2019 New South Wales Swifts season

The 2019 New South Wales Swifts season saw New South Wales Swifts compete in the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball season. Briony Akle guided Swifts to their second premiership. Despite losing their new captain, Maddy Proud, Kate Eddy and Lauren Moore to season-ending injuries, Swifts finished the regular season in second place. In the major semi-final, they lost to Sunshine Coast Lightning. However, they then defeated Melbourne Vixens in the preliminary final to qualify for the grand final where they faced Lightning again. Lightning were the champions in both 2017 and 2018 and had finished the 2019 regular season as minor premiers. As a result, Lightning started the grand final as favorites. Meanwhile, Swifts had begun the season as underdogs. They were not expected to have a good season. However, in the grand final they defeated Lightning 64–47 to emerge as champions.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

New South Wales Swifts
2019 season
Captain
Vice-captain		Maddy Proud
Paige Hadley
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Manager		Briony Akle
Anita Keelan
Dani Mace
Home venueQuayCentre
Qudos Bank Arena
2019 Suncorp Super Netball1st
#TeamGirls Cup5th

Players

Player movements
Summary of 2019 player movements
Gains Losses

Source:[2][12]

2019 roster
2019 New South Wales Swifts roster
PlayersCoaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height
Elle Bennetts (TRP) WA, C (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 29) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Kate Eddy  GD, WD, GK (1996-12-28)28 December 1996 (aged 22) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Tayla Fraser (TRP) WA, C (1999-06-13)13 June 1999 (aged 19) 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sophie Garbin GA, GS (1997-04-06)6 April 1997 (aged 21) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Paige Hadley (vc) C, WA, WD (1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 26) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sophie Halpin WD, C (1993-05-16)16 May 1993 (aged 25) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Natalie Haythornthwaite WA, GA (1992-12-09)9 December 1992 (aged 26) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Helen Housby GA, GS, WA (1995-01-19)19 January 1995 (aged 24) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Kayla Johnson (TRP) GD, WD, C (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 27) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sarah Klau GK, GD (1994-09-30)30 September 1994 (aged 24) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Amorangi Malesala (TRP) GS, GA (1998-07-19)19 July 1998 (aged 20) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Lauren Moore  GK, GD (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 21) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Maddy Proud (c)  C, WA (1993-12-04)4 December 1993 (aged 25) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Katrina Rore (TRP) GK, GD, WD (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 (aged 31) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Maddy Turner GD, WD (1995-12-17)17 December 1995 (aged 23) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Samantha Wallace GS, GA (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 25) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Head coach
  • Briony Akle
Assistant coach
  • Anita Keelan

Manager: Dani Mace
Physiotherapist:
Steve Naylor
Strength and conditioning:
Lukas Cannan
Johann Ruys
Performance Analyst:
Bjorn Maddern

Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  • – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Source:[1][2]

Debutants

Source:[12][13]

#TeamGirls Cup

In the 2019 #TeamGirls Cup, Swifts defeated Giants Netball, West Coast Fever and Queensland Firebirds and eventually finished fifth.[2]

Pool B Fixtures
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Collingwood Magpies 3 2 0 1 128 103 +25 8 Final
2 Giants Netball 3 2 0 1 119 112 +7 8 Classification matches
3 New South Wales Swifts 3 2 0 1 105 108 −3 8
4 West Coast Fever 3 0 0 3 80 109 −29 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2019. Source: SSN
8 March 2019
18:00		 Report
Stats		 New South Wales Swifts47 – 33Giants Netball    Queensland State Netball Centre
Housby  20/23 (87%)
Wallace  16/19 (84%)
Garbin  11/14 (79%)		 Harten  22/24 (92%)
Marshall  6/8 (75%)
Austin  5/8 (63%)
9 March 2019
11:00		 Report
Stats		 New South Wales Swifts29 – 51Collingwood Magpies    Queensland State Netball Centre
Wallace  17/21 (81%)
Haythornthwaite  6/6 (100%)
Garbin  6/8 (75%)		 Nelson  33/35 (94%)
Sinclair  10/12 (83%)
Medhurst  8/10 (80%)
9 March 2019
17:00		 Report
Stats		 West Coast Fever24 – 29New South Wales Swifts    Queensland State Netball Centre
Stanton  17/23 (74%)
Cosh  6/7 (86%)
Teague-Neeld  1/5 (20%)		 Garbin  13/15 (87%)
Haythornthwaite  9/14 (64%)
Samantha Wallace  7/8 (88%)

