Super Netball, also known as Super Netball League or its sponsored name Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) is a professional netball league in Australia. It superseded the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top-level netball league in Australia in 2017. Since 2019, the league has been governed on behalf of Netball Australia by an independent commission. Its main sponsor is Suncorp Group. Sunshine Coast Lightning were the inaugural Super Netball winners.
History In May 2016, Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand announced that the ANZ Championship would be discontinued after the 2016 season. In Australia, its replacement league – initially known as simply the National Netball League before an official name was decided upon – included the five former Australian ANZ Championship teams (Adelaide Thunderbirds, Melbourne Vixens, New South Wales Swifts, Queensland Firebirds and West Coast Fever) plus three brand new franchises: Collingwood Magpies, Giants Netball and Sunshine Coast Lightning.
With a team coached by Noeline Taurua, captained by Geva Mentor and also featuring Caitlin Bassett, Karla Pretorius and Stephanie Wood, Sunshine Coast Lightning finished the 2017 season as inaugural champions after defeating Giants Netball 65–48 in the grand final. In 2018 they retained the title after defeating West Coast Fever 62–59 in the grand final.
In 2019, Briony Akle guided New South Wales Swifts to their first Super Netball title. Despite losing their new captain, Maddy Proud, to injury early in the season, Swifts finished the regular season in second place. In the major semi-final, they lost to Sunshine Coast Lightning. However, they then defeated Melbourne Vixens in the preliminary final. In the grand final they faced Lightning again but this time defeated them 64–47 to emerge as champions.
In 2020, with a team coached again by Simone McKinnis and co-captained by Kate Moloney and Liz Watson, Melbourne Vixens finished the season as both minor premiers and overall champions. In the grand final they defeated West Coast Fever 66–64. In 2021, with a team coached by Briony Akle and co-captained by Maddy Proud and Paige Hadley, New South Wales Swifts won their second Super Netball title. In the grand final they defeated Giants Netball 63–59.
In 2022, head coach Dan Ryan and captain Courtney Bruce led West Coast Fever to their first premiership. In the grand final they defeated Melbourne Vixens 70–59. In May 2023, news reports disclosed that the Collingwood Magpies were in financial distress, and later that month the Collingwood Football Club announced it would withdraw its netball team at the conclusion of the 2023 season. The 2023 premiership was won by the Adelaide Thunderbirds, defeating the Swifts 60–59 after extra time was required in the grand final. It was the Thunderbirds' first national league premiership in a decade, and came off the back of years of lowly finishes in Super Netball.
Following the demise of the Magpies, speculation circled as to who would be awarded the eighth license for the 2024 season and beyond. Submissions for the new license closed on 20 June 2023, with as many as six initial bids being whittled down to two by the closing date, according to media reports. On 21 July 2023, the league announced that the Sports Entertainment Network (SEN), led by chief executive Craig Hutchison, was awarded the license for a team to be based in south-east Melbourne. As part of the licensing agreement, Netball Australia will operate the team for the rest of 2023 before transitioning to SEN for 2024 and beyond. ABC News reported that the SEN bid was preferred by broadcasters Fox Netball over the alternate bid put forward by Netball Victoria, which suggested a regional team 'floating' between Geelong, Bendigo or Ballarat.
Two years after the Magpies demise, speculation arose that Giants Netball might also be removed from the competition. As the side's form dipped throughout 2024 and 2025 and financial losses accumulated, ABC News reported that hospitality and lifestyle franchise Mounties Group (owner of the Mounties Rugby League Football Club) were interested in acquiring the license held by Giants Netball. By the end of the 2026 season, in which the Giants won only one game, both Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) and Wests Group (owner of the Newcastle Knights rugby league club) were in discussions with Netball New South Wales about taking over the license. On 3 August 2026, Netball Australia announced it had approved a transfer of license ownership from Giants Netball to Sports Entertainment Network, making SEN the owner of two franchises in the competition. The Giants branding was discontinued, and on 19 August SEN revealed the team would be called the Sydney Sirens, accompanied by a coral and teal colour palette. The name has been objected to by representatives of the Sydney Sirens ice hockey team, who compete in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League and reportedly intend to lodge a formal opposition to SEN's trademark application.
