The 2022 Suncorp Super Netball season was the sixth season of the premier netball league in Australia. The season commenced on 26 March and concluded with the Grand Final on 3 July. The defending premiers were the New South Wales Swifts, who narrowly missed out on the finals series. The West Coast Fever won their very first premiership in the club's history, after defeating the Melbourne Vixens 70–59 in the Grand Final.
Teams Team Captain(s) Coach Home Courts Ref. New South Wales Swifts Maddy Proud & Paige Hadley Briony Akle Ken Rosewall Arena Giants Netball Jo Harten Julie Fitzgerald Ken Rosewall ArenaAIS Arena Sunshine Coast Lightning Steph Wood Kylee Byrne USC Stadium West Coast Fever Courtney Bruce Dan Ryan RAC Arena Melbourne Vixens Kate Moloney & Liz Watson Simone McKinnis John Cain ArenaMargaret Court Arena Queensland Firebirds Kim Ravaillion Megan Anderson Nissan Arena Adelaide Thunderbirds Hannah Petty Tania Obst Netball SA StadiumAdelaide Entertainment Centre Collingwood Magpies Geva Mentor & Ash Brazill Nicole Richardson John Cain ArenaSilverdomeMyState Bank Arena
Player signings Important dates in relation to player signings for the 2022 season were: 6–13 September 2021: Clubs have an exclusive window to re-sign any of their existing contracted players, or any of their existing permanent or temporary replacement players. Clubs can also sign any player who was not contracted to another team, either as a squad member, replacement player or a training partner in 2021. 13 September – 8 October 2021: The period for free agency signings is open, and players can be contracted by any club without restriction. By 8 October all clubs must have signed 10 senior contracted players to their list. 9 October – 31 December 2021: Training partners can be signed.
The following table is a list of players who moved clubs/leagues into Super Netball, or were elevated to a permanent position in the senior team during the off-season. It does not include players who were re-signed by their original Super Netball clubs. +NameMoving fromMoving toRef Teigan O'Shannassy New South Wales Swifts (training partner) New South Wales Swifts Allie Smith Melbourne Vixens Kelly Singleton New South Wales Swifts (training partner) Lauren Moore New South Wales Swifts Giants Netball Amy Sligar Giants Netball (training partner) Matisse Letherbarrow Giants Netball (training partner) Annie Miller Giants Netball (training partner) Sunshine Coast Lightning Kadie-Ann Dehaney Melbourne Vixens Tara Hinchliffe Queensland Firebirds Reilley Batcheldor Queensland Firebirds (training partner) Rudi Ellis Queensland Firebirds West Coast Fever Kiera Austin Giants Netball Melbourne Vixens Rahni Samason Melbourne Vixens (training partner) Hannah Mundy Melbourne Vixens (training partner) Olivia Lewis West Coast Fever Ruby Bakewell-Doran Queensland Firebirds (training partner) Queensland Firebirds Mia Stower Queensland Firebirds (training partner) Eboni Usoro-Brown Team Bath Tayla Williams Adelaide Thunderbirds (training partner) Adelaide Thunderbirds Tippah Dwan Queensland Firebirds Sophie Garbin New South Wales Swifts Collingwood Magpies Maggie Lind Collingwood Magpies (training partner)
Pre-season tournament Source: Click here For the first time since 2019, the pre-season Team Girls Cup competition was staged. The round-robin and playoff tournament was held at the Melbourne Sports Centre from Friday 25 February to Sunday 27 February. The eight Super Netball teams were split into two groups of four and played each of their group opponents once, before playing an inter-group match to determine places from first to eighth.
The tournament was won by the Melbourne Vixens, who defeated the West Coast Fever 45–43 in the final.
Pool A Fixtures
Pool B Fixtures
Finals
PlaceTeam Melbourne Vixens West Coast Fever Adelaide Thunderbirds4 Sunshine Coast Lightning5 Queensland Firebirds6 Collingwood Magpies7 Giants Netball8 New South Wales Swifts
Regular season Source: Click here
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Ladder
Finals series Major semi-final
Minor semi-final
Preliminary final
Grand Final
Grand Final MVP Winner: Sasha Glasgow
Awards The following players were awarded for their performances in the 2022 season:
The Player of the Year Award was won by Jhaniele Fowler of the West Coast Fever. The Grand Final MVP Award was won by Sasha Glasgow of the West Coast Fever. The Rising Star Award was won by Donnell Wallam of the Queensland Firebirds. The Joyce Brown Coach of the Year award was won by Stacey Marinkovich of the Diamonds (international). The Leading Goalscorer Award was won by Jhaniele Fowler of the West Coast Fever, who scored 929 goals. The following players were named in the Super Netball Team of the Year:
Attackers Goal Shooter: Jhaniele Fowler(West Coast Fever) Goal Attack: Gretel Bueta(Queensland Firebirds)
Midcourters Wing Attack: Liz Watson(Melbourne Vixens) Centre: Maddy Proud(New South Wales Swifts) Wing Defence: Amy Parmenter(Giants Netball)
Defenders Goal Defence: Latanya Wilson(Adelaide Thunderbirds) Goal Keeper: Shamera Sterling(Adelaide Thunderbirds)
Reserves Attack Reserve: Jo Harten(Giants Netball) Midcourt Reserve: Kelsey Browne(Collingwood Magpies) Defence Reserve: Courtney Bruce(West Coast Fever)
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