Northern Stars | |
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2019 season | |
Head coach | Kiri Wills |
Asst. coach | Temepara Bailey |
Manager | Dee Leggat |
Captain | Leana de Bruin |
Main venue | Pulman Arena |
Season results | |
Wins–losses | 7–10 |
Regular season | 3rd |
Finals placing | ANZ Premiership runners up |
The 2019 Northern Stars season saw the Northern Stars netball team compete in the 2019 ANZ Premiership. [1] [2] With a team coached by Kiri Wills, captained by Leana de Bruin and featuring Temepara Bailey, Storm Purvis and Maia Wilson, Stars finished the regular season in third place behind Central Pulse and Southern Steel. [1] [3] [4] [5] In the elimination final, Stars defeated Steel 53–56. [6] [7] [8] However, in the grand final, they lost 52–48 to Pulse, finishing the season in second place overall. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
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Manager: Dee Leggat
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Northern Stars participated in the official ANZ Premiership pre-season tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki on February 8–10.
Fri 8 Feb | Southern Steel | 63–47 | Northern Stars | Te Wānanga o Raukawa | |
4:00pm |
Sat 9 Feb | Central Pulse | 64–48 | Northern Stars | Te Wānanga o Raukawa | |
11:00pm |
Sun 10 Feb | Northern Stars | 62–51 | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | Te Wānanga o Raukawa | |
9:00am |
Sun 24 Feb | Southern Steel | 64–66 | Northern Stars | Claudelands Arena | |
2:10 pm | Lenize Potgieter ![]() Te Paea Selby-Rickit ![]() Jennifer O'Connell ![]() | Report Stats | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() |
Mon 25 Feb | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | 57–51 | Northern Stars | Claudelands Arena | |
7:40 pm | Abigail Latu-Meafou ![]() Monica Falkner ![]() | Report Stats | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() |
Wed 6 Mar | Northern Stars | 65–46 | Mainland Tactix | Pulman Arena | |
7:40 pm | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() | Report Stats | Ellie Bird ![]() Brooke Leaver ![]() Kate Beveridge ![]() |
Wed 13 Mar | Northern Stars | 55–49 | Northern Mystics | Pulman Arena | |
7:40 pm | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() | Report Stats | Grace Nweke ![]() Bailey Mes ![]() Jamie Hume ![]() Kristina Brice ![]() |
Mon 18 Mar | Northern Stars | 50–61 | Central Pulse | Pulman Arena | |
7:40 pm | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() | Report Stats | Aliyah Dunn ![]() Ameliaranne Ekenasio ![]() Tiana Metuarau ![]() |
Wed 27 Mar | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | 47–57 | Northern Stars | Trustpower Arena | |
7:40 pm | Monica Falkner ![]() Kelsey McPhee ![]() Abigail Latu-Meafou ![]() | Report Stats | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() |
Sun 31 Mar | Northern Mystics | 50–64 | Northern Stars | The Trusts Arena | |
4:10 pm | Grace Nweke ![]() Bailey Mes ![]() Jamie Hume ![]() | Report Stats | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() |
Source: [27]
Wed 3 Apr | Central Pulse | 68–42 | Northern Stars | Te Rauparaha Arena | |
7:40 pm | Aliyah Dunn ![]() Ameliaranne Ekenasio ![]() | Report Stats | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() |
Mon 8 Apr | Northern Stars | 42–53 | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | Pulman Arena | |
7:40 pm | Maia Wilson ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() | Report Stats | Kelsey McPhee ![]() Monica Falkner ![]() |
Sun 14 Apr | Northern Stars | 58–60 | Southern Steel | Pulman Arena | |
4:10 pm | Maia Wilson ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() | Report Stats | Lenize Potgieter ![]() Te Paea Selby-Rickit ![]() Jennifer O'Connell ![]() |
Tue 23 Apr | Mainland Tactix | 49–46 | Northern Stars | Horncastle Arena | |
7:40 pm | Ellie Bird ![]() Kate Beveridge ![]() | Report Stats | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() |
Sun 28 Apr | Northern Stars | 53–52 | Northern Mystics | Pulman Arena | |
4:10 pm | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() | Report Stats | Grace Nweke ![]() Bailey Mes ![]() Jamie Hume ![]() |
Sun 5 May | Mainland Tactix | 53–48 | Northern Stars | Stadium Southland | |
6:10 pm | Ellie Bird ![]() Brooke Leaver ![]() Kate Beveridge ![]() | Report Stats | Maia Wilson ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() |
Mon 13 May | Central Pulse | 68–42 | Northern Stars | TSB Bank Arena | |
7:40 pm | Aliyah Dunn ![]() Ameliaranne Ekenasio ![]() Tiana Metuarau ![]() | Report Stats | Maia Wilson ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() |
Wed 22 May | Southern Steel | 63–46 | Northern Stars | Stadium Southland | |
7:40 pm | Lenize Potgieter ![]() Jennifer O'Connell ![]() Te Paea Selby-Rickit ![]() | Report Stats | Maia Wilson ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() Ellen Halpenny ![]() |
Pos | Team | P | W | L | GF | GA | GD | G% | BP | Pts |
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1 | Central Pulse | 15 | 13 | 2 | 856 | 676 | 180 | 126.6 | 0 | 39 |
2 | Southern Steel | 15 | 12 | 3 | 946 | 809 | 137 | 116.9 | 2 | 38 |
3 | Northern Stars | 15 | 6 | 9 | 785 | 840 | -55 | 93.5 | 3 | 21 |
4 | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | 15 | 5 | 10 | 713 | 793 | -80 | 89.9 | 0 | 15 |
5 | Mainland Tactix | 15 | 5 | 10 | 740 | 849 | -109 | 87.2 | 0 | 15 |
6 | Northern Mystics | 15 | 4 | 11 | 786 | 859 | -73 | 91.5 | 2 | 14 |
Qualified for Grand final
Qualified for Elimination final
Wed 29 May 7.40pm | Report Stats | Southern Steel | 53–56 | Northern Stars | Stadium Southland | Sky Sport | |
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 30–27, 41–43, 53–56 | |||||||
Lenize Potgieter ![]() Te Paea Selby-Rickit ![]() Jennifer O'Connell ![]() | Maia Wilson ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() |
Mon 3 Jun 2.00pm | Central Pulse | 52–48 | Northern Stars | Te Rauparaha Arena | Sky Sport | ||
Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 27–25, 40–34, 52–48 | |||||||
Aliyah Dunn ![]() Ameliaranne Ekenasio ![]() | Maia Wilson ![]() Charlee Hodges ![]() |
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