Sapphire Series

Sapphire Series
SportNetball
Founded2019
Owner(s)Netball Queensland
No. of teams10 (2022)
CountryAustralia
Venue(s)Queensland State Netball Centre
Most recent
champion(s)		Brisbane North Cougars (2021)
Most titlesBrisbane North Cougars
(2 titles)
Sponsor(s)Hart Sport
Level on pyramid3
Official websiteSapphire Series

The Sapphire Series (also known as the Hart Sapphire Series under naming rights) is a state netball league featuring teams from Queensland. The league is organised by Netball Queensland. The current semi-professional league was first played for during the 2019 season. It replaced earlier state leagues organised by Netball Queensland as the top level netball competition in Queensland. On a national level, the HART Sapphire Series is effectively a third level league. Reserve teams compete in the Ruby Series.[1][2] The Firebirds Futures are the representative team of the Sapphire Series. They originally played as Queensland Fusion, and then in 2021 were re-branded Queensland Sapphires after the Sapphire Series.[3]

  1. ^ "HART Sapphire Series". sapphireseries.com.au. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ^ "HART Sapphire & Ruby Series". qld.netball.com.au. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Queensland Sapphires to be introduced to netball world at Championships in September". qld.netball.com.au. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.