2020 Suncorp Super Netball season

The season is played over fourteen rounds, allowing every team to play each other twice, once at home and once away. The top four teams on the ladder at the conclusion of the regular season qualify for the finals series. In the first week of the finals series, the 1st ranked team hosts the 2nd ranked team in the major semi-final (with the winner of that match to qualify for the Grand Final) and the 3rd ranked team hosts the 4th ranked team in the minor semi-final (with the loser of that match eliminated). The loser of the major semi-final then hosts the winner of the minor semi-final in the preliminary final. The winner of the major semi-final then hosts the winner of the preliminary final in the Grand Final.

The Super Netball commission announced changes to the league structure in February. Rolling substitutions during play will be permitted, as well as during stoppages and intervals, with no limit to the number of substitutions that can be made, and multiple substitutions allowed to be made at any one time. The substitute must tag hands with the player leaving the court before entering the field of play. Extra time in the event of draws was introduced, after six matches were tied throughout the previous season. The match was to enter one 5-minute period of extra time. If at the end of this period teams remain tied, the match was to have been declared a draw. If a team has a one-goal or greater advantage at the end of the period, they would have been declared the winner. The bonus point system in place for the past two seasons was also supposed to remain in place.[14][15] However, in the days leading up to the season, the league announced it had scrapped bonus points and extra time, citing the need to mitigate the physical impact of the condensed fixture on the players. Teams were also allowed to increase their match-day squads to 12 players, up from 10 in previous years.[16]

After confirming the return of the league on 1 August, competition administrators announced the introduction of the two-point shot rule alteration. The new rule allows a score of two goals to be awarded to any shooter or attacker who scores in the two-goal zone outside the usual goal circle. The move was met with disapproval from many fans and players, though Super Netball CEO Chris Symington argued "the time is right to introduce an innovation that will make the game even more dynamic and unpredictable".[17] The two-goal shot zone will only be activated in the final five minutes of each quarter and in the five-minute extra time period.[18]

As a result of an increase in COVID-19 positive tests in Victoria, the league initially announced the temporary relocation of the two Victorian teams (Magpies and Vixens) to Queensland.[19] Shortly afterwards, the league revealed it had come to an arrangement with the Queensland Government to move all clubs to a hub in South-East Queensland, thereby allowing a condensed fixture, with most matches played in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Cairns and Townsville.[20] The two Victorian clubs were required to serve a 14-day quarantine prior to the start of the season.[21]

The following table is a list of players who moved clubs/leagues into Super Netball, or were elevated into a permanent position in the senior team, during the off-season. It does not include players who were re-signed by their original Super Netball clubs.

Name	Moving from	Moving to	Ref
Maddie Hay	Giants Netball (ANL; training partner)	Giants Netball	[23]
Molly Jovic†	Tasmanian Magpies (ANL)	Collingwood Magpies	[24]
Melissa Bragg	Tasmanian Magpies (ANL; training partner)	Collingwood Magpies	[25]
Ine-Mari Venter	Melbourne Vixens	Queensland Firebirds	[26]
Rudi Ellis	Victorian Fury (ANL)	Queensland Firebirds	[26]
Macy Gardner	Queensland Fusion (ANL; training partner)	Queensland Firebirds	[26]
Jodi-Ann Ward	Severn Stars	Collingwood Magpies	[27]
Kate Eddy	New South Wales Swifts	Melbourne Vixens	[28]
Lara Dunkley†	Melbourne Vixens	Queensland Firebirds	[29]
Kayla Johnson	Northern Stars	New South Wales Swifts	[30]
Maisie Nankivell	Southern Force (ANL)	Adelaide Thunderbirds	[31]
Lenize Potgieter	Southern Steel	Adelaide Thunderbirds	[31]

† Indicates player was signed as an injury-replacement player

In January 2020, Netball Australia announced an All-Stars match for the pre-season featuring the Australian Diamonds and the best players from the Super Netball league. The match was played as a fundraiser for relief efforts for the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, which had been particularly devastating.[32] The teams were announced on 29 January 2020.[33]

1 March 2020 1:00 pm

Report

Australia

63–56

All-Stars

Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney

The league's pre-season tournament, known as the Suncorp Team Girls Cup, was set to return for the second time. The tournament would have taken place between 27 and 29 March at the refurbished Ken Rosewall Arena.[34]

However, on 13 March 2020, the league announced that the event would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[35]

Sun 18 Oct 12.00pm	Report Stats	Melbourne Vixens	66–64	West Coast Fever		Nissan Arena	Nine
		Scoring by quarter: 15-16, 17-17, 18-14, 16-17
		2 Goal Shots Thwaites  3/7 (43%) 1 Goal Shots Kumwenda  47/50 (94%) Thwaites  10/10 (100%) Philip  3/3 (100%)		2 Goal Shots Teague-Neeld  4/5 (80%) Fowler  1/1 (100%) 1 Goal Shots Fowler  44/45 (98%) Teague-Neeld  4/5 (80%)

• Grand Final MVP Winner: Mwai Kumwenda