# 2024 Suncorp Super Netball season

The 2024 Suncorp Super Netball season was the eighth season of the premier netball league in Australia. The season commenced on Saturday 13 April and concluded with the Grand Final on Saturday 3 August at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. The defending premiers were the Adelaide Thunderbirds, who successfully defended their title after defeating the Melbourne Vixens in the Grand Final.
This was the first season to feature the Melbourne Mavericks, who replaced the Collingwood Magpies at the conclusion of the 2023 season.

## Teams

| Team | Home court(s) | Coach | Captain(s) |
| Adelaide Thunderbirds | Adelaide Entertainment Centre Adelaide 36ers Arena | Tania Obst | Hannah Petty |
| Giants Netball | Ken Rosewall Arena | Julie Fitzgerald | Jo Harten & Jamie-Lee Price |
| Melbourne Mavericks | John Cain Arena MyState Bank Arena | Tracey Neville | Amy Parmenter |
| Melbourne Vixens | John Cain Arena | Simone McKinnis | Kate Moloney |
| NSW Swifts | Ken Rosewall Arena | Briony Akle | Maddy Proud & Paige Hadley |
| Queensland Firebirds | Nissan Arena | Rebecca Bulley | Kim Ravaillion |
| Sunshine Coast Lightning | UniSC Arena | Belinda Reynolds | Steph Fretwell |
| West Coast Fever | RAC Arena | Dan Ryan | Jess Anstiss |

## Contracted Signings

Important dates in relation to player signings for the 2024 season are:
* 13 December 2023 – 19 December 2023: Clubs can sign any one from any team during this time. Clubs can also sign any player who was not contracted to another team, either as a squad member, replacement player or a training partner in 2023.
* 8 January 2024 – 6 April 2024: Training partners can be signed.
The following table is a list of players who moved clubs/leagues into Super Netball, or were elevated to a permanent position in the senior team during the off-season. It does not include contracted players who were re-signed by their original Super Netball clubs.
| Name | Moving from | Moving to |
| Lili Gorman-Brown | NSW Swifts (Training Partner) | NSW Swifts |
| Sam Winders | Southern Steel (NZL) | Giants Netball |
| Chelsea Pitman | London Pulse (UK) | Giants Netball |
| Jodi-Ann Ward | Collingwood Magpies | Giants Netball |
| Erin O'Brien | Giants Netball (Training Partner) | Giants Netball |
| Liz Watson | Melbourne Vixens | Sunshine Coast Lightning |
| Lessa MiMi | Queensland Firebirds (Training Partner) | Sunshine Coast Lightning |
| Ava Black | Sunshine Coast Lightning (Training Partner) | Sunshine Coast Lightning |
| Courtney Bruce | West Coast Fever | Sunshine Coast Lightning |
| Olivia Wilkinson | Collingwood Magpies (Training Partner) | West Coast Fever |
| Shanice Beckford | Jamaica | West Coast Fever |
| Kelsey Browne | Collingwood Magpies | West Coast Fever |
| Jordan Cransberg | West Coast Fever (Training Partner) | West Coast Fever |
| Fran Williams | Loughborough Lightning | West Coast Fever |
| Kadie-Ann Dehaney | Sunshine Coast Lightning | West Coast Fever |
| Eleanor Cardwell | Adelaide Thunderbirds | Melbourne Mavericks |
| Sasha Glasgow | West Coast Fever | Melbourne Mavericks |
| Gabby Sinclair | Cardiff Dragons (UK) | Melbourne Mavericks |
| Maisie Nankivell | Adelaide Thunderbirds | Melbourne Mavericks |
| Molly Jovic | Collingwood Magpies | Melbourne Mavericks |
| Tayla Fraser | NSW Swifts | Melbourne Mavericks |
| Amy Parmenter | Giants Netball | Melbourne Mavericks |
| Kim Jenner | West Coast Fever | Melbourne Mavericks |
| Lauren Moore | Giants Netball | Melbourne Mavericks |
| Olivia Lewis | Melbourne Vixens | Melbourne Mavericks |
| Sophie Garbin | Collingwood Magpies | Melbourne Vixens |
| Zara Walters | Victorian Pathways | Melbourne Vixens |
| Rudi Ellis | West Coast Fever | Melbourne Vixens |
| Tippah Dwan | Adelaide Thunderbirds | Queensland Firebirds |
| Emily Moore | Queensland Firebirds (Replacement Player) | Queensland Firebirds |
| Hulita Veve | Queensland Firebirds (Training Partner) | Queensland Firebirds |
| Isabelle Shearer | Queensland Firebirds (Training Partner) | Queensland Firebirds |
| Romelda Aiken-George | NSW Swifts (Training Partner) | Adelaide Thunderbirds |
| Lauren Frew | Adelaide Thunderbirds (Training Partner) | Adelaide Thunderbirds |
| Laura Scherian | Sunshine Coast Lightning | Adelaide Thunderbirds |