Clubs Current clubs ClubIconLocationStateHead coachSSN seasonsSSN premiershipsFirstTotalTotalMost recentAdelaide ThunderbirdsAdelaide South AustraliaTania ObstAdelaide Entertainment Centre1996201710 32026Melbourne MavericksMelbourne Victoria Gerard MurphyJohn Cain Arena202320243——Melbourne VixensMelbourne Victoria Di HoneyJohn Cain Arena200720171022025New South Wales SwiftsSydney New South WalesDylan NexhipKen Rosewall Arena200720171022021Queensland FirebirdsBrisbane QueenslandKiri WillsNissan Arena1996201710——Sunshine Coast LightningSunshine Coast QueenslandBelinda ReynoldsUSC Stadium201620171022018Sydney Sirenshttps://giantsnetball.com.au/news/sydney-sirens-rise-new-name-new-colours-new-eraWestern Sydney New South WalesNerida StewartKen Rosewall Arena20262027West Coast FeverPerth Western AustraliaDan RyanRAC Arena199620171012022
Former clubs ClubIconLocationStateSSN seasonsSSN premiershipsFirstLastTotalTotalMost recentCollingwood MagpiesMelbourne VictoriaJohn Cain Arena2016201720237——Giants Netballhttps://www.codesports.com.au/netball/sen-secures-second-super-netball-club-with-takeover-of-struggling-giants/news-story/819bdc4cf21f476776a091347064f9fdSydney New South WalesKen Rosewall Arena20162017202610——
Venues
Current venues The following table shows a list of all of venues that have been used throughout the 2025 Suncorp Super Netball season. Where venues have had other/sponsored names, only those names in place from when the venue was being used in the league have been listed. +Current Super Netball venuesVenueLocationStateFirst usedCurrent tenant(s)Qudos Bank ArenaSydneyNew South Wales18,0002017New South Wales SwiftsRAC ArenaPerthWestern Australia14,5002017West Coast FeverJohn Cain ArenaMelbourneVictoria10,5002017Melbourne VixensMelbourne MavericksKen Rosewall ArenaSydneyNew South Wales10,0002021New South Wales SwiftsGiants NetballAdelaide Entertainment CentreAdelaideSouth Australia9,6002018Adelaide ThunderbirdsNissan ArenaBrisbaneQueensland5,0002019Queensland FirebirdsNetball SA StadiumAdelaideSouth Australia3,2002017Adelaide ThunderbirdsMyState Bank ArenaHobartTasmania4,3402022Melbourne MavericksUniSC ArenaSunshine CoastQueensland3,0002017Sunshine Coast Lightning
Former venues The following table shows a list of all of venues that have been used throughout the entirety of Super Netball. Where venues have had other/sponsored names, only those names in place from when the venue was being used in the league have been listed. +Former Super Netball venuesVenueOther/sponsored name(s)LocationStateFirst usedLast usedTenant(s)State Sports CentreQuaycentreSydneyNew South Wales4,50020172019New South Wales SwiftsGiants NetballBrisbane Entertainment CentreBrisbaneQueensland11,00020172019Queensland FirebirdsBrisbane Convention & Exhibition CentreBrisbaneQueensland4,00020172017Queensland FirebirdsPerth High Performance CentreHBF StadiumPerthWestern Australia4,50020172018West Coast FeverAIS ArenaCanberraAustralian Capital Territory5,20020172019Giants NetballAdelaide ArenaTitanium Security ArenaAdelaideSouth Australia8,00020172017Adelaide ThunderbirdsGold Coast Convention and Exhibition CentreGold CoastQueensland6,00020172017Queensland FirebirdsMargaret Court ArenaMelbourneVictoria7,50020172019Collingwood MagpiesMelbourne VixensGold Coast Sports and Leisure CentreGold CoastQueensland5,00020182018Queensland FirebirdsInternational Convention Centre SydneySydneyNew South Wales7,20020182018Giants