The 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club was the second edition of Netball New Zealand's invitational tournament. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Grant and featuring Karin Burger, Aliyah Dunn, Ameliaranne Ekenasio, Sulu Fitzpatrick and Claire Kersten, Central Pulse finished the tournament as winners after defeating Mainland Tactix 61–56 in the final. All the matches were hosted at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson between 19 August and 24 August 2018. All the matches were broadcast live on Sky Sport (New Zealand). The tournament also featured two-points for long shots as previously used in Fast5 netball.
Teams The tournament featured eight teams. These included the top three from the 2018 ANZ Premiership season – Southern Steel, Central Pulse and Mainland Tactix.
Team League Central PulseANZ Premiership Gauteng JaguarsTelkom Netball League Marama Vou New South Wales Institute of Sport Mainland TactixANZ Premiership UWS SirensNetball Superleague Southern SteelANZ Premiership Singapore SneakersNetball Super League (Singapore)
Notes Marama Vou were a Pacific Islander representative team organised by Netball Fiji and featuring players from Fiji, Samoa and New Zealand. Vicki Wilson was the team's head coach. Frances Solia served as team mentor.
The New South Wales Institute of Sport team was effectively a combined Netball New South Wales Waratahs and Canberra Giants team.
Group A Matches Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Final ladder Group A 1 Southern Steel 3 2 0 1 207 168 123.2 1 7 2 Mainland Tactix 3 2 0 1 201 153 131.4 0 6 3 Gauteng Jaguars 3 2 0 1 173 172 100.6 0 6 4 Sneakers 3 0 0 3 150 238 63.0 0 0
Group B Matches Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Final ladder Group B 1 Central Pulse 3 2 0 1 196 118 166.1 1 7 2 NSWIS 3 3 0 0 178 149 119.5 0 9 3 Marama Vou 3 1 0 2 146 209 69.9 0 3 4 UWS Sirens 3 0 0 3 139 183 76.0 0 0
5th/8th place classification Semi-finals
7th/8th place match
5th/6th place match
1st/4th Play offs Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Final standings Rank Team Central Pulse Mainland Tactix Southern Steel4th NSWIS5th UWS Sirens6th Marama Vou7th Sneakers8th Gauteng Jaguars
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