West Coast Fever

West Coast Fever are an Australian netball team based in Perth, Western Australia. Since 2017 they have played in the Suncorp Super Netball league. Between 2008 and 2016, they participated in the ANZ Championship. Between 1997 and 2007 they competed in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, where they were known as the Perth Orioles. Historically an underachieving team, the Fever have in more recent times qualified for finals matches, though are yet to win a premiership. Their best results thus far are narrow defeats in the 2018 and 2020 grand finals.

West Coast Fever
Based inPerth
RegionsWestern Australia
Home venuePerth Arena
Head coachStacey Marinkovich
CaptainCourtney Bruce
LeagueSuncorp Super Netball
ANZ Championship
2020 placing2nd (after finals)
Websitewestcoastfever.com.au

Uniform

Uniform

History

Perth Orioles
Main article: Perth Orioles

Between 1997 and 2007, Perth Orioles represented Netball Western Australia in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. In 2008, when the Commonwealth Bank Trophy was replaced by the ANZ Championship, Perth Orioles were rebranded as West Coast Fever.[1][2]

ANZ Championship

Between 2008 and 2016, West Coast Fever played in the ANZ Championship. Fever's best performance in the ANZ Championship came in 2015 when they won nine games and finished third in the Australian Conference.[3][4]

Statistics
Season Position Won Drawn Lost
2008[5][6]9th2110
2009[7][8]7th508
2010[9][10]8th409
2011[11][12]9th3010
2012[13]8th3010
2013[14]7th508
2014[15]9th409
2015[4]3rd913
2016[16]4th706

Source:[3]

Suncorp Super Netball

Since 2017, West Coast Fever have played in Suncorp Super Netball. In 2018, Fever reached their first ever grand final. The team was coached by Stacey Marinkovich and captained by Courtney Bruce. During the regular season they finished second. Jhaniele Fowler finished the season as both Player of the Year and Leading Goalscorer while Jessica Anstiss was named young player of the year. In the grand final Fever lost 62–59 to Sunshine Coast Lightning.[3][17][18][19][20][21][22] The Fever dropped out of the finals race the following season though in the 2020 season they won consecutive knockout finals to qualify for their second grand final, where they lost to the Melbourne Vixens by two goals.[23]

Salary cap breach

In December 2020 the club was fined $300,000, of which $150,000 was suspended, and stripped 12 premiership points for the 2021 season, after they were found to have breached the salary cap in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. The penalties amounted to the biggest in Australian netball history, with a Netball Australia investigation determining the Fever made payments of more than $127,000 above the salary cap in 2018, and more than $168,000 above the cap in 2019.[24]

Statistics
Season Position Won Drawn Lost
2017[25]7th2012
20182nd1004
20196th239
20202nd815

Source:[3]

Grand Finals
Season Winners Score Runners up Venue Attendance
2018 SSN[20][21][22][26]Sunshine Coast Lightning62–59West Coast FeverPerth Arena13,722

Home venues

West Coast Fever play the majority of their home games at Perth Arena. Fever hosted the 2018 Suncorp Super Netball grand final at Perth Arena.[15][26][27] They have also played home games at HBF Stadium.[28]

Notable players

2021 squad
2021 West Coast Fever roster
PlayersCoaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height
Jessica Anstiss WD, C 20 November 1996 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Courtney Bruce (c) GK, GD 8 December 1993 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Verity Charles C, WA 19 May 1991 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sasha Glasgow GS, GA 19 July 1998 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Jhaniele Fowler GS 21 July 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Stacey Francis (vc) GD, WD, GK 1 January 1988 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Olivia Lewis GK, GD, 29 April 1999 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Emma Cosh GA, WA 8 January 1993 –
Sunday Aryang GD, GK 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Alice Teague-Neeld GA, GS 2 March 1996 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Head coach


Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  • – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website Last updated: 11/11/20

Internationals
 Australia
 England
 Jamaica
 New Zealand

Captains
Captains Years
Stacey Rosman2008–2009
Johannah Curran2009–2011
Natalie Medhurst2014, 2017
Ashleigh Brazill2015–2016
Courtney Bruce2018–

Source:[3]

Award winners
NNL Player of the Year Award
Players Seasons
Jhaniele Fowler[18]2018
Jhaniele Fowler[29]2019
NNL Leading Goalscorer Award
Players Seasons
Jhaniele Fowler[30]2018
Jhaniele Fowler[31]2019
NNL Young Star Award
Players Seasons
Jessica Anstiss[19]2018

Head coaches
Coach Years
Sue Gaudion[5]2008
Jane Searle[7][11]2009–2011
Norma Plummer[13][14]2012–2013
Stacey Marinkovich[4][15][32][33]2014–

Source:[3]

Western Sting
Main article: Western Sting

Western Sting are the reserve team of West Coast Fever. They play in the Australian Netball League. They were ANL champions in 2017.[25][34][35][36]

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