## 2024 Suncorp Team Girls Cup

* Source: Click here
For the third consecutive year, the pre-season Suncorp Team Girls Cup competition was staged. The round-robin and playoff tournament was held at Ken Rosewall Arena from Friday 22 March to Sunday 24 March. The eight Super Netball teams were split into two groups of four and played each of their group opponents once, before playing an inter-group match to determine places from first to eighth.
The tournament was won by the New South Wales Swifts, who defeated the Melbourne Vixens 45–44 in the final.

### Pool A Matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne Vixens | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 119 | +14 | 8 | Final |
| 2 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 107 | +10 | 8 | Classification matches |
| 3 | Sunshine Coast Lightning | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 122 | −9 | 4 | Classification matches |
| 4 | Giants Netball | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 132 | −15 | 4 | Classification matches |
| 22 March 2024 4:30pm AEDT | Report Stats | Adelaide Thunderbirds | 45 – 34 | Melbourne Vixens | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 22 March 2024 6:50pm AEDT | Report Stats | Sunshine Coast Lightning | 42 – 41 | Giants Netball | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 23 March 2024 10:30am AEDT | Report Stats | Adelaide Thunderbirds | 38 – 37 | Sunshine Coast Lightning | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 23 March 2024 11:40am AEDT | Report Stats | Giants Netball | 40 – 56 | Melbourne Vixens | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 23 March 2024 4:30pm AEDT | Report Stats | Melbourne Vixens | 43 – 34 | Sunshine Coast Lightning | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 23 March 2024 5:40pm AEDT | Report Stats | Giants Netball | 36 – 34 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | Ken Rosewall Arena |

### Pool B Matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New South Wales Swifts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 134 | +11 | 8 | Final |
| 2 | Queensland Firebirds | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 136 | −8 | 8 | Classification matches |
| 3 | West Coast Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 145 | 144 | +1 | 6 | Classification matches |
| 4 | Melbourne Mavericks | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 133 | 137 | −4 | 2 | Classification matches |
| 22 March 2024 5:40pm AEDT | Report Stats | Melbourne Mavericks | 42 – 43 | Queensland Firebirds | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 22 March 2024 8:00pm AEDT | Report Stats | New South Wales Swifts | 50 – 52 | West Coast Fever | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 23 March 2024 12:50pm AEDT | Report Stats | Queensland Firebirds | 41 – 51 | New South Wales Swifts | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 23 March 2024 2:00pm AEDT | Report Stats | West Coast Fever | 50 – 50 | Melbourne Mavericks | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 23 March 2024 6:50pm AEDT | Report Stats | Queensland Firebirds | 44 – 43 | West Coast Fever | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 23 March 2024 8:00pm AEDT | Report Stats | New South Wales Swifts | 44 – 41 | Melbourne Mavericks | Ken Rosewall Arena |

### Finals

| 24 March 2024 1:00pm AEDT | Report Stats | Giants Netball | 40 – 36 | Melbourne Mavericks | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 24 March 2024 2:10pm AEDT | Report Stats | Sunshine Coast Lightning | 42 – 40 | West Coast Fever | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 24 March 2024 3:20pm AEDT | Report Stats | Adelaide Thunderbirds | 50 – 38 | Queensland Firebirds | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| 24 March 2024 4:30pm AEDT | Report Stats | Melbourne Vixens | 44 – 45 | New South Wales Swifts | Ken Rosewall Arena |
| Place | Team |
| | New South Wales Swifts |
| | Melbourne Vixens |
| | Adelaide Thunderbirds |
| 4th | Queensland Firebirds |
| 5th | Sunshine Coast Lightning |
| 6th | West Coast Fever |
| 7th | Giants Netball |
| 8th | Melbourne Mavericks |
* 2024 #TeamGirls Cup winners
* New South Wales Swifts

## Regular Season

* Source: Click here (all times are in local time)

