2017 ANZ Premiership season

2017 ANZ Premiership season
LeagueANZ Premiership
SportNetball
Duration26 March – 28 June 2017
Number of teams6
TV partner(s)Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Minor PremiersSouthern Steel
Season MVPJane Watson (Southern Steel)
Top scorerJhaniele Fowler-Reid (Southern Steel)
Finals
ChampionsSouthern Steel
  Runners-upCentral Pulse
ANZ Premiership seasons

The 2017 ANZ Premiership season was the inaugural season of Netball New Zealand's ANZ Premiership.[1][2] All matches were broadcast on Sky Sport (New Zealand).[3] With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, Shannon Francois, and Jane Watson, Southern Steel finished the 2017 season as inaugural ANZ Premiership winners.[4][5] After finishing the regular season unbeaten and as minor premiers,[4][6][7] Steel defeated Central Pulse 69–53 in the grand final. This saw Steel complete a 16 match unbeaten season.[8][9][10][11] The top three teams from the season – Steel, Pulse and Northern Mystics qualified for the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club.[12][13]

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  2. ^ "ANZ Premiership 2017 Season in Review". www.anzpremiership.co.nz. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "(2017) Fixtures & results – All rounds". www.anzpremiership.co.nz. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Netball South Annual Report 2017" (PDF). www.silverferns.co.nz. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Southern Steel 2017 Netball Team". www.southernsteel.co.nz. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Unbeaten Southern Steel regular season 'counts for nothing' ahead of national final". stuff.co.nz. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ^ "(2017) Fixtures & results". www.anzpremiership.co.nz. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Steel crush Pulse to take ANZ Premiership title". www.nzherald.co.nz. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Classy Steel celebrate perfect season with Grand Final win". www.anzpremiership.co.nz. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Netball premiership grand final ends in big defeat for the Central Pulse". stuff.co.nz. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Steel emphatic to the end". www.odt.co.nz. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Super Club". www.netballnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Inaugural Netball Super Club a super success". www.theroar.com.au. 9 July 2017.