The 2016 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality Netball Superleague) was the eleventh season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Surrey Storm after defeating Manchester Thunder in the grand final. Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season. The league was sponsored by VitalityHealth.
Teams This was Yorkshire Jets final season in the Netball Superleague. In June 2016 England Netball announced that Jets had lost their place in the league.
2016 Superleague teams Home venue/base Country/Region Celtic DragonsSport Wales National CentreWales Hertfordshire MavericksUniversity of HertfordshireEast of England Loughborough LightningLoughborough UniversityEast Midlands Manchester ThunderWright Robinson CollegeNorth West England Team BathUniversity of BathSouth West England/West of England Team NorthumbriaSport CentralNorth East England Surrey StormUniversity of SurreyGreater London/South East England Yorkshire JetsHull / Leeds / SheffieldYorkshire
Regular season The opening day of the regular season saw the introduction of Super Saturday. This saw the eight teams play all four Round 1 games at the Genting Arena in front of a 7,500 crowd. During the season Sky Sports broadcast several matches live on Monday nights. Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season.
Final table
Play-offs Semi-finals
3rd/4th place play off
Grand Final
Team of the Season A panel of Sky Sports commentators and pundits including Katharine Merry, Caroline Barker, Karen Atkinson, Tamsin Greenway and Jess Thirlby selected a 2016 Team of the Season.
Position Player Team GK Ama AgbezeLoughborough LightningGD Layla GuscothHertfordshire Mavericks WD Amy FlanaganSurrey Storm C Sara BaymanManchester Thunder WA Natalie HaythornthwaiteManchester Thunder GA Pamela CookeySurrey Storm GS Rachel DunnSurrey Storm
See also 2016 Surrey Storm season 2016 Team Bath netball season
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