### Round 14
## Ladder

2024 Suncorp Super Netball laddervte :
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | % | PTS |
| 1 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 849 | 701 | 121.11 | 44 |
| 2 | Melbourne Vixens | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 917 | 822 | 111.56 | 44 |
| 3 | West Coast Fever | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1006 | 906 | 111.04 | 44 |
| 4 | Sunshine Coast Lightning | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 957 | 944 | 101.38 | 24 |
| 5 | Melbourne Mavericks | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 829 | 919 | 90.21 | 24 |
| 6 | New South Wales Swifts | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 856 | 923 | 92.74 | 16 |
| 7 | Queensland Firebirds | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 878 | 970 | 90.52 | 16 |
| 8 | Giants Netball | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 853 | 960 | 88.85 | 12 |
| Last updated: Sunday 14 July 2024 — Source ||||||||||

## Finals Series
### Major Semi Final

| Saturday 20 July 4:30pm ACST | Report Stats | Adelaide Thunderbirds (1) | Melbourne Vixens (2) | Adelaide 36ers Arena Umpires: Georgina Sulley-Beales, Rachael Ayre | Foxtel, Kayo Sports |
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| Saturday 20 July 4:30pm ACST | Report Stats | 2 Goal Shots Lauren Frew 1/2 (50%) Lucy Austin 1/3 (33%) Georgie Horjus 0/1 (0%) 1 Goal Shots Romelda Aiken-George 39/44 (89%) Lauren Frew 16/16 (100%) Lucy Austin 8/8 (100%) Georgie Horjus 1/2 (50%) | 2 Goal Shots Kiera Austin 4/7 (57%) Lily Graham 3/7 (43%) 1 Goal Shots Sophie Garbin 15/19 (79%) Kiera Austin 8/12 (67%) Lily Graham 6/6 (100%) | Adelaide 36ers Arena Umpires: Georgina Sulley-Beales, Rachael Ayre | Foxtel, Kayo Sports |

### Minor Semi Final

| Sunday 21 July 12:00pm AWST | Report Stats | West Coast Fever (3) | Sunshine Coast Lightning (4) | RAC Arena Umpires: Tamara Welsford, Josh Bowring | Foxtel, Kayo Sports |
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| Sunday 21 July 12:00pm AWST | Report Stats | 2 Goal Shots Shanice Beckford 1/3 (33%) Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard 0/2 (0%) 1 Goal Shots Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard 67/67 (100%) Shanice Beckford 3/4 (75%) | 2 Goal Shots Reilley Batcheldor 6/12 (50%) Steph Fretwell 2/9 (22%) 1 Goal Shots Cara Koenen 29/34 (85%) Steph Fretwell 15/19 (79%) Reilley Batcheldor 2/3 (67%) | RAC Arena Umpires: Tamara Welsford, Josh Bowring | Foxtel, Kayo Sports |

### Preliminary Final

| Saturday 27 July 5:00pm AEST | Report Stats | Melbourne Vixens (2) | West Coast Fever (3) | John Cain Arena Umpires: Rachael Ayre, Josh Bowring | Foxtel, Kayo Sports |
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| Saturday 27 July 5:00pm AEST | Report Stats | 2 Goal Shots Kiera Austin 4/5 (80%) Sophie Garbin 2/2 (100%) 1 Goal Shots Sophie Garbin 36/38 (95%) Kiera Austin 25/27 (93%) | 2 Goal Shots Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard 4/7 (57%) Alice Teague-Neeld 3/4 (75%) Shanice Beckford 1/2 (50%) 1 Goal Shots Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard 52/54 (96%) Alice Teague-Neeld 2/2 (100%) Shanice Beckford 2/2 (100%) | John Cain Arena Umpires: Rachael Ayre, Josh Bowring | Foxtel, Kayo Sports |

### Grand Final

| Saturday 3 August 6:30pm ACST | Report Stats | Adelaide Thunderbirds (1) | Melbourne Vixens (2) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre Attendance: 9,694 Umpires: Rachael Ayre, Josh Bowring | Foxtel, Kayo Sports |
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| Saturday 3 August 6:30pm ACST | Report Stats | 1 Goal Shots Romelda Aiken-George 42/51 (82%) Lauren Frew 10/10 (100%) Georgie Horjus 7/8 (88%) | 2 Goal Shots Kiera Austin 7/7 (100%) Sophie Garbin 0/1 (0%) 1 Goal Shots Sophie Garbin 22/24 (92%) Kiera Austin 21/24 (88%) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre Attendance: 9,694 Umpires: Rachael Ayre, Josh Bowring | Foxtel, Kayo Sports |
* Grand Final MVP Winner: Romelda Aiken-George