2023 Netball Quad Series

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2023 Netball Quad Series
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
City Cape Town
Venue(s) Cape Town International Convention Centre
Dates21–25 January 2023
Teams4
TV partner(s) Fox Sports/Kayo Freebies (Australia)
Sky Sports (UK/Ireland)
Sky Sport (New Zealand)
SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (8th title)
Runner-upFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Third placeFlag of England.svg  England
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Top scorer(s) Grace Nweke
Netball.svg  166/180 (92%)
  2022
2024  

The 2023 Netball Quad Series was the nineth 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]

Contents

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]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [14] [15] [16] Flag of England.svg  England [2] [6] [17] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [15] [16] [17] [18] Flag of South Africa.svg  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

Milestones

[23]

Match officials

Umpires
UmpireAssociation
Bronwen Adams Australia
Angela Armstrong-Lush New Zealand
Joshua Bowring Australia
Gary Burgess England
Anso Kemp South Africa
Alison Harrison Wales
Umpire Appointments Panel
UmpireAssociation
Marielouw Van der Merwe South Africa
Heather Gleadall England
Theresa Prince South Africa

Sources: [4] [24]

Round-robin stage

Round 1

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

Sources: [13]

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

Sources: [25] [26]

Round 2

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

Sources: [27]

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

Sources: [28] [29] [15]

Round 3

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

Sources: [30] [31] [17]

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

Sources: [32]

Table

PosTeamPWDLGFGAGD%Pts
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3300185160+25100.06
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3201173145+2875.04
3Flag of England.svg  England 3012146162-160.01
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3012135172-370.01

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

Source: [4]

Playoffs

3rd v 4th Playoff

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

Sources: [9] [21] [22]

Final

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

Sources: [7] [8] [9] [16]

Award winners

AwardWinnerTeam
Player of the Series Grace Nweke Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Best Shooter Grace Nweke Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Best Mid Court Kate Heffernan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Best Defender Courtney Bruce Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Source: [9]

Final Placings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  England
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Sources: [4] [9]

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