2024 Netball Super League season

2024 Netball Super League season
League	Netball Super League
Sport	Netball
Duration	17 February – 29 June 2024
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Sky Sports & BBC
Regular Season
Season MVP	Lois Pearson [1]
Top scorer	Mary Cholhok [1]
Grand Finals
Date	29 June 2024
Venue	Resorts World Arena
Champions	Loughborough Lightning
Runners-up	Manchester Thunder
Seasons
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Netball Super League season was the nineteenth season of the Netball Super League, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. Loughborough Lightning were the defending champions, as they won the 2023 Grand final. The season began on 17 February and ended with the Grand Final on 29 June.

Loughborough Lightning won the competition, beating Manchester Thunder in the final to claim their second consecutive and third Super League title in four years. ^[2]

Format

The season featured 10 teams and was the last using this format before relaunching as a professional 8 team league in 2025. Fixtures were played home and away across 18 rounds before the top four progressed to the semi-finals. The first round of fixtures were all held at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham. ^[3]

It would be the final Netball Super League season to feature Severn Stars, Strathclyde Sirens, Surrey Storm and Team Bath. ^[4]

Teams

Team	Home court(s)	Coach	Captain(s)	Ref.
Cardiff Dragons	Cardiff City House of Sport Utilita Arena Cardiff	Jill McIntosh	Nia Jones (c) Laura Rudland (vc)	[5] [6]
Leeds Rhinos	Canon Medical Arena Huddersfield University Allam Sport Centre English Institute of Sport, Sheffield First Direct Arena	Liana Leota	Geva Mentor (c) Michelle Magee (vc)	[5] [7]
London Pulse	Copper Box Arena	Sam Bird	Zara Everitt (c) Jade Clarke (vc) Olivia Tchine (vc)	[5] [8]
Loughborough Lightning	Sir David Wallace Sports Hall	Victoria Burgess	Natalie Panagarry (c)	[5] [9]
Manchester Thunder	Belle Vue Sports Village AO Arena	Karen Greig	Natalie Metcalf (c) Kerry Almond (vc) Shadine van der Merwe (vc)	[5] [10]
Saracens Mavericks	Hertfordshire Sports Village OVO Arena Wembley	Camilla Buchanan	Jodie Gibson (c) Georgia Lees (vc)	[5] [11]
Severn Stars	University of Worcester Arena	Jo Trip	Gabriella Marshall (c) Niamh Cooper (vc)	[5] [12]
Strathclyde Sirens	Emirates Arena	Lesley MacDonald	Emily Nicholl (c) Hannah Williams (vc)	[5] [13]
Surrey Storm	Surrey Sports Park	Mikki Austin	Amy Flanagan (c) Bethany Dix (vc) Sophie Drakeford-Lewis (vc)	[5] [14]
Team Bath	Team Bath Arena	Asha Francis	Bethan Dyke (c) Kirsty Harris (vc) Lisa Putt (vc)	[5] [15]

Transfers

As of 17 February 2024 ^{[16] [5]}

For the 2024 season, the signing window opened on Monday 19 June 2023 and clubs were given until 5pm on Friday 14 July 2023 to register a minimum of 10 of their registered 12 players. Any remaining registrations (a maximum of 2 Registered Players and up to 3 Training Partners) must have been registered by the deadline of 5pm on 25 August 2023.

The following table is a list of players who moved clubs into or out of the Netball Superleague, or were elevated to a permanent position in the senior team during the off-season. It does not include contracted players who were re-signed by their original Netball Superleague clubs.

