2018 Netball Quad Series (January)

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2018 Netball Quad Series (January)
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of England.svg  England
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
City London
Johannesburg
Venue(s) Copper Box Arena
Ellis Park Arena
Dates20–28 January 2018
Teams4
TV partner(s) Sky Sports (UK/Ireland)
Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (4th title)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  England
Third placeFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Top scorer(s) Helen Housby
Netball.svg  106/122 (87%)
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2018 (II)  →

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]

Contents

Squads

Participating teams and rosters
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [12] [13] Flag of England.svg  England [1] [4] [14] [15] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [3] [13] [14] [16] Flag of South Africa.svg  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

Matches

Round 1

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

Sources: [12] [18] [19]

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

Sources: [11] [14]

Round 2

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

Sources: [20] [21]

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

Sources: [16] [22]

Round 3

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

Sources: [7] [8] [9] [10] [13]

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

Sources: [7] [17] [23]

Final table

PosTeamPWLGFGAGD%Pts
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 330171144+33118.75%6
2Flag of England.svg  England 321162154+8105.19%4
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 312156177–2188.14%2
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 303143157–1491.08%0

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