2018 Netball Quad Series (September)

2018 Netball Quad Series (September)

Tournament details
Host countries	Australia   New Zealand
Dates	15–23 September 2018
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Nine/9Gem (Australia) Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) Sky Sport (New Zealand) SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (5th title)
Runners-up	England
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Top scorer(s)	Caitlin Bassett  114/124 (92%)
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The second 2018 Netball Quad Series was the sixth Netball Quad Series series. It was co-hosted by Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand. It featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of six netball test matches in September 2018. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It was the second of two Netball Quad Series' played in 2018. The first series was played in January. ^{[4] [5]}

With a team coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Caitlin Bassett, Australia won the series after winning all three of their matches. ^{[6] [7] [8]} The series was broadcast live on Nine/9Gem in Australia, ^[1] on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, ^[3] on Sky Sport in New Zealand ^[9] and on SuperSport (South Africa). ^[2]

Squads

Participating teams and rosters

Australia [1] [10] [11]	England [12] [13] [14]	New Zealand [11] [12] [15] [16]	South Africa [10] [16] [17]
Caitlin Bassett (c) [18] April Brandley Kelsey Browne Courtney Bruce Emily Mannix Kim Ravaillion Gabi Simpson Caitlin Thwaites Gretel Tippett Liz Watson Jo Weston Steph Wood	Ama Agbeze (c) [3] Eleanor Cardwell Jade Clarke Kadeen Corbin Sasha Corbin Jodie Gibson Layla Guscoth Serena Guthrie Jo Harten Natalie Haythornthwaite Helen Housby Geva Mentor Chelsea Pitman	Karin Burger Gina Crampton Aliyah Dunn Ameliaranne Ekenasio Temalisi Fakahokotau Maria Folau Katrina Grant (vc) Laura Langman (c) [19] Te Paea Selby-Rickit Samantha Sinclair Michaela Sokolich-Beatson Peta Toeava Jane Watson	Khanyisa Chawane Rome Dreyer Maryka Holtzhausen Jessica Khomo Danelle Lochner Phumza Maweni Bongiwe Msomi (c) Lenize Potgieter Karla Pretorius (vc) Shadine van der Merwe Ine-Marí Venter Zanele Vimbela
Coach: Lisa Alexander [6]	Coach: Tracey Neville	Coach: Noeline Taurua [6]	Coach: Norma Plummer

Debuts

• On 15 September 2018, Peta Toeava and Karin Burger made their senior debuts for New Zealand against England. For Burger, it was a debut that was memorable for the wrong reasons, as she was sent off the court. ^{[20] [21] [22] [23]}
• On 18 September 2018, Aliyah Dunn made her senior debut for New Zealand against South Africa. ^{[24] [25]}

Matches

Round 1

15 September 2018	Australia	61–44	South Africa	Spark Arena
2.00pm	Caitlin Bassett  31/34 (91%) Steph Wood  15/18 (83%) Gretel Tippett  8/8 (100%) Caitlin Thwaites  7/9 (78%)		Lenize Potgieter  19/23 (83%) Maryka Holtzhausen  15/20 (75%) Ine-Marí Venter  10/10 (100%)

Sources: ^{[10] [18]}

15 September 2018	New Zealand	39–52	England	Spark Arena
4.00pm	Maria Folau  22/30 (73%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  10/18 (56%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  7/9 (78%)		Helen Housby  28/31 (90%) Jo Harten  23/31 (74%) Kadeen Corbin  1/3 (33%)

Sources: ^{[3] [12] [22]}

Round 2

18 September 2018	New Zealand	61–37	South Africa	ASB Baypark Stadium
7.30pm	Maria Folau  35/37 (95%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/22 (77%) Aliyah Dunn  9/12 (75%)		Lenize Potgieter  28/31 (90%) Ine-Marí Venter  5/7 (71%) Danelle Lochner  2/4 (50%) Maryka Holtzhausen  2/7 (29%)

Sources: ^{[16] [26]}

19 September 2018	Australia	52–47	England	Newcastle Entertainment Centre
7.30pm	Caitlin Bassett  37/40 (93%) Steph Wood  10/12 (83%) Gretel Tippett  5/5 (100%)	Stats	Helen Housby  29/35 (83%) Kadeen Corbin  12/16 (75%) Natalie Haythornthwaite  6/9 (67%)

Sources: ^{[27] [28]}

Round 3

23 September 2018	England	45–42	South Africa	Melbourne Arena
11.00am	Helen Housby  31/35 (89%) Natalie Haythornthwaite  8/11 (73%) Eleanor Cardwell  6/7 (86%)	Stats	Lenize Potgieter  27/30 (90%) Ine-Marí Venter  7/10 (70%) Maryka Holtzhausen  7/11 (64%) Danelle Lochner  1/2 (50%)

Sources: ^{[13] [14] [17]}

23 September 2018	Australia	60–55	New Zealand	Melbourne Arena
1.00pm	Caitlin Bassett  46/50 (92%) Gretel Tippett  14/14 (100%)		Maria Folau  30/34 (88%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  15/20 (75%) Aliyah Dunn  10/10 (100%)	Attendance: 8,011

Sources: ^{[6] [7] [8] [11]}

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	%	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	173	146	+27	118.49%	6
2	England	3	2	1	144	133	+11	108.27%	4
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	155	149	+6	104.03%	2
4	South Africa	3	0	3	123	167	-44	73.65%	0

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