2017 Central Pulse season

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Central Pulse
2017 season
Head coach Yvette McCausland-Durie
Asst. coach Sandra Edge
ManagerJo Holmes
Captain Katrina Grant
Main venue TSB Bank Arena
Season results
Wins–losses12–10
Regular season2nd
Finals placing ANZ Premiership runners-up
Super Club 4th place
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Central Pulse seasons
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The 2017 Central Pulse season saw the Central Pulse netball team compete in the 2017 ANZ Premiership and the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club. [1] [2] With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Grant and featuring Cathrine Tuivaiti, Pulse finished the 2017 ANZ Premiership season as grand finalists and runners-up. In the grand final they lost 69–53 to Southern Steel. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] In the inaugural Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament, Pulse finished fourth. [8] [9]

Contents

Players

Player movements

Gains and losses
Increase2.svg GainsDecrease2.svg Losses

Sources: [1] [2] [13] [14]

2017 roster

2017 Central Pulse roster
PlayersCoaching staff
Nat.NamePosition(s)DoBHeight
Flag of New Zealand.svg Te Amo Amaru-Tibble GS, GA (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 27)1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Eseta AutagavaiaGS, GA (1996-06-14)14 June 1996 (aged 20)1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Flag of England.svg Sara Bayman C, WA, WD (1984-12-23)23 December 1984 (aged 32)1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Sheridan BignallC, WD, WA (1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 24)1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Karin Burger GD, WD, GK (1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 23)1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Katrina Grant  (c)GK, GD, WD (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 (aged 29)1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jermaine Howard-VallanceGS, GA (1997-05-02)2 May 1997 (aged 19)1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Phoenix Karaka GD, GK, WD (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 23)1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Claire Kersten WD, C (1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 27)1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Tiana Metuarau GA, WA, GS (2001-01-15)15 January 2001 (aged 16)1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kimiora Poi C, WA (1997-11-01)1 November 1997 (aged 19)1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Rene Savai'inaeaWD, GD, C (2000-07-15)15 July 2000 (aged 16)1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Whitney Souness C, WA (1995-11-12)12 November 1995 (aged 21)1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Cathrine Tuivaiti GS, GA (1986-10-25)25 October 1986 (aged 30)1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach

Manager: Jo Holmes
Physiotherapist:
Nikki Lynch
Strength and conditioning:
Adam Allen
Director of High Performance:
Waimarama Taumaunu
Specialist Coach:
Irene van Dyk

Notes
  • (c)– Captain
  • (cc)– Co-captain
  • (vc)– Vice-captain
  • Star of life gold.svg – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources: [1] [2]

Pre-season

In March 2017, Central Pulse and Netball Central hosted the official ANZ Premiership pre-season tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Ōtaki. All six teams participated in the three day tournament. [15] [16] [17] [18]

5 March 2017 Central Pulse 75–30Taranaki Invitational TSB Stadium  
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  33/36 (92%) Report
10 March 2017 Central Pulse 53–40 Northern Mystics Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  32/38 (84%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  21/27 (78%)		 Report
Tera-Maria Amani Netball.svg  20/24 (83%)
Bailey Mes Netball.svg  12/16 (75%)
Lahaina-Lee Upu-Toparea Netball.svg  8/11 (73%)
11 March 2017 Central Pulse 48–53 Southern Steel Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  26/30 (87%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  21/24 (88%)
Mila Reuelu-Buchanan Netball.svg  1/2 (50%)		 Report
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid Netball.svg  31/35 (89%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit Netball.svg  19/24 (79%)
Jamie Hume Netball.svg  3/12 (25%)
11 March 2017 Central Pulse 45–30 (Note 1) Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  18/22 (82%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  18/24 (75%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  9/10 (90%)		 Report
Lenize Potgieter Netball.svg  17/18 (94%)
Monica Falkner Netball.svg  11/15 (73%)
Grace Rasmussen Netball.svg  2/3 (67%)
12 March 2017 Central Pulse 45–44 Northern Stars Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  22/27 (81%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  20/26 (77%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  3/4 (75%)		 Report
Malia Vaka Netball.svg  24/29 (83%)
Afa Rusivakula Netball.svg  6/10 (60%)
Maia Wilson Netball.svg  14/15 (93%)
Notes

^1 40 minute game, 4 x 10 minute quarters.

