Sport | Netball |
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Founded | 2016 |
Owner(s) | Netball New South Wales |
No. of teams | 10 (2022) |
Country | Australia |
Venue(s) | Netball Central |
Most recent champion(s) | North Shore United (2020) |
TV partner(s) | CluchTV |
Sponsor(s) | Providoor |
Level on pyramid | 3 |
Official website | www.nnswpremierleague.com.au |
The Netball NSW Premier League is a state netball league featuring teams mainly from New South Wales. The league is organised by Netball New South Wales. The Premier League was first played for during the 2016 season. It replaced the Dooleys State League's Waratah Cup as the top level netball competition in New South Wales. On a national level, the Premier League is effectively a third level league. NNSWPL teams compete in two divisions – the Opens and the Under-23s. [1]
The Premier League replaced the Dooleys State League's Waratah Cup as the top level netball competition in New South Wales. Several of the netball associations that entered teams in the Waratah Cup successfully applied to enter franchises in the Premier League. These included the Eastwood Ryde Netball Association, the Manly Warringah Netball Association and the Sutherland Shire Netball Association who respectively formed ERNA Hawks, Manly Warringah Sapphires and Sutherland Stingrays. [2] [3] [4]
The Netball NSW Premier League was first played for during the 2016 season. The eight founding franchises were Central Coast Heart, ERNA Hawks, GWS Fury, Manly Warringah Sapphires, North Shore United, Panthers, Sutherland Stingrays and UTS St George Sparks. Sutherland Stingrays were crowned the inaugural Opens Champions after an defeating Manly Warringah Sapphires 50–49 in the grand final. Panthers were the inaugural Under-20 premiers. [5] [6] [7]
Manly Warringah Sapphires won the 2017 Opens title after defeating a UTS St George Sparks team featuring Kristina Brice and Beryl Friday, 59–56 in the grand final. A Sparks team featuring Matilda McDonell defeated Panthers 55–49 in the Under-20 grand final. [8] [9]
In 2018, Amy Wild captained Central Coast Heart as they defeated ERNA Hawks 60–55 in the Open's grand final. Wild was also awarded both the Netball NSW President's Medal as the Grand Final MVP and the Nance Kenny OAM Medal as the NNSWPL Player of the Year. In the Under-20 grand final, North Shore United defeated GWS Fury 56–44. [10] [11] [12] [13]
ERNA Hawks won the 2019 Opens title after defeating Central Coast Heart 68–44 in the grand final. The under-20 competition was now changed to an under-23 competition. GWS Fury became the first Under-23 champions after defeating Manly Warringah Sapphires 60–52 in the grand final. [14] [15] [16] [17] After the first four seasons of the NNSWPL, all the original eight franchises have being crowned champions at least once in either the Under-20s, Under-23s or Opens. [18] [19]
The 2020 season saw the addition of two new franchises – The Capital Spirit and South Coast Blaze. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season took place later in the year. It also featured a new condensed format. In both the Opens and Under-23 divisions, teams were split into two conferences. All teams played the other teams in their conference twice and each team in the other conference once. The top two teams from each conference then contested a two-week finals series. In the Opens division, North Shore United, coached by Rebecca Bulley, were crowned champions after a 56–44 grand final win over ERNA Hawks. In the Under-23 grand final, UTS Randwick Sparks defeated South Coast Blaze 44–32. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
With the minor rounds almost complete, the 2021 season was initially suspended and then abandoned after a public health order caused the closure of Netball Central due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [27] [28] [29] [30]
Ahead of the 2022 season a new format was announced for both the Opens and Under-23s. There will be 14 regular rounds with all teams playing each other once in the opening nine before they split into conferences for the final five. All teams will play their respective conference opponents once between Rounds 10 and 14. The top three sides from each conference will then progress to the finals series. [31] [32]
Team | Home venue/base | Home city/town/suburb | Debut season |
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The Capital Spirit [33] [34] | Australian Capital Territory | 2020 | |
Central Coast Heart [35] [36] | Niagara Park Stadium | Central Coast | 2016 |
ERNA Hawks [37] | Eastwood/Ryde | 2016 | |
GWS Fury [38] | Greater Western Sydney | 2016 | |
Manly Warringah Sapphires [39] [40] | Northern Beaches | 2016 | |
North Shore United [41] | Ku-ring-gai/Northern Sydney | 2016 | |
Panthers Netball [42] | Penrith/Hawkesbury/Blue Mountains | 2016 | |
IMB South Coast Blaze [43] [44] | South Coast | 2020 | |
Sutherland Stingrays [4] [45] | Sutherland Shire | 2016 | |