2024 Netball Superleague Transfers

Name	From	To
Bella Baylis	Loughborough Lightning (Training Partner)	Loughborough Lightning
Georgie Brock-Taylor	Loughborough Lightning (Pathway)	Loughborough Lightning (Training Partner)
Ella Clark	Injured	Loughborough Lightning
Freya Hershall	London Pulse (Training Partner)	Loughborough Lightning (Training Partner)
Niamh McCall	Strathclyde Sirens	Loughborough Lightning
Jade Popoola	London Pulse (Training Partner)	Loughborough Lightning
Annabel Roddy	Cardiff Dragons	Loughborough Lightning
Nicola Smith	Leeds Rhinos	Loughborough Lightning
Molly Hole	Loughborough Lightning (Training Partner)	-
Suzie Liverseidge	Loughborough Lightning	Severn Stars
Clara Miles	Loughborough Lightning (Training Partner)	-
Lauren Nicholls	Loughborough Lightning (Training Partner)	-
Jasmine Odeogberin	Loughborough Lightning	-
Emma Thacker	Loughborough Lightning	Saracens Mavericks
Francesca Williams	Loughborough Lightning	West Coast Fever
Hannah Williams	Loughborough Lightning	Strathclyde Sirens
Zanele Vimbela	Loughborough Lightning	Gauteng Jaguars
Jada Autumn	London Pulse (Pathway)	London Pulse (Training Partner)
Chloe Essam	Severn Stars (Training Partner)	London Pulse (Training Partner)
Darcie Everitt	London Pulse (Training Partner)	London Pulse
Brie Grierson	Leeds Rhinos	London Pulse
Isla May	London Pulse (Pathway)	London Pulse (Training Partner)
Jeresia McEachrane	TT Defence Force	London Pulse
Isabella Phillips	London Pulse (Pathway)	London Pulse
Nichole Taljaard	Southern Stings	London Pulse
Ashleigh Dekker	London Pulse	Severn Stars
Lindsay Keable	London Pulse	Retired
Sacha McDonald	London Pulse	Casey Demons Netball
Chelsea Pitman	London Pulse	Giants Netball
Ellie Rattu	London Pulse	Saracens Mavericks
Imogen Allison	Team Bath	Manchester Thunder
Laura Malcolm	Mainland Tactix	Manchester Thunder (Training Partner)
Emma Rayner	Manchester Thunder (Pathway)	Manchester Thunder (Training Partner)
Paige Reed	Leeds Rhinos	Manchester Thunder
Elmeré van der Berg	Leeds Rhinos	Manchester Thunder
Anya Williams	Manchester Thunder (Pathway)	Manchester Thunder
Iona Christian	Manchester Thunder	Strathclyde Sirens
Amy Clinton	Manchester Thunder	-
Yomi Eza-Wilson	Manchester Thunder (Training Partner)	-
Harriet Jones	Manchester Thunder (Training Partner)	Leeds Rhinos
Elia McCormick	Manchester Thunder	Manchester Thunder (Training Partner)
Ruby Parker	Manchester Thunder (Training Partner)	Injured
Lenize Potgieter	Manchester Thunder	Injured
Libby Burgess	-	Surrey Storm (Training Partner)
Bethany Dix	Strathclyde Sirens	Surrey Storm
Rachel Fee	Severn Stars (Training Partner)	Surrey Storm
Leah Goss	-	Surrey Storm
Ellie Harding	-	Surrey Storm (Training Partner)
Ellie Gibbons	Surrey Storm (Training Partner)	Surrey Storm
Amy Howell	British Army Netball	Surrey Storm
Charlotte Masters	Surrey Storm (Pathway)	Surrey Storm (Training Partner)
Haniisha Muhameed	KCCA Netball	Surrey Storm
Anya Wood	Break	Surrey Storm
Yasmin Brookes	Surrey Storm	Break
Sophia Candappa	Surrey Storm	-
Niamh Cooper	Surrey Storm	Severn Stars
Charlotte Dunkley	Surrey Storm	Saracens Mavericks (Training Partner)
