2018 Netball Quad Series (January)

2018 Netball Quad Series (January)

Tournament details
Host countries	England   South Africa
City	London Johannesburg
Venue(s)	Copper Box Arena Ellis Park Arena
Dates	20–28 January 2018
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (4th title)
Runner-up	England
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Top scorer(s)	Helen Housby  106/122 (87%)
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The first 2018 Netball Quad Series was the fifth 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 2018. The first three matches were played at London's Copper Box Arena and the final three were played at Johannesburg's Ellis Park Arena. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It was the first of two Netball Quad Series' played in 2018. The second series was played in September. ^{[5] [6]} With a team coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Caitlin Bassett, Australia won the series after winning all three of their matches. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} The series was broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland ^{[4] [11]} and on Sky Sport in New Zealand. ^[3]

Squads

Participating teams and rosters

Australia [12] [13]	England [1] [4] [14] [15]	New Zealand [3] [13] [14] [16]	South Africa [2] [12] [16]
Caitlin Bassett (c) April Brandley Courtney Bruce Paige Hadley Emily Mannix Kate Moloney Kim Ravaillion Gabi Simpson Caitlin Thwaites Gretel Tippett Liz Watson Jo Weston Steph Wood	Ama Agbeze (c) Eboni Beckford-Chambers Eleanor Cardwell Jade Clarke (vc) Beth Cobden Kadeen Corbin Sasha Corbin Stacey Francis Jodie Gibson Serena Guthrie Natalie Haythornthwaite Helen Housby Geva Mentor Chelsea Pitman	Kayla Cullen Temalisi Fakahokotau Maria Folau (vc) Katrina Grant (c) Kelly Jury Grace Kara Phoenix Karaka Bailey Mes Shannon Saunders Te Paea Selby-Rickit Samantha Sinclair Whitney Souness Jane Watson Maia Wilson	Erin Burger Maryka Holtzhausen Izette Griesel Danelle Lochner Phumza Maweni Bongiwe Msomi (c) Precious Mthembu Lenize Potgieter Karla Pretorius (vc) Shadine van der Merwe Ine-Marí Venter Zanele Vimbela
Coach: Lisa Alexander [10]	Coach: Tracey Neville [17]	Coach: Janine Southby	Coach: Norma Plummer Assistant coaches: Nicole Cusack Elsje Jordaan

Milestones

• On 25 January 2018, Erin Burger made her 100th senior appearance for South Africa in the match against New Zealand. She became the first South Africa netball international to make 100 test appearances. ^{[18] [19]}

Matches

Round 1

20 January 2018	Australia	54–50	South Africa	Copper Box Arena
15:30	Caitlin Thwaites  22/23 (96%) Caitlin Bassett  13/14 (93%) Susan Pettitt  11/11 (100%) Gretel Tippett  8/9 (89%)		Lenize Potgieter  34/38 (89%) Maryka Holtzhausen  16/18 (89%)

Sources: ^{[12] [20] [21]}

20 January 2018	England	64–57	New Zealand	Copper Box Arena
18:00	Helen Housby  36/42 (86%) Kadeen Corbin  28/33 (85%)		Maria Folau  35/38 (92%) Bailey Mes  22/26 (85%)

Sources: ^{[11] [14]}

Round 2

22 January 2018	England	46–50	Australia	Copper Box Arena
19:45	Helen Housby  33/36 (92%) Kadeen Corbin  12/16 (75%) Eleanor Cardwell  1/2 (50%)	Stats	Caitlin Bassett  30/31 (97%) Steph Wood  14/20 (70%) Caitlin Thwaites  5/5 (100%) Susan Pettitt  1/1 (100%)

Sources: ^{[22] [23]}

25 January 2018	South Africa	46–51	New Zealand	Ellis Park Arena
19:00	Lenize Potgieter  31/36 (86%) Maryka Holtzhausen  15/20 (75%)		Maria Folau  23/33 (70%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  20/25 (80%) Bailey Mes  8/11 (73%)

Sources: ^{[16] [24]}

Round 3

28 January 2018	Australia	67–48	New Zealand	Ellis Park Arena
12:00	Caitlin Bassett  28/31 (90%) Susan Pettitt  18/22 (82%) Steph Wood  15/20 (75%) Caitlin Thwaites  6/10 (60%)		Te Paea Selby-Rickit  28/30 (93%) Maria Folau  16/21 (76%) Bailey Mes  4/7 (57%)

Sources: ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [13]}

28 January 2018	South Africa	47–52	England	Ellis Park Arena
14:30	Lenize Potgieter  33/35 (94%) Maryka Holtzhausen  14/21 (67%)	Stats	Helen Housby  37/44 (84%) Natalie Haythornthwaite  11/14 (79%) Kadeen Corbin  4/5 (80%)

Sources: ^{[7] [17] [25]}

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	%	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	171	144	+33	118.75%	6
2	England	3	2	1	162	154	+8	105.19%	4
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	156	177	–21	88.14%	2
4	South Africa	3	0	3	143	157	–14	91.08%	0

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