5th/6th play off
10 March 2019
10:30		 Report
Stats		 Queensland Firebirds41 – 42New South Wales Swifts    Queensland State Netball Centre
Aiken  24/30 (80%)
Tippett  17/17 (100%)		 Wallace  30/30 (100%)
Garbin  12/16 (75%)

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Source:[1][2]

Standings
2019 Suncorp Super Netball ladder
Pos Team P W D L GF GA % BP PTS
1 Sunshine Coast Lightning141202855759112.653381
2 New South Wales Swifts141013845755111.923678
3 Melbourne Vixens14815836775107.872963
4 Collingwood Magpies14725788771102.202759
5 Giants Netball14716834821101.582959
6 West Coast Fever1423982190490.821833
7 Adelaide Thunderbirds1432970880388.171430
8 Queensland Firebirds14121181591489.171826
Last updated: 25 August 2019 — Source

Play-offs

Major semi-final
Sat 31 Aug
3.00pm		 Report
Stats		 Sunshine Coast Lightning58–48New South Wales Swifts    USC Stadium Nine
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 14–11, 18–10, 13–13
Koenen  30/32 (94%)
Wood  22/29 (76%)
Proscovia  6/7 (86%)		 Housby  16/18 (89%)
Garbin  16/18 (89%)
Wallace  16/19 (84%)

Preliminary final
Sun 8 Sep
1.00pm		 Report
Stats		 New South Wales Swifts60–47Melbourne Vixens    Quaycentre Nine
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–10, 11–15, 16–10
Wallace  40/42 (95%)
Housby  19/21 (90%)
Garbin  1/1 (100%)		 Kumwenda  22/26 (85%)
Philip  21/25 (84%)
Thwaites  4/7 (57%)

Grand Final
Sun 15 Sep
1.00pm		 Report
Stats		 Sunshine Coast Lightning47–64New South Wales Swifts    Brisbane Entertainment Centre Nine
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 11–15, 13–15, 11–18
Koenen  23/27 (85%)
Proscovia  16/18 (89%)
Wood  8/14 (57%)		 Wallace  40/44 (91%)
Housby  18/22 (82%)
Garbin  6/7 (86%)

Source:[5][6][14][15][16]

Award winners
Award Winner
Grand Final MVP [14]Samantha Wallace
Coach of the Year Award [17]Briony Akle
QBE NSW Swifts MVPSamantha Wallace
NSW Swifts Members' Player of the YearPaige Hadley
NSW Swifts Players' Player of the YearSophie Garbin/Maddy Turner
NSW Swifts Coaches' Player AwardPaige Hadley

Source:[1][2][18]

References
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  2. "Netball New South Wales – 2019 Annual Report" (PDF). nsw.netball.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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  11. "Abbey McCulloch named in ANL Waratahs squad". www.southernhighlandnews.com.au. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  12. "NSW Swifts - Honour Roll". nswswifts.com.au. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  13. "Kayla Cullen joins the NSW Swifts as a temporary replacement player". www.nzsportswire.com. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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  15. "NSW Swifts overcome adversity to score upset in Super Netball grand final". www.abc.net.au. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  16. "Analysis: How the Swifts claimed their maiden Super Netball premiership". thewomensgame.com. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  17. "Akle Named Joyce Brown Coach of the Year". supernetball.com.au. 30 November 2019.
  18. "Awards". nswswifts.com.au. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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