Layla Guscoth	Surrey Storm	Break
Hannah Knights	Surrey Storm	-
Felisitus Kwangwa	Surrey Storm	-
Leah Middleton	Surrey Storm	Cardiff Dragons
Sienna Rushton	Surrey Storm	-
Grace Sullivan	Surrey Storm	-
Peace Akinyemi	-	Saracens Mavericks
Anna Fairclough	Manchester Thunder (Pathway)	Saracens Mavericks (Training Partner)
Georgia Lees	Saracens Mavericks (Training Partner)	Saracens Mavericks
Indya Masser	Loughborough Lightning (Pathway)	Saracens Mavericks
Vicki Oyesola	Leeds Rhinos	Saracens Mavericks
Odiri Atirene	Saracens Mavericks (Training Partner)	-
Eliza Barclay	Saracens Mavericks (Training Partner)	-
Sasha Corbin	Saracens Mavericks	Retired
Pippa Dixon	Saracens Mavericks (Training Partner)	-
Beth Ecuyer-Dale	Saracens Mavericks	Cardiff Dragons
Ellie Kelk	Saracens Mavericks	Break
Lisa Mather	Saracens Mavericks	Northern Stars
Monique Meyer	Saracens Mavericks	Gauteng Golden Fireballs
Christina Shaw	Saracens Mavericks	-
Betsy Creak	Team Bath	Severn Stars
Ella Powell-Davies	Cardiff Dragons	Severn Stars
Lefébre Rademan	Injured	Severn Stars
Abigail Caple	Severn Stars (Training Partner)	-
Isabelle Eaton	Severn Stars	-
Jess Haynes	Severn Stars	Severn Stars (Training Partner)
Lucy Herdman	Severn Stars	Injured
Sarah MacPhail	Severn Stars	Leeds Rhinos
Grace Namana	Severn Stars	Southern Steel
Lottie Robinson	Severn Stars (Training Partner)	-
Lily Smith	Severn Stars	Severn Stars (Training Partner)
Kelsie Taylor	Severn Stars	-
Amy Braithwaite	Leeds Rhinos (Pathway)	Leeds Rhinos
Zoe Davies	Collingwood Magpies	Leeds Rhinos
Celyn Emanuel	Cardiff Dragons	Leeds Rhinos
Amelia Hall	Break	Leeds Rhinos
Cassie Howard	Leeds Rhinos (Training Partner)	Leeds Rhinos
Annie James	Leeds Rhinos (Pathway)	Leeds Rhinos (Training Partner)
Paige Kindred	Leeds Rhinos (Pathway)	Leeds Rhinos (Training Partner)
Emma Magee	Break	Leeds Rhinos
Geva Mentor	Collingwood Magpies	Leeds Rhinos
Joyce Mvula	Central Pulse	Leeds Rhinos
Millie Veevers	Leeds Rhinos (Pathway)	Leeds Rhinos (Training Partner)
Ellie Bird	Leeds Rhinos	Retired
Britt Coleman	Leeds Rhinos (Training Partner)	-
Jemma Donoghue	Leeds Rhinos	New South Wales Swifts
Rosie Harris	Leeds Rhinos	Surrey Storm
Nia Jones	Leeds Rhinos	Cardiff Dragons
Elle McDonald	Leeds Rhinos	Cardiff Dragons
Emilia Roscoe	Leeds Rhinos (Training Partner)	-
Millie Sanders	Leeds Rhinos	Strathclyde Sirens
Cerys Cairns	Strathclyde Sirens (Training Partner)	Strathclyde Sirens
Cerys Finn	Strathclyde Sirens (Pathway)	Strathclyde Sirens
Zara Flett	Strathclyde Sirens (Pathway)	Strathclyde Sirens
Hannah Grant	Strathclyde Sirens (Pathway)	Strathclyde Sirens (Training Partner)
Hannah Leighton	Cardiff Dragons	Strathclyde Sirens
Emma Love	Strathclyde Sirens (Pathway)	Strathclyde Sirens
Sesandile Owethu Ngubane	UJ Netball	Strathclyde Sirens
Emma Barrie	Strathclyde Sirens	Team Bath
Kelly Boyle	Strathclyde Sirens	Strathclyde Sirens (Training Partner)
Natalie Bright	Strathclyde Sirens	-
Claire Maxwell	Strathclyde Sirens	Retired
Stella Oyella	Strathclyde Sirens	Injured
Abi Robson	Strathclyde Sirens	-
Helen Taylor	Strathclyde Sirens (Training Partner)	-
Abby Tyrell	Strathclyde Sirens	-

