The following is a list of netball players who played in the ANZ Championship between 2008 and 2016.
ANZ Championship award winners There were four official ANZ Championship Awards.
ANZ Championship Most Valuable Player Season Winner Team2008 Romelda Aiken Queensland Firebirds2008 Sonia Mkoloma Central Pulse 2009 Romelda Aiken Queensland Firebirds2010 Liana Barrett-ChaseSouthern Steel2011 Leana de Bruin Southern Steel2011 Natalie Medhurst Queensland Firebirds 2012 Temepara George Northern Mystics 2012 Laura Langman Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic2013 Jhaniele FowlerSouthern Steel2014 Kimberlee Green New South Wales Swifts2014 Joanne Harten Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic2015 Romelda Aiken Queensland Firebirds2015 Jhaniele Fowler Southern Steel2016 Madison Robinson Melbourne Vixens2016 Jhaniele Fowler Southern Steel
Notes Romelda Aiken and Sonia Mkoloma shared the 2008 award. Leana de Bruin and Natalie Medhurst shared the 2011 award. Temepara George and Laura Langman shared the 2012 award. Kimberlee Green and Joanne Harten shared the 2014 award. In 2015 Romelda Aiken was the MVP player in the Australian Conference and Jhaniele Fowler was the MVP player in the New Zealand Conference. In 2016 Madison Robinson was the MVP player in the Australian Conference and Jhaniele Fowler was the MVP player in the New Zealand Conference.
ANZ Championship Grand Final MVP Season Winner Team2008 Catherine CoxNew South Wales Swifts2009 Sharelle McMahonMelbourne Vixens2010 Geva MentorAdelaide Thunderbirds2011 Romelda AikenQueensland Firebirds2012 Leana de BruinWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic2013 Erin BellAdelaide Thunderbirds2014 Tegan CaldwellMelbourne Vixens2015 Sharni Layton New South Wales Swifts2016 Kim Ravaillion Queensland Firebirds
Notes In 2015 and 2016 this award was changed to Finals Series MVP which includes all matches in the Finals and not just the Grand Final.
ANZ Championship Best New Talent Season Winner Team2010 Sharni LaytonAdelaide Thunderbirds 2011 Kayla CullenNorthern Mystics2012 Julianna NaoupuWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic2013 Jhaniele Fowler Southern Steel2014 Mwai KumwendaMainland Tactix2015 Serena GuthrieNorthern Mystics2016 Kristina BriceAdelaide Thunderbirds
Foxtel ANZ Championship All Star Teams 2011 Position Player Team GS Romelda AikenQueensland FirebirdsGA Sharelle McMahonMelbourne VixensWA Emily BeatonAdelaide ThunderbirdsC Natalie von BertouchAdelaide ThunderbirdsWD Kayla CullenNorthern MysticsGD Anna ScarlettNorthern MysticsGK Leana de BruinSouthern SteelCoach Roselee JenckeQueensland Firebirds
2012 Position Player Team GS Irene van Dyk Waikato Bay of Plenty MagicGA Maria Tutaia Northern MysticsWA Madison BrowneMelbourne VixensC Laura LangmanWaikato Bay of Plenty MagicWD Julie CorlettoMelbourne VixensGD Casey WilliamsWaikato Bay of Plenty MagicGK Geva MentorMelbourne VixensCoach Noeline TauruaWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic
2013 Position Player Team GS Jhaniele FowlerSouthern SteelGA Erin BellAdelaide ThunderbirdsWA Madison BrowneMelbourne VixensC Laura LangmanWaikato Bay of Plenty MagicWD Renae HallinanAdelaide ThunderbirdsGD Casey KopuaWaikato Bay of Plenty MagicGK Geva MentorMelbourne VixensCoach Jane Woodlands-ThompsonAdelaide Thunderbirds
2014 Position Player Team GS Jhaniele Fowler-Reid Southern SteelGA Susan PratleyNew South Wales SwiftsWA Madison RobinsonMelbourne VixensC Kimberlee GreenNew South Wales SwiftsWD Renae HallinanAdelaide ThunderbirdsGD Casey KopuaWaikato Bay of Plenty MagicGK Geva MentorMelbourne VixensCoach Julie FitzgeraldWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic
2015 Position Player Team GS Caitlin BassettWest Coast FeverGA Susan PettittNew South Wales SwiftsWA Kimberlee GreenNew South Wales SwiftsC Kim RavaillionQueensland FirebirdsWD Serena GuthrieNorthern MysticsGD Julie CorlettoNew South Wales SwiftsGK Sharni LaytonNew South Wales SwiftsCoach Stacey RosmanWest Coast Fever
2016 Position Player Team GS Romelda Aiken Queensland FirebirdsGA Susan Pettitt New South Wales SwiftsWA Kimberlee GreenNew South Wales SwiftsC Kim RavaillionQueensland FirebirdsWD Laura LangmanNew South Wales SwiftsGD Clare McMenimanQueensland FirebirdsGK Sharni LaytonNew South Wales SwiftsCoach Robert WrightNew South Wales Swifts
Golden Bib Award In 2014 the ANZ Championship introduced the Golden Bib Award which recognised the top attacker, top midcourter and top defender from each round. The award was determined on statistics and players earned two points for a goal assist and a point for centre pass receive.
