# 2018 Central Pulse season

The 2018 Central Pulse season saw the Central Pulse netball team compete in the 2018 ANZ Premiership and the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Grant and featuring Karin Burger, Aliyah Dunn, Ameliaranne Ekenasio, Sulu Fitzpatrick and Claire Kersten, Central Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers. However, in the grand final Southern Steel defeated Pulse 54–53. However, Pulse subsequently won the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament, defeating Mainland Tactix 61–56 in the final.

## Players
### Player movements

Gains and losses :
| Gains | Losses |
| Aliyah Dunn (Southern Steel) Ameliaranne Ekenasio (maternity leave) Sulu Fitzpatrick (Northern Stars) Mila Reuelu-Buchanan (Central Zone) | Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Eseta Autagavaia Sara Bayman (UWS Sirens) Sheridan Bignall Jermaine Howard-Vallance (Central Zone) Phoenix Karaka (Northern Mystics) Cathrine Tuivaiti (Adelaide Thunderbirds) |
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### 2018 roster

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#### Notes

* ^1 Four Central Zone players, Maddy Gordon, Paris Lokotui, Elle Temu and Saviour Tui were added to the squad for the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club.

## Pre-season

Pulse hosted the official ANZ Premiership pre-season tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki between 20 and 22 April.
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## ANZ Premiership regular season
### Final standings

2018 ANZ Premiership laddervte :
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | GF | GA | GD | G% | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Central Pulse | 15 | 12 | 3 | 850 | 679 | +171 | 125.2 | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | Southern Steel | 15 | 10 | 5 | 874 | 866 | +8 | 100.9 | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | Mainland Tactix | 15 | 7 | 8 | 746 | 761 | −15 | 98 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Northern Mystics | 15 | 7 | 8 | 783 | 796 | −13 | 98.4 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | 15 | 5 | 10 | 804 | 878 | −74 | 91.6 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Northern Stars | 15 | 4 | 11 | 832 | 909 | −77 | 91.5 | 5 | 13 |
Qualified for Grand final and the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club Qualified for Elimination final and the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club
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## ANZ Premiership Finals Series
### Grand final

| Sun 12 Aug 4:15 pm | Central Pulse | 53–54 | Southern Steel | Fly Palmy Arena | Sky Sport |
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| Sun 12 Aug 4:15 pm | Aliyah Dunn 32/35 (91%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio 17/25 (68%) Tiana Metuarau 4/4 (100%) | | Jen O'Connell 40/44 (91%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 14/18 (78%) | Fly Palmy Arena | Sky Sport |
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## Netball New Zealand Super Club
### Group stage

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### Final ladder

Group B :
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | % | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Central Pulse | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 196 | 118 | 166.1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | NSWIS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 149 | 119.5 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Marama Vou | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 209 | 69.9 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | UWS Sirens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 183 | 76.0 | 0 | 0 |
Qualified for Semi-finals 5th/8th place classification
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### 1st/4th Play offs
#### Semi-finals

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#### Final

| 24 August 2018 8.30pm | Central Pulse | 61–56 | Mainland Tactix | Trafalgar Centre | Sky Sport |
| 24 August 2018 8.30pm | Aliyah Dunn 35/39 (90%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio 16/30 (53%) Tiana Metuarau 2/2 (100%) | | Ellie Bird 30/38 (79%) Kate Beveridge 15/19 (79%) Brooke Leaver 4/8 (50%) | Trafalgar Centre | Sky Sport |
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## National Netball League

With a team featuring Maddy Gordon, Saviour Tui and Ainsleyana Puleiata, Pulse's reserve team, Central Zone won the 2018 National Netball League title after defeating Waikato Bay of Plenty 62–53 in the grand final.

## Award winners
### New Zealand Netball Awards

| Award | Winner |
| ANZ Premiership Player of the Year | Katrina Grant |

### Team of the season

Three Central Pulse players were named in Brendon Egan's Stuff Seven team of the season.
| Position | Player |
| GS | Aliyah Dunn |
| WD | Karin Burger |
| GD | Katrina Grant |
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