The 2017 Central Pulse season saw the Central Pulse netball team compete in the 2017 ANZ Premiership and the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Grant and featuring Cathrine Tuivaiti, Pulse finished the 2017 ANZ Premiership season as grand finalists and runners-up. In the grand final they lost 69–53 to Southern Steel. In the inaugural Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament, Pulse finished fourth.
Players
Player movements + Gains and losses Gains Losses Eseta Autagavaia (Central Zone) Sara Bayman (Manchester Thunder) Sheridan Bignall (Central Zone) Karin Burger (Central Zone) Jermaine Howard-Vallance (Central Zone) Tiana Metuarau (Central Zone) Kimiora Poi (Central Zone) Rene Savai'inaea (Central Zone) Cathrine Tuivaiti (Northern Mystics) Ameliaranne Ekenasio (pregnancy) Blaze Leslie Chelsea Locke Jacinta Messer Samon Nathan (Northern Mystics) Elias Scheres Kate Wells Maia Wilson (Northern Stars)
2017 roster
Pre-season In March 2017, Central Pulse and Netball Central hosted the official ANZ Premiership pre-season tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Ōtaki. All six teams participated in the three day tournament.
Notes 40 minute game, 4 x 10 minute quarters.
ANZ Premiership regular season
Fixtures and results 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
Final standings
ANZ Premiership Finals Series
Elimination final
Grand final
Netball New Zealand Super Club
Group stage
Group B 1 Northern Mystics33002171406 2 Central Pulse32011861504 3 Celtic Flames31021521722 4 Marama Vou30031342270
1st/4th Play offs Semi-finals
Third place play-off
National Netball League With a team featuring Karin Burger, Rhiarna Ferris, Tiana Metuarau, Kimiora Poi and Ainsleyana Puleiata, Pulse's reserve team, Central Zone won the 2017 National Netball League title after defeating Hellers Netball Mainland 43–41 in the grand final at The Trusts Arena.
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