UTS Randwick Sparks [46] [47] | University of Technology Sydney | 2016 | |
Source: [49]
Since 2016, Netball Central has been the host venue for the Netball NSW Premier League. [50]
Between 2016 and 2020, NNSWPL matches were live streamed across Netball New South Wales's social media channels by BarTV Sports. The lead commentator was ABC Grandstand's Brittany Carter. Her co-commentators included Sonia Mkoloma. [5] [8] [10] [14] [23] [51] Ahead of the 2021 season, CluchTV was announced as the league's new live stream partner. Carter remained the lead commentator. [31] [32] [52]
Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up | Venue |
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2007 [53] | Sydney Storm | Eastwood/Ryde | ||
2008 | ||||
2009 [54] | Manly-Warringah | Eastwood Ryde | ||
2010 [55] | Manly-Warringah | 58–45 | Sutherland Shire | Anne Clark Netball Centre |
2011 [56] | Manly-Warringah | 52–45 | Baulkham Hills | Anne Clark Netball Centre |
2012 [57] [58] | Sutherland Shire | 45–43 | Eastwood Ryde | Anne Clark Netball Centre |
2013 [59] [60] [61] | Eastwood Ryde | 50–46 | Sutherland-Shire | Anne Clark Netball Centre |
2014 [62] | St George | Eastwood Ryde | Anne Clark Netball Centre | |
2015 [63] | City of Sydney/Sydney University | 53–40 | Eastwood Ryde | Netball Central |
Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up | Venue |
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2016 [5] [6] | Sutherland Stingrays | 50–49 | Manly-Warringah Sapphires | Genea Netball Centre |
2017 [8] [9] | Manly-Warringah Sapphires | 59–56 | UTS St George Sparks | Genea Netball Centre |
2018 [10] [11] [12] | Central Coast Heart | 60–55 | ERNA Hawks | Genea Netball Centre |
2019 [14] [15] | ERNA Hawks | 68–44 | Central Coast Heart | Netball Central |
2020 [23] [24] [25] | North Shore United | 56–44 | ERNA Hawks | Netball Central |
2021 | (Note 3) | |||
Source: [17]
Season | Winners |
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2007 [53] | Sydney Storm |
2008 [64] | NSWIS |
2009 [54] | Eastwood Ryde |
2010 [55] | Manly-Warringah |
2011 [56] | Manly-Warringah |
2012 [57] | Eastwood Ryde |
2013 [59] | Sutherland-Shire |
2014 [62] | St George |
2015 [63] | City of Sydney/Sydney University |
Season | Winners |
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2016 [5] | Sutherland Stingrays |
2017 [8] [9] | UTS St George Sparks |
2018 [10] [11] | ERNA Hawks |
2019 [14] | Central Coast Heart |
2020 [23] | ? |
2021 | (Note 3) |
The league's MVP award is named after Nance Kenny OAM.
Season | Winner | Team |
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2000 | Shay Barley | NSWIS |
2001 | Nerida Stewart | Kuring-gai |
2002 | Nerida Stewart | Kuring-gai |
2003 | Tanya Lund | Manly Warringah |
2004 (Note 4) | Kelly Adamson | Penrith |
2004 (Note 4) | Megan Bertenshaw | Hawkesbury |
2005 [65] | Samantha May | Sydney Storm |
2006 (Note 4) | Katie Walker | Manly-Warringah |
2006 (Note 4) | Applee Kennengiesser | Penrith |
2007 [53] | Joanne Day | Eastwood/Ryde |
2008 [66] | Landell Archer | Fairfield City/Sydney University |
2009 [54] | Kelly Adamson | Hunter/Central Coast United |
2010 [55] | Tiffany Lincoln | Manly-Warringah |
2011 [56] (Note 4) | Kimberly Borger | St George District |
2011 [56] (Note 4) | Samantha May | Baulkham Hills |
2012 [57] | Tiffany Lincoln | Hunter United |
2013 [59] | Leah Shoard | Sutherland Shire |
2014 [62] | Kaitlyn Bryce | St George District |
2015 [63] | Kaitlyn Bryce | St George District |
2016 [5] | Kristen Kessler | Central Coast Heart |
2017 [8] (Note 4) | Maddie Hay | Sutherland Stingrays |
2017 [8] (Note 4) | Maddie Taylor | Central Coast Heart |
2018 [10] [12] | Amy Wild | Central Coast Heart |
2019 [14] | Maddie Taylor | Central Coast Heart |
2020 [23] [67] [68] | Lauren Woods | Panthers |
2021 [69] [70] | Toni Anderson | Sutherland Stingrays |
Grand Final MVP
Season | Winner | Team |
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2012 [58] | Paula Mitchell | Sutherland Shire |
2013 [60] [61] | Jo Day | Eastwood Ryde |
2016 [5] | Maddie Hay | Sutherland Stingrays |
2017 [9] | Georgia Marshall | Manly-Warringah Sapphires |
2018 [12] | Amy Wild | Central Coast Heart |
2019 | Georgia Marshall | ERNA Hawks |
2020 [23] | Ash Fong | North Shore United |
Source: [17]
Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up | Venue |
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2016 [5] [7] | Panthers | 63–50 | UTS St George Sparks | Genea Netball Centre |
2017 [8] [9] | UTS St George Sparks | 55–49 | Panthers | Genea Netball Centre |
2018 [10] [13] | North Shore United | 56–44 | GWS Fury | Genea Netball Centre |
2019 [14] [16] | GWS Fury | 60–52 | Manly Warringah Sapphires | Netball Central |
2020 [23] [26] | UTS Randwick Sparks | 44–32 | South Coast Blaze | Netball Central |
2021 | (Note 3) | |||
Source: [17]
Years | |
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Samsung [5] [8] | 2016–2017 |
Origin Energy [18] [19] | 2020– |
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