2016 Southern Steel season

Southern Steel
2016 season
Head coach	Noeline Taurua
Asst. coach	Reinga Te Huia
Manager	Sam Stephens
Captain	Wendy Frew
Main venue	Stadium Southland
Season results
Wins–losses	11–4
Regular season	1st (New Zealand Conference)
Finals placing	Semi-finalists
Team colours
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The 2016 Southern Steel season saw the Southern Steel netball team compete in the 2016 ANZ Championship. With a team coached by Noeline Taurua, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, Steel finished the season as minor premiers. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} However they subsequently lost the New Zealand Conference Final to Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic ^[6] and were defeated in the semi-finals by Queensland Firebirds. ^[7]

Players

Player movements

Gains and losses

Gains	Losses
Abby Erwood Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit (Central Pulse) Jamie Hume	Phoenix Karaka (Central Pulse) Katarina Cooper Sophia Fenwick

Sources: ^[8]

2016 roster

2016 Southern Steel roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Gina Crampton WA, C (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 24) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Abby Erwood GA, C, WA (1997-04-18)18 April 1997 (aged 18) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid GS (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 26) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Shannon Francois  (vc) WA, C, GA (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 25) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Wendy Frew  (c) WD, C, WA (1984-10-15)15 October 1984 (aged 31) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Jamie Hume GA, GS (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 20) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Brooke Leaver GS, GA (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 22) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Stacey Peeters – Storm Purvis GD, GK (1993-04-20)20 April 1993 (aged 22) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit GK, GD (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 26) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Te Paea Selby-Rickit GS, GA (1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Jane Watson GK, GD, WD (1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Head coach Noeline Taurua Assistant coach Reinga Te Huia Manager: Sam Stephens Physiotherapist: Corina Ngatuere Brett Woodley Strength and conditioning: Mike Jacob Henry Cheetham Nutritionist: Sara Richardson Mental Skills Coach: Jason McKenzie Sports Science/Video Analysis: Hayden Croft Notes (c)– Captain (cc)– Co-captain (vc)– Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources: ^{[1] [2] [8]}

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Fri 1 April	Northern Mystics	57 - 58	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena
7:10 PM (NZDT)	Maria Tutaia  22/30 (73%) Cathrine Tuivaiti  35/40 (88%)	Report	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  48/56 (86%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  9/14 (64%) Brooke Leaver  1/1 (100%)

Source: ^[9]

Round 2

Sun 10 April	Southern Steel	58 - 58	Mainland Tactix	Stadium Southland
4:10 PM (NZST)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  50/56 (89%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  8/11 (73%) Brooke Leaver  0/1 (0%)	Report	Mwai Kumwenda  35/38 (92%) Bailey Mes  22/30 (73%) Gemma Hazeldine  1/2 (50%)

Source: ^[10]

Round 3

Sun 17 April	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	53 - 63	Southern Steel	Energy Events Centre
4.10 PM (NZST)	Joanne Harten  20/27 (74%) Malia Paseka  31/45 (69%) Ellen Halpenny  2/2 (100%)	Report	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  44/47 (94%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  19/24 (79%)

Source: ^[11]

Round 4

Sun 24 April	Southern Steel	67 - 54	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland
4.10 PM (NZST)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  41/47 (87%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  25/28 (89%) Brooke Leaver  1/3 (33%)	Report	Ameliaranne Wells  21/25 (84%) Maia Wilson  33/35 (94%)

Source: ^[12]

Round 5

Sat 30 April	Southern Steel	69 - 62	West Coast Fever	Stadium Southland
4:10 PM (NZST)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  59/65 (91%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  10/13 (77%)	Report	Caitlin Bassett  44/48 (92%) Natalie Medhurst  18/19 (95%)

Source: ^[13]

Round 6

Sun 8 May	Adelaide Thunderbirds	54 - 69	Southern Steel	Priceline Stadium
1:48 PM (ACST)	Carla Borrego  40/50 (80%) Erin Bell  7/10 (70%) Stephanie Puopolo  7/9 (78%)	Report	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  60/70 (86%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  6/6 (100%) Brooke Leaver  3/9 (33%)

Source: ^[14]

Round 7

Southern Steel received a bye.

