2017 Netball Quad Series (January/February)

2017 Netball Quad Series (January/February)

Tournament details
Host countries	England   South Africa
City	Durban Liverpool London
Venue(s)	Durban International Convention Centre Echo Arena The SSE Arena Wembley
Dates	28 January–5 February 2017
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) Sky Sport (New Zealand) SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
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The first 2017 Netball Quad Series was the third Netball Quad Series series. It was co-hosted by England Netball and Netball South Africa. It featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of six netball test matches in January and February 2017. It was the first of two Netball Quad Series' played in 2017. The second series was played in August and September. ^{[1] [2] [3]} With a team coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Sharni Layton, Australia won the series, securing the title with a 47–46 win over England. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} The series was broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, on Sky Sport in New Zealand and on SuperSport (South Africa). ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Squads

Participating teams and rosters ^{[11] [12]}

Australia [4] [13]	England [14] [15]	New Zealand [13] [14] [16] [15]	South Africa [16]
Courtney Bruce April Brandley Paige Hadley Sharni Layton (c) Caitlyn Nevins Susan Pettitt Kim Ravaillion Gabi Simpson Caitlin Thwaites Gretel Tippett Jo Weston Steph Wood	Ama Agbeze (c) Eleanor Cardwell Jade Clarke (vc) Beth Cobden Kadeen Corbin Jodie Gibson Natalie Haythornthwaite Helen Housby Geva Mentor Natalie Panagarry Chelsea Pitman Rachel Shaw	Gina Crampton Shannon Francois Katrina Grant (c) Anna Harrison Kelly Jury Bailey Mes Maria Tutaia (vc) Grace Rasmussen Te Paea Selby-Rickit Samantha Sinclair Jane Watson Maia Wilson	Erin Burger Vanes-Mari du Toit Lindie Lombard Izette Lubbe Phumza Maweni Karla Mostert (vc) Bongiwe Msomi (c) Precious Mthembu Lenize Potgieter Juline Rossouw Renske Stoltz Zanele Vimbela
Coach: Lisa Alexander [5] [7]	Coach: Tracey Neville [5] [7]	Coach: Janine Southby [17]	Coach: Norma Plummer [1] [12] [18]

Debuts

• On 28 January 2017, Caitlyn Nevins made her senior debut for Australia against New Zealand. Nevins replaced Paige Hadley for the final quarter. At 29, she became the oldest debutante for Australia in forty two years. ^{[19] [20]} In the same match, Samantha Sinclair made her senior debut for New Zealand. ^{[21] [22]}
• On 28 January 2017, the former Australia international, Chelsea Pitman made her senior debut for England against South Africa. ^{[23] [24]}
• On 2 February 2017, Kelly Jury made her senior debut for New Zealand against England. ^{[17] [25] [26] [27] [28]}

Matches

Round 1

28 January 2017	Australia	57–50	New Zealand	Durban International Convention Centre
15:00	Caitlin Thwaites  34/38 (89%) Susan Pettitt  23/27 (85%)		Bailey Mes  25/27 (93%) Maria Tutaia  25/33 (76%)

Sources: ^{[13] [19] [22] [29]}

28 January 2017	South Africa	55–60	England	Durban International Convention Centre
17:00

Sources: ^{[12] [23]}

Round 2

31 January 2017	South Africa	46–62	Australia	Durban International Convention Centre
19:00	Lenize Potgieter  34/39 (87%) Lindie Lombard  9/14 (64%) Vanes-Mari du Toit  3/4 (75%)	Stats	Caitlin Thwaites  34/36 (94%) Gretel Tippett  20/25 (80%) Susan Pettitt  8/8 (100%)

Sources: ^{[30] [31]}

2 February 2017	England	37–61	New Zealand	Echo Arena
19:45	Kadeen Corbin  19/25 (76%) Helen Housby  17/22 (77%) Eleanor Cardwell  1/3 (33%)		Maria Tutaia  32/37 (86%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  20/21 (95%) Bailey Mes  9/9 (100%)

Sources: ^{[14] [15] [17] [26]}

Round 3

5 February 2017	England	46–47	Australia	The SSE Arena Wembley
13:00	Helen Housby  26/33 (79%) Kadeen Corbin  19/28 (68%) Natalie Haythornthwaite  1/2 (50%)	Stats	Susan Pettitt  23/27 (85%) Caitlin Thwaites  16/21 (76%) Gretel Tippett  8/14 (57%)

Sources: ^{[5] [6] [7]}

5 February 2017	New Zealand	70–39	South Africa	The SSE Arena Wembley
15:00	Bailey Mes  28/30 (93%) Maria Tutaia  27/34 (79%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  11/13 (85%) Maia Wilson  4/6 (67%)		Lenize Potgieter  30/36 (83%) Lindie Lombard  5/8 (63%) Renske Stoltz  4/7 (57%)

Sources: ^{[16] [18] [32]}

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	%	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	166	142	+24	116.90%	6
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	181	133	+48	136.09%	4
3	England	3	1	2	143	163	–20	87.73%	2
4	South Africa	3	0	3	140	192	–52	72.92%	0

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