philip GA Melbourne Vixens Liz Watson WA Melbourne Vixens Laura Langman C Sunshine Coast Lightning Gabi Simpson WD Queensland Firebirds Jo Weston GD Melbourne Vixens Geva Mentor GK Sunshine Coast Lightning 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 TeamCaptainCoachRef. 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
References
External links
Season results