Victorian Fury are an Australian netball team that represents

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in the Australian Netball League. In 2008 they were both founder members and the inaugural champions of the league. They retained the title in 2009 and completed a three in row in 2010. They then won it four times in a row between 2013 and 2016. In 2019 they won their eighth ANL title. They are the most successful team in the ANL. Fury are effectively the representative team of the

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and the

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History

Netball Victoria

Victorian Fury is effectively the representative team of the

. They are also one of two teams that represent Netball Victoria in senior or national leagues. Their senior team,

, have represented

in both the

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and

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. In 2013 and 2014 Netball Victoria also entered a second team known as Victorian Flames in the Australian Netball League. In 2016 Fury and Vixens began to host double headers against other ANL and ANZ Championship teams. This was part of a process where the relationship between the two leagues became more formalized. As part of this arrangement, a limited number of Vixens players were also eligible to play for Fury.

Three in a row

In 2008 Victorian Fury were both founder members and the inaugural champions of the Australian Netball League.

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captained Fury to their first title. In 2009 Fury retained the title and in 2010 they completed a three in a row. Other members of the Fury team from this era included

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and

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Four in a row

Between 2013 and 2016 Fury completed a four in a row of ANL titles.

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was the top goalscorer for Fury during 2013, finishing the season with a record 461 goals. In the grand final against

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she scored 38 goals with a 97% strike rate. She was subsequently named the ANL's MVP. In 2015

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, Alice Teague-Neeld and Elle Bennetts were all members of the Fury team captained by

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that won the ANL title for a sixth time. In 2016 Themann, again captain, and Bennetts were joined by

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and

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as Fury won their seventh title.

ANL Grand finals

Home venues

Victorian Fury play the majority of their home games at the

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. They have also played home games at

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and the

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Notable players

Internationals

; *

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 ...

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* Tegan Philip *

; *

Melbourne Vixens

Collingwood Magpies

MVPs

;ANL MVP The following Victorian Fury players were named MVP in the Australian Netball League. ;Victorian Fury MVP

Head coaches

Premierships

* Australian Netball League **''Winners'': 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019: 8 **''Runners up'': 2011, 2017: 2

References

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