2019 Suncorp Super Netball season
2019 Suncorp Super Netball season | |
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League | Suncorp Super Netball |
Sport | Netball |
Duration | TBC |
Number of teams | 8 |
TV partner(s) | Nine Network |
Regular season | |
Finals |
The 2019 Suncorp Super Netball season will be the third season of the premier netball league in Australia. The duration of the season is yet to be determined, though it is likely the season will be interrupted by the 2019 Netball World Cup, scheduled for July.[1]
Sunshine Coast Lightning are the defending premiers.[2]
Overview
Teams
Format
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.
Player transfers
At the start of Super Netball in 2017, all players were contracted for a maximum of two years in line with the initial collective bargaining agreement negotiated by the players' association.[3] Clubs were free to re-sign existing players in the last few weeks of the 2018 season, before the transfer window opened for unimpeded acquisitions at the end of the season.[3] Clubs were given until 25 September 2018 to finalise their rosters for the 2019 season.[4]
Arrivals
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.
Departures
The following table is a list of players who left Super Netball clubs at the end of the previous season and joined a foreign club. It does not include players who retired from Super Netball at the end of the previous season.
Name | Super Netball team (2018) | New team (2019) | Ref |
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Giants Netball | [28] | ||
Adelaide Thunderbirds | [5] | ||
Adelaide Thunderbirds | [5] | ||
Giants Netball | [5] | ||
Sunshine Coast Lightning | [5] | ||
Adelaide Thunderbirds | [29] | ||
Adelaide Thunderbirds | [30] | ||
Adelaide Thunderbirds | [31] | ||
Adelaide Thunderbirds | [32] |
References
- ↑ "New Super Netball draw here to stay as league locks in winter window". Fairfax Media. 25 April 2018.
- ↑ "Lightning strikes twice as Sunshine Coast retain Super Netball title". ABC News. 26 August 2018.
- 1 2 "The subplot that could make or break teams heading into Super Netball finals". Fairfax Media. 4 July 2018.
- ↑ "It's head hunting season". Netball Scoop. 31 August 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2019 Suncorp Super Netball teams at a glance (as at Saturday September 1)". Netball Scoop. 1 September 2018.
- ↑ "Poolman, Price & Austin Re-Sign With Giants". Giants Netball. 1 September 2018.
- ↑ "Nelson to fly with Pies in 2019". Magpies Netball. 3 September 2018.
- ↑ "New Zealand star Laura Langman to return to Sunshine Coast Lightning for 2019". News.com.au. 3 September 2018.
- ↑ "Natalie Haythornthwaite: England attacker leaves Wasps Netball to join NSW Swifts". BBC Sport. 3 September 2018.
- ↑ "GWS Giants sign Sunshine Coast Lightning's Caitlin Bassett in major Super Netball coup". Wide World of Sports. 4 September 2018.
- 1 2 "Young guns sign with Fever". West Coast Fever. 4 September 2018.
- ↑ "Australian Diamonds shooter Caitlin Thwaites joins Melbourne Vixens in surprise move". News.com.au. 5 September 2018.
- ↑ "Black and white for Brazill and Browne". Magpies Netball. 5 September 2018.
- ↑ "Lauren Moore joins NSW Swifts as 2019 roster is finalised". New South Wales Swifts. 6 September 2018.
- ↑ "Ugandan shooter latest Peace in Lightning puzzle". Sunshine Coast Lightning. 6 September 2018.
- ↑ "Geva Mentor becomes a Magpie in 2019". Magpies Netball. 7 September 2018.
- 1 2 "Vixens Welcome Venter and elevate Honey". Melbourne Vixens. 11 September 2018.
- 1 2 "Adelaide Thunderbirds sign new and returning South Australian talent". Adelaide Thunderbirds. 11 September 2018.
- ↑ "Amy Parmenter elevated to 2019 Giants". Giants Netball. 12 September 2018.
- ↑ "Defensive duo ready to strike". Sunshine Coast Lightning. 13 September 2018.
- ↑ "Brandley and Sinclair back in Magpies nest". Magpies Netball. 13 September 2018.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games gold medallist signs with Thunderbirds". Adelaide Thunderbirds. 13 September 2018.
- ↑ "Medhurst signing completes squad". Magpies Netball. 14 September 2018.
- ↑ "Layla Guscoth: England defender joins Adelaide Thunderbirds from Team Bath". BBC Sport. 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "Sharpshooter Maria Folau joins the Adelaide Thunderbirds in 2019". Adelaide Thunderbirds. 25 September 2018.
- ↑ "GIANTS Netball Sign Matilda McDonell for 2019 Season". Giants Netball. 24 September 2018.
- ↑ "Maweni makes Lightning ten". Suncorp Super Netball. 25 September 2018.
- ↑ "Serena Guthrie: England centre to return to Bath for 2019 Superleague season". BBC Sport. 29 August 2018.
- ↑ "New-look Magic for 2019". Radio NZ. 3 September 2018.
- ↑ "Cat Tuivaiti signs for Sirens". Sky Sports Netball. 10 September 2018.
- ↑ "Sirens sign Abernethy, Maxwell returns". Sky Sports Netball. 11 September 2018.
- ↑ "Bongiwe Msomi makes Wasps Netball return" (PDF). Wasps Netball. 16 September 2018.