The 2019

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season was the third season of the premier

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league in

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. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 15 September 2019, however it was suspended for most of the month of July due to the Netball World Cup, which was played in

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. The

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won the premiership, defeating two-time defending premiers

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by 17 goals in the Grand Final at the

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Overview

Teams

Format

The season is played over fourteen rounds, allowing every team to play each other twice, once at home and once away. The top four teams on the

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at the conclusion of the

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qualify for the

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. In the first week of the finals series, the 1st ranked team hosts the 2nd ranked team in the major semi-final (with the winner of that match to qualify for the

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) and the 3rd ranked team hosts the 4th ranked team in the minor semi-final (with the loser of that match eliminated). The loser of the major semi-final then hosts the winner of the minor semi-final in the preliminary final. The winner of the major semi-final then hosts the winner of the preliminary final in the Grand Final.

Player transfers

At the start of Super Netball in 2017, all players were contracted for a maximum of two years in line with the initial

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negotiated by the players' association. Clubs were free to re-sign existing players in the last few weeks of the 2018 season, before the transfer window opened for unimpeded acquisitions at the end of the season. Clubs were given until 25 September 2018 to finalise their rosters for the 2019 season.

Arrivals

The following table is a list of players who moved clubs/leagues into Super Netball, or were elevated into a permanent position in the senior team, during the off-season. It does not include players who were re-signed by their original Super Netball clubs.

Departures

The following table is a list of players who left Super Netball clubs at the end of the previous season and joined a foreign club. It does not include players who retired from Super Netball at the end of the previous season.

Pre-season tournament

The league introduced a

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tournament for the first time, known as the #TeamGirls Cup. The tournament took place between 8 and 10 March at the newly constructed

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. The eight Super Netball teams were split into two groups of four and played each of their group opponents once, before playing an inter-group match to determine places from first to eighth. All matches were live-streamed on the Netball Live App and Telstra TV, with the final match between the two top teams broadcast on the

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. The tournament was won by the

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, who defeated local rivals the

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by six goals in the final.

Pool A Fixtures

Pool B Fixtures

Finals

Regular season

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

Ladder

Finals series

Major semi-final

Minor semi-final

---- * The Vixens were required to shift their home final to the SNHC due to their usual venues (

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and

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) being unavailable.

Preliminary final

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Grand Final

* Grand Final MVP Winner: Samantha Wallace (New South Wales Swifts)

Nissan Net Points Team of the Week

Awards

* The

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was won by

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of the

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, who claimed the award for the second consecutive year. * The Grand Final MVP Award was won by Samantha Wallace of the

, who scored 40 goals from 44 attempts in the Grand Final. * The Rising Star Award was won by

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. * The Joyce Brown Coach of the Year award was won by Briony Akle, coach of the premiership team the

. * The Leading Goalscorer Award was won by

of the

, who scored 709 goals in the regular season. * The following players were named in the Super Netball Team of the Year: ;Defenders * Goal Keeper:

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(

) * Goal Defence:

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(

) ;Midcourters * Wing Defence:

Renae Ingles Renae Ingles (née Hallinan) (born 18 July 1986 in Melbourne, Australia) is a former Australia netball international who played in 67 tests for Australia. Career Ingles was primarily a wing-defence and centre player. She started her career wit ...

(

) * Centre:

Kate Moloney Kate Moloney is an Australian netballer who plays for the Melbourne Vixens in the Suncorp Super Netball league. As of April 2017, she is the captain of the Vixens. Moloney made her domestic league netball debut for the Vixens in 2013 and was appo ...

(

) * Wing Attack: Liz Watson
(

) ;Attackers * Goal Attack:

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(

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) * Goal Shooter:

(

) ;Reserves * Attack Reserve: Samantha Wallace
(

) * Micourt Reserve:

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(

) * Defence Reserve:

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(

Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they played in ...

)

References

External links

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