2017 ANZ Premiership season

The 2017 ANZ Premiership season was the inaugural season of the ANZ Premiership, the premier domestic netball league in New Zealand. The new league was contested between six teams from around New Zealand, with a total of 47 matches to be played between March and June. The Southern Steel progressed through the season unbeaten, emerging as minor premiers and champions in 2017.[1][2]

2017 ANZ Premiership season
LeagueANZ Premiership
SportNetball
Duration26 March – 28 June
Number of teams6
TV partner(s)Sky Sport
ChampionsSouthern Steel
Runners-upCentral Pulse
Minor premiersSouthern Steel

Format

The ANZ Premiership operated as a 14-week tournament with 47 matches during the first half of the calendar year. In 2017, the official pre-season was held at Te Wānanga o Raukawa Campus in Otaki, with all six teams competing in the tournament between 10–12 March.[3]

The season began with a 13-week round-robin stage, followed by a two-game finals series. During the round-robin stage, each team plays every other team three times, accumulating competition points throughout the regular season. In the finals series, the 2nd and 3rd-ranked teams on the points table play off in the elimination final. The winner of this plays against the top-ranked team in the grand final.

Games throughout the season were held on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. Three Super Sunday events were held during the 2017 season, with all 3 games being played featuring all six teams back to back at one venue.[4]

Teams
TeamCityMain venueHeach coachCaptain(s)
Northern Mystics Auckland The Trusts Arena Helene Wilson Maria Tutaia, Anna Harrison
Northern Stars Manukau Vodafone Events Centre Julie Hoornweg Leana de Bruin
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Hamilton Claudelands Arena Margaret Forsyth Casey Kopua
Central Pulse Wellington TSB Bank Arena Yvette McCausland-Durie Katrina Grant
Mainland Tactix Christchurch Horncastle Arena Marianne Delaney-Hoshek* Jess Moulds
Southern Steel Invercargill Stadium Southland Reinga Bloxham Wendy Frew

* Replaced Sue Hawkins on 24 April.

Regular season

Standings
2017 ANZ Premiership ladder
Pos Team P W L GF GA GD G% BP Pts
1 Southern Steel151501062812250130.79%030
2 Central Pulse159678375627103.57%220
3 Northern Mystics158787885127111.35%319
4 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic157887384825102.95%519
5 Northern Stars15411738868-13085.02%19
6 Mainland Tactix15213676875-19977.26%26
Last updated: 21 June 2017

Round 1
  • Super Sunday round

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6
  • Super Sunday round

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12
  • Super Sunday round

Round 13

Finals

Elimination final
Sun 25 June
2:00 pm		 Report Central Pulse59-52Northern Mystics    TSB Bank Arena, Wellington Sky Sport

Grand final
28 June
7:40 pm		 Southern Steel69–53Central Pulse    Stadium Southland, Invercargill Sky Sport
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 17–10, 20–18, 14–15
Fowler-Reid 56/60 (93%) Latu 26/29 (90%)

References
  1. Donaldson, Scott (27 June 2017). "Unbeaten Southern Steel regular season 'counts for nothing' ahead of national final". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. "Steel crush Pulse to take ANZ Premiership title". The New Zealand Herald. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. "Official ANZ Premiership pre-season tournament heads to Otaki / News • ANZ Premiership Netball". Anzpremiership.co.nz. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. "'Super Sundays' main feature of new NZ national elite netball league". Stuff.co.nz. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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