# 2022 Northern Stars season

The 2022 Northern Stars season saw the Northern Stars netball team compete in the 2022 ANZ Premiership. With a team coached by Kiri Wills, captained by Maia Wilson and featuring Gina Crampton, Anna Harrison and Kayla Johnson, Stars finished the regular season in second place, behind Central Pulse and above Northern Mystics. In the Elimination final, Stars defeated Mystics 63–57. Pulse then defeated Stars 56–37 in the Grand final.

## Players
### Player movements

Gains and losses :
| Gains | Losses |
| Eseta Autagavaia (Northern Comets) Holly Fowler(Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic) Kayla Johnson Greer Sinclair (Northern Comets) | Monica Falkner (Northern Mystics) Oceane Maihi (Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic) |
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### 2022 roster

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## Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
### Matches cancelled

Just like the 2020 season, the 2022 season was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Stars' Round 1 match against Central Pulse was cancelled following a COVID-19 outbreak in the Pulse squad. Further Stars' matches were cancelled throughout the season, most notably in early April when three of their matches were cancelled across Rounds 4 and 5.

### Temporary replacement players

* Greer Sinclair, a Northern Stars training partner, played for four teams during the season. As well as played for Northern Comets in the National Netball League, she also played for Stars, Northern Mystics and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Premiership. She played for Stars in the Round 3 match against Southern Steel.
* Eseta Autagavaia scored for and against Stars during the season. After initially featuring as a replacement player for Stars, she finished the season playing for Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. In Round 6 she scored for Stars in a 63–51 win against Mainland Tactix. In Round 9 she played and scored for Magic against Stars.
* Storm Purvis came out of retirement to play for Stars and made her 100th senior league appearance in a Round 10 match against Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.
* Leana de Bruin partnered Elle Temu in defense in the absence of Anna Harrison, during the Round 10 match against Central Pulse. De Bruin was making her second league appearance of the 2022 ANZ Premiership after an earlier successful comeback for Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.

## Regular season
### Fixtures and results
#### Notes

* ^2 Matches postponed under the ANZ Premiership's COVID-19 Match Postponement Policy.

### Final standings

2022 ANZ Premiership laddervte :
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | G% | BP | Pts |
| 1 | Central Pulse | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 828 | 732 | 96 | 113.1% | 4 | 34 |
| 2 | Northern Stars | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 836 | 783 | 53 | 106.8% | 1 | 34 |
| 3 | Northern Mystics | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 858 | 807 | 51 | 106.3% | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | Southern Steel | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 853 | 898 | -45 | 95% | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 733 | 803 | -70 | 91.3% | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Mainland Tactix | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 788 | 873 | -85 | 90.3% | 1 | 16 |
| Last updated: 12 August 2022 ||||||||||||
Qualified for Grand final Qualified for Elimination final
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## Finals Series
### Elimination final

| 8 June 2022 | Northern Stars | 63–57 | Northern Mystics | Pulman Arena | Sky Sport |
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| 8 June 2022 | Maia Wilson 42/44 (95%) Jamie Hume 21/25 (84%) | | Grace Nweke 45/49 (92%) Grace Namana 8/8 (100%) Monica Falkner 4/6 (67%) | Pulman Arena | Sky Sport |
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### Grand final

| 12 June 2022 | Central Pulse | 56–37 | Northern Stars | TSB Bank Arena | Sky Sport |
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| 12 June 2022 | Aliyah Dunn 44/47 (94%) Tiana Metuarau 11/13 (85%) Amelia Walmsley 1/2 (50%) Renee Matoe 0/2 (0%) | | Maia Wilson 21/25 (84%) Amorangi Malesala 13/17 (76%) Jamie Hume 3/4 (75%) | TSB Bank Arena | Sky Sport |
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## Award winners
### Team of the season

Five Stars players featured in Brendon Egan's Stuff's team of the season.

#### Stuff Super Seven

| Position | Player |
| WA | Gina Crampton |
| C | Mila Reuelu-Buchanan |
| GD | Elle Temu |

#### Bench

| Positions | Player |
| GS | Maia Wilson |
| GK, GD, WD | Anna Harrison |
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### Robinhood Stars Awards

| Award | Winner |
| Stonz Jewellers Player of the Year | Gina Crampton |
| Members Choice Player of the Year | Elle Temu |
| Players Choice Player of the Year | Elle Temu |
| Emerging Talent Award | Holly Fowler |
| Matariki Award | Elle Temu |
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