Table

2024 Netball Superleague table ^[17]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester Thunder (Q)	18	17	0	1	1200	844	+356	51	Qualifying for the Finals series
2	Loughborough Lightning (Q)	18	15	0	3	1217	951	+266	45
3	London Pulse (Q)	18	14	1	3	1024	876	+148	43
4	Severn Stars (Q)	18	12	0	6	1062	968	+94	36
5	Leeds Rhinos	18	8	0	10	969	982	−13	24
6	Surrey Storm	18	7	0	11	998	1100	−102	21
7	Saracens Mavericks	18	6	2	10	965	992	−27	20
8	Cardiff Dragons	18	6	2	10	900	983	−83	20
9	Strathclyde Sirens	18	1	1	16	841	1146	−305	4
10	Team Bath	18	1	0	17	872	1206	−334	3

Finals series

Semi-finals

22 June 2024	Manchester Thunder	63-54	Severn Stars	Belle Vue Arena

22 June 2024	Loughborough Lightning	59-47	London Pulse	David Wallace Sports Hall

Third-place play-off

29 June 2024	Severn Stars	48-52	London Pulse	Resorts World Arena
14:00

Grand final

29 June 2024	Manchester Thunder	54-70	Loughborough Lightning	Resorts World Arena
16:30

Awards

Netball Super League 2024 Awards ^[18]

Award	Name	Team
Players Player of the Season	Lois Pearson	Manchester Thunder
Young Player of the Season	Izzi Phillips	London Pulse
Coach of the Season	Jo Trip	Severn Stars
Fans Player of the Season	Funmi Fadoju	London Pulse
Top Scorer	Mary Cholhok Nuba	Loughborough Lightning
Umpire of the Year	Gary Burgess
All Star VII
GS	Mary Cholhok Nuba	Loughborough Lightning
GA	Lois Pearson	Manchester Thunder
WA	Jess Shaw	Severn Stars
C	Natalie Panagarry	Loughborough Lightning
WD	Imogen Allison	Manchester Thunder
GD	Funmi Fadoju	London Pulse
GK	Jas Brown	Severn Stars

References

1. "Vitality and Future Roses scoop 2024 Netball Super League awards". England Netball. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
2. "Lightning beat Thunder to win second title in a row". BBC Sport. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
3. "Netball Super League 2024: Everything you need to know". BBC Sport. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
4. "No Team Bath in relaunched Netball Super League". BBC Sport. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
5. "NS Preview: 2024 Netball Super League". Netball Scoop. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
6. "Nia Jones Named as new Cardiff Dragons Captain, with Laura Rudland as Vice-Captain". Cardiff Dragons. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
7. "Mentor named Rhinos Netball captain". Leeds Rhinos. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
8. "Leading the Way, The Pulse Way". London Pulse. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
9. "Lightning reveal star-studded squad ahead of new campaign". Loughborough Lightning. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
10. "Introducing the Thunder 2023 Leadership Team". Manchester Thunder. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
11. "Saracens Mavericks confirm Captain and Vice-Captain for 2024 Season". Saracens Mavericks. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
12. @SevernStars (11 December 2023). "Introducing our 2024 Vice Captain" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 March 2025– via Twitter.
13. "Introducing Our Captains". Strathclyde Sirens. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
14. @SurreyStorm (20 February 2024). "Following the injury to Amy Flanagan" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 March 2025– via Twitter.
15. "Bethan Dyke says captaincy role is "truly special" as Team Bath announce leadership group for 2024 Netball Super League season". Team Bath. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
16. "Preview: 2023 Netball Super League". Netball Scoop. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
17. "2024 season". Team Bath . Retrieved 22 March 2025.
18. Marshall, Charlotte (5 July 2024). "Vitality and Future Roses scoop 2024 Netball Super League awards". England Netball. Retrieved 23 May 2025.

External links

• Official Website