2023 Suncorp Super Netball Season

The 2023 Suncorp Super Netball season was the seventh season of the premier netball league in Australia. The season commenced on Saturday 18 March and concluded with the Grand Final on Saturday 8 July at John Cain Arena. The defending premiers were the West Coast Fever, who were eliminated in the Preliminary Final by the New South Wales Swifts. The Adelaide Thunderbirds won their first premiership in 10 years, narrowly defeating the New South Wales Swifts 60-59 after an extra time Grand Final thriller. This season was the last season to feature the Collingwood Magpies, who withdrew from the competition at the end of the season due to financial difficulties.

Teams

Contracted Signings

Important dates in relation to player signings for the 2023 season are:
* 2 May 2022 – 3 July 2022: Clubs have an exclusive window to re-sign any of their existing contracted players, or any of their existing permanent or temporary replacement players. Clubs can also sign any player who was not contracted to another team, either as a squad member, replacement player or a training partner in 2022.
* 4 July 2022 – 22 July 2022: The period for free agency signings is open, and players can be contracted by any club without restriction. By 22 July all clubs must have signed 10 senior contracted players to their list.
* 25 July 2022 – 10 March 2023: Training partners can be signed.

Players were permitted to sign one-year contracts, owing to the expiration of Netball Australia's collective bargaining agreement with the players.

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

Team List

;Notes: Injuries, Retirements, Coaching Changes, Team Changes

* NSW Swifts confirmed that Sam Wallace will not be taking part in the 2023 season as the rehab on her ACL has taken longer than through, Romelda Aiken-George is her replacement
* Jemma Donoghue had signed with the Giants as a training partner for the 2023 season but was approached by Netball Superleague Team, Leeds Rhinos to join their squard for the remainder of their season and took the offer. Tayla Davies is her replacement training partner
* Reilley Batcheldor had signed with Sunshine Coast Lightning but during the Australian National Championship, she suffered an ACL injury and will miss some of the 2023 season. Charlie Bell has been brought in to replace Reilley in the contracted 10 for Lightning after signing as a training partner for the Queensland Firebirds.
* Kate Walsh had signed with the Sunshine Coast Lightning but in November 2022, Kate decided to retire from National and International netball; Ash Ervin is her replacement after signing as a training partner for the Queensland Firebirds
* Tara Hincliffe had signed with the Sunshine Coast Lightning but in February 2023 at the Team Girls cup she suffered an ACL injury and will miss the 2023 Season; Shannon Eagland is her replacement
* While playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning, Injury Replacement player Shannon Eagland did her ACL and will mis the rest of the season. Ava Black was named as the temp replacement player
* Rahni Samason has injured her leg and will miss some of the 2023 season; Kim Borger is her replacement.
* Gretel Bueta is currently pregnant with her second child and will not be playing the 2023 season; Emily Moore is her replacement.
* Macy Gardener fractued her wrist during a game and is out for the rest of the season; Hulita Veve/Leesa Mimi are the temp replacement
* Sara Francis Bayman was the assistant coach for the Queensland Firebirds but on 13 March it was announced that she was no longer the assistant coach; the search is on for a new assistant coach for the Firebirds. Lauren Brown is the new assistant coach.
* Nyah Allen will miss all of the season due to an ongoing chest injury which she has had surgery for; Kelly Singleton is her replacement

Suncorp Team Girls Cup 2023

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For the second consecutive year, the pre-season Suncorp Team Girls Cup competition was staged. The round-robin and playoff tournament was held at the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre from Friday 24 February to Sunday 26 February. The eight Super Netball teams were split into two groups of four and play each of their group opponents once, before playing an inter-group match to determine places from first to eighth.

The tournament was won by the West Coast Fever, who defeated the Adelaide Thunderbirds 49–41 in the final.

Pool A Matches

Pool B Matches

Finals

Regular Season

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(all times are in local time)

Round 1

Round 2

* The match between the Adelaide Thunderbirds and the New South Wales Swifts was initially scheduled to commence at 6:30 pm ACDT, but was delayed by an hour due to further work being completed on the playing surface. Additionally, due to a high-voltage transformer issue causing a power outage at Netball SA Stadium at half-time, the match was called off as it was unable to be completed in the allocated timeframe. The game was declared a draw, with both teams sharing 2 competition points and having the goals for and against included in the ladder.

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8 - Inclusion Round

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11 - First Nations Round (Week 1)

Round 12 - First Nations Round (Week 2)

Round 13

Round 14

Ladder

Finals Series

Major Semi Final

Minor Semi Final

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Preliminary Final

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Grand Final

* Grand Final MVP Winner: Eleanor Cardwell

Nissan Net Points Team of the Round

References

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