Victorian Fury

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Victorian Fury
Founded 2008
Based in Melbourne
Regions Victoria, Australia
Home venue State Netball Hockey Centre
Head coachDi Honey
Premierships8 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)
League Australian Netball League
Website vic.netball.com.au
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Victorian Fury are an Australian netball team that represents Netball Victoria in the Australian Netball League. In 2008 they were both founding members and the inaugural champions of the league. They retained the title in 2009 and completed a three in row in 2010. They then won it four times in a row between 2013 and 2016. In 2019 they won their eighth ANL title. They are the most successful team in the ANL. Fury are effectively the representative team of the Victorian Netball League and the reserve team of Melbourne Vixens. [1]

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History

Netball Victoria

Victorian Fury is effectively the representative team of the Victorian Netball League. [2] [3] They are also one of two teams that represent Netball Victoria in senior or national leagues. Their senior team, Melbourne Vixens, have represented Netball Victoria in both the ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball. [4] [5] In 2013 and 2014 Netball Victoria also entered a second team known as Victorian Flames in the Australian Netball League. [6] [7] [8] [9]

In 2016 Fury and Vixens began to host double headers against other ANL and ANZ Championship teams. This was part of a process where the relationship between the two leagues became more formalized. As part of this arrangement, a limited number of Vixens players were also eligible to play for Fury. [10] [11] [12]

Three in a row

In 2008 Victorian Fury were both founder members and the inaugural champions of the Australian Netball League. [13] Chelsey Nash captained Fury to their first title. [14] In 2009 Fury retained the title [15] [16] [17] and in 2010 they completed a three in a row. [18] [19] Other members of the Fury team from this era included Kathleen Knott and Karyn Bailey. [20] [1]

Four in a row

Between 2013 and 2016 Fury completed a four in a row of ANL titles. [21] Mwai Kumwenda was the top goalscorer for Fury during 2013, finishing the season with a record 461 goals. In the grand final against NSW Waratahs she scored 38 goals with a 97% strike rate. She was subsequently named the ANL's MVP. [20] [22] In 2015 Jo Weston, Kelsey Browne, Alice Teague-Neeld and Elle Bennetts were all members of the Fury team captained by Fiona Themann that won the ANL title for a sixth time. [21] In 2016 Themann, again captain, and Bennetts were joined by Tayla Honey, Lara Dunkley and Shannon Eagland as Fury won their seventh title. [23]

ANL Grand finals

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2008 [13] [24] Victorian Fury56–41 Australian Institute of Sport Sydney
2009 [15] [16] [17] [25] Victorian Fury46–32 Australian Institute of Sport BCEC
2010 [18] [19] Victorian Fury54–47 NNSW Waratahs Waverley Netball Centre
2011 [26] [27] NNSW Waratahs 55–46Victorian FuryWaverley Netball Centre
2013 [22] [28] Victorian Fury56–51 NNSW Waratahs Netball SA Stadium
2014 [29] [30] Victorian Fury51–49 Queensland Fusion Waverley Netball Centre
2015 [21] Victorian Fury58–46 Southern Force Waverley Netball Centre
2016 [23] Victorian Fury53–46 NNSW Waratahs Netball Central
2017 [31] [32] Western Sting 63–47Victorian FuryPerth State Netball Centre
2019 [33] [34] [35] Victorian Fury54–53 NNSW Waratahs SNHC

Source: [20]

Home venues

Victorian Fury play the majority of their home games at the State Netball and Hockey Centre. They have also played home games at Melbourne Arena and the Margaret Court Arena. [11] [12] [36] [37]

Notable players

Internationals

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Melbourne Vixens

Collingwood Magpies

Source: [28] [38] [39]

MVPs

ANL MVP

The following Victorian Fury players were named MVP in the Australian Netball League.

SeasonPlayer
2009 Kathleen Knott
2011 Karyn Bailey
2013 Mwai Kumwenda
2018Rahni Samason
2019Emma Ryde

Source: [20]

Victorian Fury MVP
SeasonPlayer
2010 Kathleen Knott
2011 Karyn Bailey
2012 Kathleen Knott
2013 Mwai Kumwenda
2014 Jo Weston
2015 Kelsey Browne
2016Ella Bayliss
2017Kate Thompson
2018Rahni Samason
2019Emma Ryde

Source: [1]

Head coaches

CoachYears
Cathy Fellows [11] [12] 2011–2012
Stacey West [28] 2013
Kristy Keppich-Birrell [38] [39] 2014–2015
Cathy Fellows [11] [12] [23] 2016
Leesa Gallard [40] [41] 2017–2018
Di Honey [2] [42] 2019–

Premierships

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