The 2016 Southern Steel season saw the

Southern Steel Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball South in the ANZ Premiership. Netball South is the governing body that ...

netball team compete in the 2016 ANZ Championship. With a team coached by

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, captained by

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and featuring

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, Steel finished the season as minor premiers. However they subsequently lost the New Zealand Conference Final to and were defeated in the semi-finals by

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Players

Player movements

2016 roster

Regular season

Fixtures and results

;Round 1 ;Round 2 ;Round 3 ;Round 4 ;Round 5 ;Round 6 ;Round 7 '' received a bye.'' ;Round 8 ;Round 9 ;Round 10 ;Round 11 ;Round 12 ;Round 13 ;Round 14

Final standings

Finals series

New Zealand Conference Final

Semi-finals

Award winners

ANZ Championship awards

New Zealand Netball Awards

National Netball League

With a team captained by Hayley Crofts, Steel's reserve team, Netball South won the inaugural National Netball League title after defeating Central Zone 51–46 in the grand final at

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. At the 2016 New Zealand Netball Awards, Netball South winning the inaugural title was named Moment of the Year and head coach, Lauren Piebenga, was named National Coach of the Year.

References

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