The 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club was the inaugural Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. 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. Steel went through the tournament unbeaten, defeating Northern Mystics 79–58 in the final. 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).
Teams The tournament featured eight teams. These included the top three from the 2017 ANZ Premiership season – Southern Steel, Central Pulse and Northern Mystics.
Team League Head coach Captain Celtic FlamesTrish WilcoxSuzy Drane Central PulseANZ PremiershipYvette McCausland-DurieCathrine Tuivaiti Gauteng JaguarsBrutal Fruit Netball CupJenny van DykShadine van der Merwe Marama VouUnaisi RokouraVaiti Waqatabu New South Wales Institute of SportBriony Akle Northern MysticsANZ PremiershipHelene WilsonAnna Harrison Southern SteelANZ PremiershipReinga BloxhamWendy Frew University of Trinidad and TobagoAll Sectors Netball LeagueBridget Adams
Notes 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.
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.
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.
Group A Matches Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Final ladder Group A 1 Southern Steel33002441536 2 NSWIS32012091684 3 UTT30121642231 4 Gauteng Jaguars30121452181
Group B Matches Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Final ladder Group B 1 Northern Mystics33002171406 2 Central Pulse32011861504 3 Celtic Flames31021521722 4 Marama Vou30031342270
5th/8th place classification Semi-finals
7th/8th place match
5th/6th place match Celtic Flames finished in fifth place, ahead of all other invited international teams outside Australia and New Zealand.
1st/4th Play offs Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Final standings Rank Team Southern Steel Northern Mystics NSWIS4th Central Pulse5th Celtic Flames6th UTT7th Gauteng Jaguars8th Marama Vou
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