2024 ANZ Premiership season

2024 ANZ Premiership season
League	ANZ Premiership
Sport	Netball
Duration	13 April – 4 August 2024
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport (New Zealand) TVNZ
Minor premiers	Central Pulse
Season MVP	Ameliaranne Ekenasio
Finals
Champions	Northern Mystics
Runners-up	Central Pulse
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The 2024 ANZ Premiership season was the eighth season of Netball New Zealand's ANZ Premiership. ^[1] With a team coached by Tia Winikerei, captained by Michaela Sokolich-Beatson and featuring Phoenix Karaka, Grace Nweke, and Peta Toeava, Northern Mystics won their third title. ^[2] Central Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers, finishing above Mainland Tactix and Northern Mystics. ^[3] In the Elimination final, Mystics defeated Tactix 68–64. ^[4] Mystics then defeated Pulse 54–53 in the Grand final. ^[2]

Head coaches and captains

Team	Head coach	Captain
Central Pulse	Anna Andrews-Tasola	Kelly Jury
Mainland Tactix	Marianne Delaney-Hoshek	Kimiora Poi
Northern Mystics	Tia Winikerei	Michaela Sokolich-Beatson
Northern Stars	Kiri Wills	Maia Wilson
Southern Steel	Reinga Bloxham	Kate Heffernan
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Mary-Jane Araroa	Ameliaranne Ekenasio

Source: ^[1]

Regular Season

Round 1

	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	52-64	Northern Mystics	Globox Arena

	Northern Stars	51-58	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena

	Mainland Tactix	52-35	Southern Steel	Wolfbrook Arena

Round 2

	Central Pulse	56-44	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	TSB Arena

	Mainland Tactix	59-54	Northern Stars	Wolfbrook Arena

	Southern Steel	52-61	Northern Mystics	ILT Stadium Southland

Round 3

	Northern Stars	49-52	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Pulman Arena

	Central Pulse	54-46	Southern Steel	TSB Arena

	Northern Mystics	59-62	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena

Round 4

	Southern Steel	63-61	Northern Stars	ILT Stadium Southland

	Northern Mystics	47-52	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena

	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	53-54	Mainland Tactix	Globox Arena

Round 5

	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	54-45	Southern Steel	Energy Events Centre

	Central Pulse	36-30	Mainland Tactix	Fly Palmy Arena

	Northern Stars	51-56	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena

Round 6

	Central Pulse	58-52	Northern Stars	TSB Arena

	Mainland Tactix	53-44	Southern Steel	Mainpower Stadium

	Northern Mystics	54-44	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena

Round 7

	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	58-41	Central Pulse	Mercury Baypark Arena

	Southern Steel	47-43	Northern Mystics	Edgar Centre

	Mainland Tactix	58-57	Northern Stars	Wolfbrook Arena

Round 8

	Southern Steel	37-57	Central Pulse	ILT Stadium Southland

	Northern Mystics	42-56	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena

	Northern Stars	56-60	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Auckland Netball Centre

Round 9

	Northern Stars	63-46	Southern Steel	Pulman Arena

	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	42-60	Mainland Tactix	Globox Arena

	Central Pulse	54-38	Northern Mystics	Te Rauparaha Arena

Round 10

	Northern Mystics	51-49	Northern Stars	The Trusts Arena

	Mainland Tactix	58-53	Central Pulse	Wolfbrook Arena

	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	48-41	Southern Steel	Globox Arena

Round 11

	Southern Steel	47-71	Mainland Tactix	ILT Stadium Southland

	Central Pulse	46-43	Northern Stars	Te Rauparaha Arena

	Northern Mystics	42-54	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena

Round 12

	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	51-47	Northern Stars	Mercury Baypark Arena

	Mainland Tactix	49-61	Northern Mystics	Wolfbrook Arena

	Southern Steel	38-65	Central Pulse	ILT Stadium Southland

Round 13

	Northern Stars	54-65	Mainland Tactix	Pulman Arena, Auckland

	Northern Mystics	68-47	Southern Steel	Eventfinda Stadium

	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	48-53	Central Pulse	Globox Arena

Round 14

	Northern Mystics	68-58	Central Pulse	Eventfinda Stadium

	Mainland Tactix	49-51	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Mainpower Stadium

	Southern Steel	53-54	Northern Stars	Edgar Centre

Round 15

	Southern Steel	44-55	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	ILT Stadium Southland

	Northern Stars	55-63	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena

	Central Pulse	58-44	Mainland Tactix	TSB Arena

Source: ^[5]

Final standings

2024 ANZ Premiership ladder v t e
Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
1	Central Pulse	15	12	3	799	702	97	113.8%	1	37
2	Mainland Tactix	15	11	4	820	746	74	109.9%	1	34
3	Northern Mystics	15	9	6	817	782	35	104.5%	3	30
4	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	9	6	766	755	11	101.5%	2	29
5	Northern Stars	15	2	13	796	839	-43	94.9%	9	15
6	Southern Steel	15	2	13	685	859	-174	79.7%	1	7
Last updated: 15 July 2025

  Qualified for Grand final
  Qualified for Elimination final

Source: ^[6]

Finals series

Elimination final

27 July 2024		Mainland Tactix	64–68	Northern Mystics		Wolfbrook Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 33–35, 49–46, 64–68
		Ellie Bird  55/56 (98%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  5/7 (71%) Jess Allan  4/5 (80%)		Grace Nweke  60/70 (86%) Filda Vui  7/7 (100%) Dani Binks  1/1 (100%))

Source: ^{[7] [4]}

Grand final

4 August 2024		Central Pulse	53–54	Northern Mystics		TSB Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 25–27, 41–42, 53–54
		Amelia Walmsley  39/46 (85%) Tiana Metuarau  11/12 (92%) Martina Salmon  3/3 (100%)		Grace Nweke  48/55 (87%) Filda Vui  4/4 (100%) Dani Binks  2/4 (50%)

Source: ^{[7] [2]}

Awards

New Zealand Netball Awards

Award	Winner	Team
Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award	Kelly Jackson	Central Pulse
ANZ Premiership Coach of the Year	Tia Winikerei	Northern Mystics
ANZ Premiership Player of the Year	Ameliaranne Ekenasio	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
Te Rau Mataaho – ANZ Premiership Players’ Award	Georgia Tong	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
ANZ Premiership Umpire of the Year	Gareth Fowler

Source: ^[8]

References

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