ANZ Premiership regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1
26 March 2017 Northern Mystics 55–56 Central Pulse Claudelands Arena  
6:00 pm Bailey Mes Netball.svg  24/27 (89%)
Maria Tutaia Netball.svg  31/37 (84%)		 Report
Stats 		Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  7/10 (70%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  16/19 (84%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  33/34 (97%)
Round 2
5 April 2017 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 52–50 Central Pulse Energy Events Centre  
7:40 pm Monica Falkner Netball.svg  13/17 (76%)
Lenize Potgieter Netball.svg  39/46 (85%)		 Report
Stats 		Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  13/17 (76%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  14/19 (74%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  23/25 (92%)
Round 3
9 April 2017 Central Pulse 48–37 Mainland Tactix TSB Bank Arena  
2:00 pm Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  11/14 (79%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  13/18 (72%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  24/27 (89%)		 Report
Stats 		Kadeen Corbin Netball.svg  7/15 (47%)
Brooke Leaver Netball.svg  14/15 (93%)
Anna Thompson Netball.svg  16/18 (89%)
Round 4
17 April 2017 Northern Stars 44–53 Central Pulse Vodafone Events Centre  
7:40 pm Afa Rusivakula Netball.svg  7/9 (78%)
Malia Vaka Netball.svg  3/5 (60%)
Maia Wilson Netball.svg  34/43 (79%)		 Report
Stats 		Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  4/6 (67%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  18/22 (82%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  31/34 (91%)
Round 5
24 April 2017 Central Pulse 47–43 Northern Mystics TSB Bank Arena  
7:40 pm Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  19/23 (83%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  28/29 (97%)		 Report
Stats 		Bailey Mes Netball.svg  27/36 (75%)
Maria Tutaia Netball.svg  16/26 (62%)
Round 6
30 April 2017 Central Pulse 49–50 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Stadium Southland  
2:00 pm Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  24/33 (73%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  25/28 (89%)		 Report
Stats 		Monica Falkner Netball.svg  17/19 (89%)
Lenise Potgieter Netball.svg  33/38 (87%)
1 May 2017 Southern Steel 63–50 Central Pulse Stadium Southland  
7:40 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid Netball.svg  49/54 (91%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit Netball.svg  14/23 (61%)		 Report
Stats 		Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  24/31 (77%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  26/26 (100%)
Round 7
8 May 2017 Central Pulse 55—37 Northern Stars TSB Bank Arena  
7:40 pm Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  31/36 (86%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  22/23 (96%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  2/2 (100%)		 Report
Maia Wilson Netball.svg  31/38 (82%)
Malia Vaka Netball.svg  6/9 (67%)
Round 8
15 May 2017 Mainland Tactix 38—52 Central Pulse Horncastle Arena  
7:40 pmEllie Bird Netball.svg  30/36 (83%)
Anna Thompson Netball.svg  5/6 (83%)
Brooke Leaver Netball.svg  2/5 (40%)
Kadeen Corbin Netball.svg  1/3 (33%)		 Report
Stats 		Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  25/28 (89%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  26/27 (96%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  1/2 (50%)
Round 9
24 May 2017 Central Pulse 44—80 Southern Steel Te Rauparaha Arena  
7:40 pm Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  26/28 (93%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  11/18 (61%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  7/8 (88%)		 Report
Stats 		Jhaniele Fowler-Reid Netball.svg  66/70 (94%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit Netball.svg  14/21 (67%)
Jamie Hume Netball.svg  0/2 (0%)
Round 10
31 May 2017 Northern Mystics 64–53 Central Pulse North Shore Events Centre  
7:40 pm Maria Tutaia Netball.svg  30/37 (81%)
Bailey Mes Netball.svg  34/38 (89%)		 Report
Stats 		Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  36/36 (100%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  12/20 (60%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  5/5 (100%)
Round 11
5 June 2017 Central Pulse 62–45 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Central Energy Trust Arena  
7:40pm Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  31/33 (94%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  31/36 (86%)		 Report
Stats 		Lenize Potgieter Netball.svg  34/37 (92%)
Amorangi Malesala Netball.svg  3/4 (75%)
Monica Falkner Netball.svg  6/7 (86%)
Grace Rasmussen Netball.svg  2/2 (100%)
Round 12
11 June 2017 Central Pulse 56–37 Mainland Tactix The Trusts Arena  
6:00 pm Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  28/28 (100%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  28/34 (82%)		 Report
Stats 		Ellie Bird Netball.svg  19/26 (73%)
Brooke Leaver Netball.svg  13/17 (76%)
Anna Thompson Netball.svg  5/8 (63%)
14 June 2017 Central Pulse 57–47 Northern Stars Te Rauparaha Arena  
8:00 pm Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  35/36 (97%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  22/27 (81%)		 Report
Stats 		Maia Wilson Netball.svg  20/22 (91%)
Malia Vaka Netball.svg  12/16 (75%)
Afa Rusivakula Netball.svg  15/23 (65%)
Round 13
19 June 2017 Southern Steel 64–51 Central Pulse Stadium Southland  
7:40 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid Netball.svg  51/53 (96%)
Jamie Hume Netball.svg  6/8 (75%)
Olivia Bates Netball.svg  4/4 (100%)
Jennifer O'Connell Netball.svg  3/6 (50%)		 Report
Stats 		Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  28/29 (97%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  12/15 (80%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  11/12 (92%)