Round 8

Mon 23 May	Central Pulse	63 - 67	Southern Steel	TSB Bank Arena
7:40 PM (NZST)	Ameliaranne Wells  26/28 (93%) Maia Wilson  37/40 (93%)	Report	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  54/56 (96%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  13/21 (62%)

Sources: ^{[15] [16]}

Round 9

Sun 29 May	Southern Steel	66 - 60	Northern Mystics	Edgar Centre
4:10 PM (NZST)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  56/69 (81%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  10/16 (63%)	Report	Maria Tutaia  13/21 (62%) Cathrine Tuivaiti  47/49 (96%)

Sources: ^{[17] [18]}

Round 10

Sun 5 June	Mainland Tactix	51 - 81	Southern Steel	Horncastle Arena
4:10 PM (NZST)	Mwai Kumwenda  24/26 (92%) Bailey Mes  24/29 (83%) Gemma Hazeldine  3/4 (75%)	Report	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  64/66 (97%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  13/18 (72%) Brooke Leaver  4/6 (67%)

Source: ^[19]

Round 11

Sat 11 June	Southern Steel	66 - 51	Queensland Firebirds	Edgar Centre
4:10 PM (NZST)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  51/57 (89%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  15/17 (88%) Brooke Leaver  0/1 (0%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  27/32 (84%) Gretel Tippett  16/19 (84%) Beryl Friday  8/9 (89%)

Source: ^[20]

Round 12

Sun 19 June	Southern Steel	64 - 54	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Stadium Southland
4:10 PM (NZST)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  55/61 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  9/15 (60%)	Report Stats	Joanne Harten  37/45 (82%) Ellen Halpenny  1/6 (17%) Paula Griffin  16/21 (76%)

Round 13

Sat 25 June	Southern Steel	65 - 56	Melbourne Vixens	Stadium Southland
4:10 PM (NZST)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  49/54 (91%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  16/19 (84%)	Report	Alice Teague-Neeld  23/27 (85%) Karyn Bailey  13/15 (87%) Kimberley Commane  4/5 (80%) Emma Ryde  16/23 (70%)

Sources: ^{[21] [22]}

Round 14

Sat 2 July	New South Wales Swifts	59 - 59	Southern Steel	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
5:18 PM (AEST)	Susan Pettitt  30/32 (94%) Caitlin Thwaites  29/31 (94%)	Report	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  50/52 (96%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  9/12 (75%)

Source: ^{[1] [2] [5]}

Final standings

2016 Australian Conference v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	Pts
1	Queensland Firebirds	13	11	2	0	796	656	140	121.3%	22
2	New South Wales Swifts	13	10	2	1	828	670	158	123.6%	21
3	Melbourne Vixens	13	8	5	0	731	679	52	107.7%	16
4	West Coast Fever	13	7	6	0	756	707	49	106.9%	14
5	Adelaide Thunderbirds	13	2	11	0	660	775	-115	85.2%	4
2016 New Zealand Conference v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	Pts
1	Southern Steel	13	11	0	2	852	732	120	116.4%	24
2	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	13	6	7	0	665	755	-90	88.1%	12
3	Northern Mystics	13	3	9	1	674	743	-69	90.7%	7
5	Mainland Tactix	13	2	10	1	708	825	-117	85.8%	5
4	Central Pulse	13	2	10	1	676	804	-128	84.1%	5

  Qualified for Conference finals
  Qualified for Elimination finals

• Pld = Games played
• W = Win (2 points)
• D = Draw (1 points)
• L = Loss (0 points)
• GF = Goals For
• GA = Goals Against
• GD = Goals Difference (= GF−GA)
• G% = Goal percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)
• Pts = Points

Source: ^[23]

Finals series

New Zealand Conference Final

17 July 2016 4.15 pm (NZST)	Stats	Southern Steel	57–59	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic		Stadium Southland
		Scoring by quarter: 13 -19, 14 -16, 15-12, 15-12
		Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  47/53 (89%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  10/11 (91%)		Joanne Harten  46/52 (88%) Ellen Halpenny  13/17 (76%)

Sources: ^{[6] [24] [25]}

Semi-finals

24 July 2016 12.18 pm (AEST)	Stats	Queensland Firebirds	67–64	Southern Steel		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
		Scoring by quarter:19 - 16, 13 - 19, 15 - 14, 20 -15
		Romelda Aiken  57/68 (84%) Gretel Tippett  10/13 (77%)		Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  51/52 (98%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  13/20 (65%)

Sources: ^{[7] [26] [27]}

Award winners

ANZ Championship awards

Award	Winner
ANZ Championship MVP (New Zealand Conference)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid [28]

New Zealand Netball Awards

Award	Winner
New Zealand ANZ Championship Player of the Year [2] [29]	Gina Crampton

National Netball League

With a team captained by Hayley Crofts, Steel's reserve team, Netball South won the inaugural National Netball League title after defeating Central Zone 51–46 in the grand final at The Trusts Arena. ^{[2] [30] [31] [32]} At the 2016 New Zealand Netball Awards, Netball South winning the inaugural title was named Moment of the Year and head coach, Lauren Piebenga, was named National Coach of the Year. ^{[2] [29]}

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