2014 Round Attacker Midcourter Defender1 Ellen Halpenny (Magic) Grace Rasmussen (Magic) Geva Mentor (Vixens) 2 Mwai Kumwenda (Tactix) Madison Robinson (Vixens) Brooke Miller (Swifts) Leana de Bruin (Magic)3 Caitlin Bassett (Fever) Grace Rasmussen (Magic) Eboni Beckford-Chambers (Fever)4 Caitlin Bassett (Fever) Grace Rasmussen (Magic) Casey Kopua (Magic)5 Tegan Caldwell (Vixens) Grace Rasmussen (Magic) Geva Mentor (Vixens)6 Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (Steel) Laura Langman (Mystics) Laura Geitz (Firebirds) 7 Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (Steel) Madison Robinson (Vixens) Laura Geitz (Firebirds)8 Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (Steel) Madison Robinson (Vixens) Geva Mentor (Vixens) 9 Cathrine Latu (Mystics) Madison Robinson (Vixens) Katrina Grant (Pulse) 10 Romelda Aiken (Firebirds) Emily Beaton (Thunderbirds) Geva Mentor (Vixens) 11 Irene van Dyk (Pulse) Grace Rasmussen (Magic) Laura Geitz (Firebirds)12 Ellen Halpenny (Magic) Joanne Harten (Magic) Madison Robinson (Vixens) Bianca Chatfield (Vixens) 13 Romelda Aiken (Firebirds) Madison Robinson (Vixens) Casey Kopua (Magic) 14 Erin Bell (Thunderbirds) Shannon Francois (Steel) Rebecca Bulley (Thunderbirds)
Australian Netball Awards Liz Ellis Diamond In 2008 Netball Australia introduced the Liz Ellis Diamond award in honour of Liz Ellis. It was awarded to the best performing player in the ANZ Championship and with the Australia national netball team. This is a list of the players who won the award during the ANZ Championship era. It was not awarded in 2016.
Season Winner Team2008Mo'onia GerrardAdelaide Thunderbirds 2009Julie CorlettoMelbourne Vixens2010Natalie von BertouchAdelaide Thunderbirds2011Laura GeitzQueensland Firebirds 2012Madison BrowneMelbourne Vixens2013Renae HallinanAdelaide Thunderbirds2014Madison RobinsonMelbourne Vixens2015Caitlin Bassett West Coast Fever
Australian ANZ Championship Player of the Year
Between 2008 and 2016, Netball Australia also had a separate award for best Australian player in the ANZ Championship.
Season Winner Team2008Catherine CoxNew South Wales Swifts 2009Natalie von BertouchAdelaide Thunderbirds2010Natalie von BertouchAdelaide Thunderbirds2011Laura GeitzQueensland Firebirds 2012Madison BrowneMelbourne Vixens2013Erin BellAdelaide Thunderbirds2014Laura GeitzQueensland Firebirds2015Sharni LaytonNew South Wales Swifts2016Sharni LaytonNew South Wales Swifts
New Zealand Netball Awards New Zealand ANZ Championship Player of the Year Season Winner Team2015Laura LangmanNorthern Mystics 2016Gina CramptonSouthern Steel
ANZ Championship top scorers Season Winner Team GS/GA/G%2008 Irene van DykWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic 2009 2010ANZ Championship Statistics - Top 10. Last updated 21 June 2010. Carla BorregoAdelaide Thunderbirds2011 Romelda AikenQueensland Firebirds 2012 Irene van DykWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic2013 Jhaniele FowlerSouthern Steel2014 Mwai KumwendaMainland Tactix2015 Romelda AikenQueensland Firebirds2016
ANZ Championship winning captains
Season Winner Team2008Catherine CoxNew South Wales Swifts 2009Bianca Chatfield Melbourne Vixens 2009Sharelle McMahon Melbourne Vixens2010Natalie von Bertouch Adelaide Thunderbirds2010Mo'onia Gerrard Adelaide Thunderbirds2011Lauren Nourse Queensland Firebirds2011Laura Geitz Queensland Firebirds 2012Laura LangmanWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic2013Natalie von BertouchAdelaide Thunderbirds2014Bianca ChatfieldMelbourne Vixens2015Laura GeitzQueensland Firebirds2016Laura GeitzQueensland Firebirds
Notes In 2009, Bianca Chatfield and Sharelle McMahon were co-captains. In 2010, Natalie von Bertouch and Mo'onia Gerrard were co-captains. In 2011, Lauren Nourse captained Firebirds to the minor premiership but was injured for the play-offs. Laura Geitz captained Firebirds in the grand final.
ANZ Championship players with three winners medals
Players Season/TeamsErin Bell2008 New South Wales Swifts2010 Adelaide Thunderbirds2013 Adelaide ThunderbirdsRebecca Bulley2008 New South Wales Swifts2013 Adelaide Thunderbirds2015 Queensland FirebirdsCaitlyn Nevins2014 Melbourne Vixens2015 Queensland Firebirds2016 Queensland FirebirdsRomelda Aiken2011, 2015, 2016 Queensland Firebirds Laura Geitz2011, 2015, 2016 Queensland Firebirds Clare McMeniman2011, 2015, 2016 Queensland Firebirds
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