Final standings

2017 ANZ Premiership ladder
PosTeamPWLGFGAGDG%BPPts
1 Southern Steel 151501062812250130.79%030
2 Central Pulse 159678375627103.57%220
3 Northern Mystics 158787885127111.35%319
4 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 157887384825102.95%519
5 Northern Stars 15411738868-13085.02%19
6 Mainland Tactix 15213676875-19977.26%26

  Qualified for Grand final and the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club
  Qualified for Elimination final and the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club

Source: [3]

ANZ Premiership Finals Series

Elimination final

25 June 2017
2:00 pm		 Report
Stats 		Central Pulse 59–52 Northern Mystics    TSB Bank Arena Sky Sport
Scoring by quarter:10–16, 28–30, 45–44, 59–52
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  35/37 (95%)
Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  24/28 (86%)		 Maria Tutaia Netball.svg  33/35 (94%)
Bailey Mes Netball.svg  19/24 (79%)

Grand final

28 June
7:40 pm
Stats 		Southern Steel 69–53 Central Pulse    Stadium Southland Sky Sport
Scoring by quarter:18–10, 35–20, 55–38, 69–53
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid Netball.svg  56/60 (93%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit Netball.svg  13/19 (68%)		 Tiana Metuarau Netball.svg  27/30 (90%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  26/29 (90%)

Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7]

Netball New Zealand Super Club

Group stage

2 July 2017 Central Pulse 65–41 Celtic Flames Trafalgar Centre  
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  25/28 (89%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  24/29 (83%)
Jermaine Howard-Vallance Netball.svg  15/18 (83%)
Eseta Autagavaia Netball.svg  1/2 (50%)		 Report
Stats 		Chelsea Lewis Netball.svg  18/27 (67%)
Anna Thompson Netball.svg  12/18 (67%)
Georgia Rowe Netball.svg  11/11 (100%)

Source: [19] [20]

3 July 2017 Northern Mystics 59–54 Central Pulse Trafalgar Centre  
8:30pm Bailey Mes Netball.svg  31/34 (91%)
Maria Tutaia Netball.svg  28/33 (85%)		 Stats Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  32/34 (94%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  22/24 (92%)

Source: [21] [22]

5 July 2017 Central Pulse 67–50Marama Vou Trafalgar Centre  
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  36/38 (95%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  18/20 (90%)
Jermaine Howard-Vallance Netball.svg  7/10 (70%)
Eseta Autagavaia Netball.svg  6/9 (67%)		 Stats Afa Rusivakula Netball.svg  38/44 (86%)
Brooke Leaver Netball.svg  11/12 (92%)
Maria Lutua Netball.svg  1/2 (50%)

Source: [23]

Group B
PosTeamPWDLGFGAPts
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Northern Mystics 33002171406
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Central Pulse 32011861504
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Celtic Flames 31021521722
4 Flag of Fiji.svg Marama Vou30031342270

  Qualified for Semi-finals
  5th/8th place classification

Source: [24]

1st/4th Play offs

Semi-finals
6 July 2017 Southern Steel 70–54 Central Pulse Trafalgar Centre  
6:40pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid Netball.svg  55/59 (93%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit Netball.svg  12/15 (80%)
Olivia Bates Netball.svg  3/7 (43%)
Jamie Hume Netball.svg  0/1 (0%)		 Stats Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  30/30 (100%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  24/29 (83%)

Source: [25]

Third place play-off
7 July 2017
Stats 		NSWIS 48–46 Central Pulse    Trafalgar Centre Sky Sport
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–29, 34–39, 48–46
Kristina Brice Netball.svg  30/39 (77%)
Sophie Garbin Netball.svg  13/18 (72%)
Georgia Marshall Netball.svg  5/8 (63%)		 Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Netball.svg  29/33 (88%)
Jermaine Howard-Vallance Netball.svg  12/19 (63%)
Eseta Autagavaia Netball.svg  3/5 (60%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti Netball.svg  2/2 (100%)

Sources: [8] [9]

National Netball League

With a team featuring Karin Burger, Rhiarna Ferris, Tiana Metuarau, Kimiora Poi and Ainsleyana Puleiata, Pulse's reserve team, Central Zone won the 2017 National Netball League title after defeating Hellers Netball Mainland 43–41 in the grand final at The Trusts Arena. [14] [26]

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The 2023 Central Pulse season saw the Central Pulse netball team compete in the 2023 ANZ Premiership. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, co-captained by Kelly Jury and Tiana Metuarau and featuring Maddy Gordon, Whitney Souness and Amelia Walmsley, Central Pulse, finished the regular season in second place behind Northern Mystics. Overall, Pulse finished third after losing 53–52 to Northern Stars and in the Elimination final.

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