The Netball Super League is a top level

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league featuring teams from the

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. The league is organised by England Netball but features teams based in

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and

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. The league was commenced playing at the 2005–06 season, replacing the Super Cup as the elite netball competition in England. Since

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the league has been sponsored by

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and, as a result, it is also known as the Vitality Netball Superleague. Historically the league's most successful teams are Team Bath, who have won five titles, and the Mavericks, who have played in seven grand finals. In more recent times, Surrey Storm won successive titles in 2015 and

and Wasps have played in three successive finals, winning two titles, between

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and

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. In 2019

Manchester Thunder Manchester Thunder are an English netball team based in Manchester. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06, Thunder were founding members of the league. They were Superleague champions in 2012, 2014, 2019 and 2022. ...

won their third title. Umpire Gary Burgess made history in 2018 by umpiring his 10th consecutive Netball Superleague final between Manchester Thunder and Surrey Storm. Loughborough Lightning won their first title in 2021, beating Team Bath.

Teams

Current teams

;Notes * Between 2001 and 2012,

played as Northern Thunder. * Saracens Mavericks previously played as Galleria Mavericks, Hertfordshire Mavericks and benecosMavericks. * Surrey Storm originally played as Brunel Hurricanes.

Former teams

;Notes * Between 2005–06 and 2011,

Yorkshire Jets Yorkshire Jets were an English netball team based at Leeds Beckett University. Their senior team played in the Netball Superleague. Between 2005–06 and 2011 they played as Leeds Met Carnegie or simply Leeds Carnegie. Together with the men's ...

played as Leeds Carnegie.

History

Grand Finals

Winners

Sponsorship

Television

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are the Netball Superleague's official broadcast partner and they broadcast live matches throughout the season. In November 2016 England Netball and Sky Sports signed a four-year deal which saw every live match made available to all Sky TV customers on ''Sky Sports Mix''. A "multi-year deal" was reached in 2021, which expanded Sky's coverage to allow for all matches to be either televised on Sky Sports or streamed via

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References

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