# 2016 Netball Superleague season

The 2016 Netball Superleague season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality Netball Superleague) was the eleventh season of the Netball Superleague. The league was won by Surrey Storm after defeating Manchester Thunder in the grand final. Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season. The league was sponsored by VitalityHealth.

## Teams

This was Yorkshire Jets final season in the Netball Superleague. In June 2016 England Netball announced that Jets had lost their place in the league.
| 2016 Superleague teams | Home venue/base | Country/Region |
| Celtic Dragons | Sport Wales National Centre | Wales |
| Hertfordshire Mavericks | University of Hertfordshire | East of England |
| Loughborough Lightning | Loughborough University | East Midlands |
| Manchester Thunder | Wright Robinson College | North West England |
| Team Bath | University of Bath | South West England/West of England |
| Team Northumbria | Sport Central | North East England |
| Surrey Storm | University of Surrey | Greater London/South East England |
| Yorkshire Jets | Hull / Leeds / Sheffield | Yorkshire |

## Regular season

The opening day of the regular season saw the introduction of Super Saturday. This saw the eight teams play all four Round 1 games at the Genting Arena in front of a 7,500 crowd. During the season Sky Sports broadcast several matches live on Monday nights. Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season.

### Final table

2016 Netball Superleague ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Manchester Thunder | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 848 | 673 | +175 | 39 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 2 | Surrey Storm | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 777 | 650 | +127 | 30 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 3 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 769 | 653 | +116 | 30 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 4 | Team Bath | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 768 | 669 | +99 | 30 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 5 | Loughborough Lightning | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 719 | 720 | −1 | 18 | |
| 6 | Team Northumbria | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 613 | 770 | −157 | 12 | |
| 7 | Celtic Dragons | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 667 | 800 | −133 | 6 | |
| 8 | Yorkshire Jets | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 549 | 775 | −226 | 3 | |

## Play-offs
### Semi-finals

| 30 April 2016 16:00 | Manchester Thunder | 53–46 | Team Bath | Manchester Thunderdome |
| Manchester Thunderdome |||
| 30 April 2016 16:00 | Helen Housby Eleanor Cardwell | | Lenize Potgieter Chelsea Lewis | Manchester Thunderdome |
| 30 April 2016 18:00 | Surrey Storm | 53–51 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | Surrey Sports Park |
| Surrey Sports Park |||
| 30 April 2016 18:00 | Rachel Dunn 35/36 (97%) Pamela Cookey 18/21 (86%) | | Samantha Wallace 41/46 (89%) Ella Clark 10/13 (77%) | Surrey Sports Park |

### 3rd/4th place play off

| 7 May 2016 14:30 | Team Bath | 49–48 | Hertfordshire Mavericks | Copper Box Arena |
| Copper Box Arena |||

## Grand Final

| 7 May 2016 17:00 | Surrey Storm | 55–53 | Manchester Thunder | Copper Box Arena Umpires: Gary Burgess and Jackie Mizon | Sky Sports |
| Sky Sports |||
| 7 May 2016 17:00 | Pamela Cookey 28/31 (90%) Rachel Dunn 27/32 (84%) | | Helen Housby 38/39 (97%) Kathryn Turner 8/10 (80%) Eleanor Cardwell 7/10 (70%) | Copper Box Arena Umpires: Gary Burgess and Jackie Mizon | Sky Sports |

## Team of the Season

A panel of Sky Sports commentators and pundits including Katharine Merry, Caroline Barker, Karen Atkinson, Tamsin Greenway and Jess Thirlby selected a 2016 Team of the Season.
| Position | Player | Team |
| GK | Ama Agbeze | Loughborough Lightning |
| GD | Layla Guscoth | Hertfordshire Mavericks |
| WD | Amy Flanagan | Surrey Storm |
| C | Sara Bayman | Manchester Thunder |
| WA | Natalie Haythornthwaite | Manchester Thunder |
| GA | Pamela Cookey | Surrey Storm |
| GS | Rachel Dunn | Surrey Storm |
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