NetballBendigo StadiumBendigoVictoria4,00020192019Collingwood MagpiesTerritory Netball StadiumDarwinNorthern Territory2,00020192019Adelaide ThunderbirdsParkville StadiumState Netball and Hockey Centre (2019–2021)MelbourneVictoria3,05020192022Melbourne VixensCollingwood MagpiesTownsville Entertainment and Convention CentreTownsvilleQueensland5,15420202020Collingwood MagpiesCairns Pop-Up ArenaCairnsQueensland2,00020202020West Coast FeverAdelaide ThunderbirdsMelbourne VixensSilverdomeLauncestonTasmania3,25520172023Collingwood Magpies
Season structure
Pre-season Beginning in 2019, a structured round-robin tournament known as the Team Girls Cup has been conducted, named for the titular campaign established in 2017 that aims to decrease the dropout rate in junior netball. The league's eight teams are divided into two pools, where they play each of their fellow pool members once. A fourth round is then held to determine final placings across the combined pools, and a champion is crowned from the match held between the two top-ranked pool teams. Matches are held over three consecutive days and are all played at the same venue. Locations to have hosted the tournament so far include Brisbane, Melbourne and the Gold Coast.
+List of Team Girls Cup championsSeasonChampionsRunners-upScoreVenueGrand Final 2019Collingwood MagpiesMelbourne Vixens39–33Queensland State Netball CentreShimona Nelson (Collingwood Magpies)2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemicKen Rosewall Arena2021Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic2022Melbourne VixensWest Coast Fever45–43Parkville StadiumKate Moloney (Melbourne Vixens)2023West Coast FeverAdelaide Thunderbirds49–41Gold Coast Sports and Leisure CentreSasha Glasgow (West Coast Fever)2024New South Wales SwiftsMelbourne Vixens45–44Ken Rosewall ArenaMaddy Proud (New South Wales Swifts)2025Adelaide ThunderbirdsWest Coast Fever38–37Netball SA StadiumLatanya Wilson (Adelaide Thunderbirds)2026Not held, individual clubs organised individual pre-season fixtures
Regular season The regular season is played across 14 rounds, with the league's eight teams playing each other twice in home and away fixtures.
Finals series +Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder^Player also won the Player of the Year Award +List of Super Netball premiersSeasonPremiersRunners-up ScoreVenueGrand Final 2017Sunshine Coast LightningGiants Netball65–48Brisbane Entertainment CentreKarla Pretorius (Sunshine Coast Lightning)2018Sunshine Coast Lightning (2)West Coast Fever62–59Perth ArenaCaitlin Bassett (Sunshine Coast Lightning)2019New South Wales SwiftsSunshine Coast Lightning64–47Brisbane Entertainment CentreSamantha Wallace (New South Wales Swifts)2020Melbourne Vixens+West Coast Fever (2)66–64Nissan ArenaMwai Kumwenda (Melbourne Vixens)2021New South Wales Swifts (2)Giants Netball (2)63–59Nissan ArenaMaddy Turner (New South Wales Swifts)2022West Coast FeverMelbourne Vixens70–59RAC ArenaSasha Glasgow (West Coast Fever)2023Adelaide ThunderbirdsNew South Wales Swifts60–59John Cain ArenaEleanor Cardwell (Adelaide Thunderbirds)2024 Adelaide Thunderbirds+ Melbourne Vixens 59–57Adelaide Entertainment CentreRomelda Aiken-George (Adelaide Thunderbirds)2025 Melbourne Vixens West Coast Fever (3)59–58Rod Laver ArenaKiera Austin (Melbourne Vixens)2026 Adelaide Thunderbirds+ Melbourne Vixens 61–40John Cain ArenaLatanya Wilson (Adelaide Thunderbirds)
Minor premierships