2023 Netball Quad Series

2023 Netball Quad Series

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Venue(s)	Cape Town International Convention Centre
Dates	21–25 January 2023
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports/Kayo Freebies (Australia) Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) Sky Sport (New Zealand) SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (8th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Top scorer(s)	Grace Nweke  166/180 (92%)
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The 2023 Netball Quad Series was the ninth Netball Quad Series series. It was hosted by Netball South Africa. It featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of eight netball test matches in January 2023. All eight matches were played at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The series was effectively a test event for the 2023 Netball World Cup, which would be hosted at the same venue later in the year. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

With a team coached by Stacey Marinkovich and captained by Liz Watson, Australia won the series, defeating New Zealand by 56–50 in the final. New Zealand's Grace Nweke was named as the Player of the Series. ^{[4] [7] [8] [9]} The series was broadcast live on Fox Sports and Kayo Freebies in Australia, ^{[10] [11]} on Sky Sports and Sky Sports YouTube in the United Kingdom and Ireland, ^{[5] [12]} on Sky Sport in New Zealand ^[13] and on SuperSport (South Africa). ^[1]

Squads

Participating teams and rosters ^[4]

Australia [14] [15] [16]	England [2] [6] [17]	New Zealand [15] [16] [17] [18]	South Africa [3]
Sunday Aryang Kiera Austin Ash Brazill Courtney Bruce Sophie Dwyer Sophie Garbin Paige Hadley Tara Hinchliffe Sarah Klau Cara Koenen Kate Moloney Jamie-Lee Price Liz Watson (c) Steph Wood (vc)	Imogen Allison Eleanor Cardwell Jade Clarke Sophie Drakeford-Lewis Funmi Fadoju Layla Guscoth Alice Harvey Helen Housby Laura Malcolm Elle McDonald Natalie Metcalf (c) Geva Mentor Chelsea Pitman Olivia Tchine Fran Williams	Karin Burger Gina Crampton Ameliaranne Ekenasio (c) Sulu Fitzpatrick Kate Heffernan Kelly Jury Phoenix Karaka Claire Kersten Grace Nweke Te Paea Selby-Rickit Whitney Souness Peta Toeava Jane Watson Maia Wilson	Khanyisa Chawane Izette Griesel Boitumelo Mahloko Phumza Maweni Nomfundo Mngomezulu Bongiwe Msomi (c) Sesandile Ngubane Refiloe Nketsa Lenize Potgieter Karla Pretorius Monique Reyneke-Meyer Nicholé Taljaard Shadine van der Merwe (vc) Ine-Mari Venter Zanele Vimbela
Coach: Stacey Marinkovich	Coach: Jess Thirlby	Coach: Noeline Taurua	Coach: Norma Plummer

Notes

• ^1 Jo Weston was included in the original Australia squad however she later withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Tara Hinchliffe. ^[19]
• ^2 Jo Harten travelled with the England squad but withdrew due to injury. ^[20]

Milestones

• On 25 January 2023, Jade Clarke made her 200th senior appearance for England in the play off match against South Africa. She became the first international netball player to make 200 senior appearances for the same national netball team. ^{[9] [21] [22]}
• Grace Nweke was named Player and Shooter of the series, Kate Heffernan named Mid-courter of the series and Courtney Bruce named defender of the series

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Match officials

Umpires

Umpire	Association
Bronwen Adams	Australia
Angela Armstrong-Lush	New Zealand
Joshua Bowring	Australia
Gary Burgess	England
Anso Kemp	South Africa
Alison Harrison	Wales

Umpire Appointments Panel

Umpire	Association
Marielouw Van der Merwe	South Africa
Heather Gleadall	England
Theresa Prince	South Africa

Sources: ^{[4] [24]}

Round-robin stage

Round 1

21 January 2023	South Africa	41–61	New Zealand
16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Lenize Potgieter  25/26 (96%) Nicolé Taljaard  13/15 (87%) Ine-Mari Venter  3/8 (38%)	Stats	Grace Nweke  42/44 (95%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  11/15 (73%) Maia Wilson  8/12 (67%)

Sources: ^[13]

21 January 2022	Australia	61–55	England
18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Sophie Garbin  46/51 (90%) Steph Wood  8/11 (73%) Kiera Austin  7/9 (78%)	Stats	Eleanor Cardwell  37/40 (93%) Helen Housby  16/21 (76%) Sophie Drakeford-Lewis  2/2 (100%)

Sources: ^{[25] [26]}

Round 2

22 January 2023	South Africa	46–46	England
16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Olivia Tchine  19/22 (86%) Helen Housby  16/19 (84%) Sophie Drakeford-Lewis  11/11 (100%)	Stats	Lenize Potgieter  30/31 (97%) Nicolé Taljaard  16/20 (80%)

Sources: ^[27]

22 January 2023	Australia	59–57	New Zealand
18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Cara Koenen  38/40 (95%) Steph Wood  21/24 (88%)		Grace Nweke  42/44 (95%) Maia Wilson  8/11 (73%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  7/8 (88%)

Sources: ^{[28] [29] [15]}

Round 3

24 January 2023	New Zealand	55–45	England
16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Eleanor Cardwell  33/37 (89%) Helen Housby  12/14 (86%)		Grace Nweke  44/48 (92%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  7/9 (78%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  4/4 (100%)

Sources: ^{[30] [31] [17]}

24 January 2023	South Africa	48–65	Australia
18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Ine-Mari Venter  29/36 (81%) Nicholé Taljaard  9/13 (69%) Lenize Potgieter  6/6 (100%) Sesandile Ngubane  4/6 (67%)	Stats	Sophie Garbin  32/36 (89%) Sophie Dwyer  13/15 (87%) Kiera Austin  11/13 (85%) Cara Koenen  9/9 (100%)

Sources: ^[32]

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	%	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	185	160	+25	100.0	6
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	173	145	+28	75.0	4
3	England	3	0	1	2	146	162	-16	0.0	1
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	135	172	-37	0.0	1

  Qualified for Final
  Qualified for 3rd/4th place match

Source: ^[4]

Playoffs

3rd v 4th Playoff

25 January 2023	South Africa	42–49	England
16:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Lenize Potgieter  30/31 (97%) Ine-Mari Venter  2/2 (100%) Nicholé Taljaard  10/14 (71%)	Stats	Eleanor Cardwell  23/27 (85%) Helen Housby  17/19 (89%) Olivia Tchine  9/13 (69%)

Sources: ^{[9] [21] [22]}

Final

25 January 2023	Australia	56–50	New Zealand
18:00 (SAST UTC+2)	Cara Koenen  33/34 (97%) Steph Wood  23/28 (82%)		Grace Nweke  39/45 (87%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  11/11 (100%)

Sources: ^{[7] [8] [9] [16]}

Award winners

Award	Winner	Team
Player of the Series	Grace Nweke	New Zealand
Best Shooter	Grace Nweke	New Zealand
Best Mid Court	Kate Heffernan	New Zealand
Best Defender	Courtney Bruce	Australia

Source: ^[9]

Final Placings

Rank	Team
	Australia
	New Zealand
	England
4	South Africa

Sources: ^{[4] [9]}

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