2019 ANZ Premiership season

The 2019 ANZ Premiership season was the third season of the ANZ Premiership, the premier domestic netball league in New Zealand. The league was contested by six teams from around New Zealand, with a total of 47 matches played between February and June. Southern Steel were the defending premiers, though were knocked out of contention in the elimination final. The premiership was won by Central Pulse, who defeated the Northern Stars by four goals in the Grand Final.[1]

2019 ANZ Premiership season
League	ANZ Premiership
Sport	Netball
Duration	24 February – 2 June
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport
Champions	Central Pulse
Runners-up	Northern Stars
Minor premiers	Central Pulse

The season was brought forward by two months to ensure it did not clash with the Netball World Cup, played in Liverpool in July 2019.[2]

Format

The 2019 ANZ Premiership season followed the same format as the previous season.

Teams played 15 matches spread over 13 rounds for a 47 match season, ensuring each team played each other three times in the regular season. The second and third place teams qualified for the elimination final at the end of the season, with the winner of that match meeting the first place team in the Grand Final.[3]

Teams

Team	City	Main venue	Heach coach	Captain(s)
Northern Mystics	Auckland	The Trusts Arena	Helene Wilson	Phoenix Karaka
Northern Stars	Auckland	Pulman Arena	Kiri Wills	Leana De Bruin
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Hamilton	Claudelands Arena	Amigene Metcalfe	Casey Kopua
Central Pulse	Wellington	TSB Bank Arena	Yvette McCausland-Durie	Katrina Rore
Mainland Tactix	Christchurch	Horncastle Arena	Marianne Delaney-Hoshek	Jane Watson
Southern Steel	Invercargill	ILT Stadium Southland	Reinga Bloxham	Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit & Gina Crampton

Source: 2019 Media Guide

Regular season

Round 1

Sun 24 Feb	Southern Steel	64 – 66	Northern Stars	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
2:10 pm		Report Stats

Sun 24 Feb	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	42 – 48	Mainland Tactix	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Sun 24 Feb	Northern Mystics	39 – 62	Central Pulse	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
6:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 25 Feb	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	57 – 51	Northern Stars	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Tue 26 Feb	Mainland Tactix	46 – 66	Southern Steel	Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 2

Sat 2 Mar	Northern Mystics	48 – 67	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 4 Mar	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	37 – 43	Central Pulse	Energy Events Centre, Rotorua
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 6 Mar	Northern Stars	65 – 46	Mainland Tactix	Pulman Arena, Auckland
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 3

Sun 10 Mar	Central Pulse	52 – 40	Mainland Tactix	Fly Palmy Arena, Palmerston North
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 11 Mar	Southern Steel	73 – 53	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 13 Mar	Northern Stars	55 – 49	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena, Auckland
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 4

Sun 17 Mar	Northern Mystics	34 – 42	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Eventfinda Stadium, Auckland
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Sun 17 Mar	Southern Steel	70 – 52	Mainland Tactix	ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill
6:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 18 Mar	Northern Stars	50 – 61	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena, Auckland
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 5

Sun 24 Mar	Mainland Tactix	52 – 48	Northern Mystics	Trafalgar Centre, Nelson
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 25 Mar	Central Pulse	54 – 50	Southern Steel	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 27 Mar	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	47 – 57	Northern Stars	Trustpower Arena, Tauranga
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 6

Sun 31 Mar	Central Pulse	48 – 33	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
2:10 pm		Report Stats

Sun 31 Mar	Northern Mystics	50 – 64	Northern Stars	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Sun 31 Mar	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	46 – 59	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
6:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 1 Apr	Northern Mystics	54 – 44	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 3 Apr	Central Pulse	68 – 42	Northern Stars	Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 7

Sun 7 Apr	Northern Mystics	64 – 54	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 8 Apr	Northern Stars	42 – 53	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Pulman Arena, Auckland
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 10 Apr	Southern Steel	50 – 66	Central Pulse	More FM Arena, Dunedin
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 8

Sun 14 Apr	Northern Stars	58 – 60	Southern Steel	Pulman Arena, Auckland
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 15 Apr	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	57 – 50	Mainland Tactix	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 17 Apr	Central Pulse	59 – 49	Northern Mystics	Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 9

Sun 21 Apr	Central Pulse	54 – 33	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Tue 23 Apr	Mainland Tactix	49 – 46	Northern Stars	Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 24 Apr	Southern Steel	66 – 60	Northern Mystics	More FM Arena, Dunedin
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 10

Sun 28 Apr	Northern Stars	53 – 52	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena, Auckland
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 29 Apr	Mainland Tactix	44 – 62	Central Pulse	Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 1 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	48 – 63	Southern Steel	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 11

Sun 5 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	45 – 53	Central Pulse	ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill
2:10 pm		Report Stats

Sun 5 May	Southern Steel	69 – 58	Northern Mystics	ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Sun 5 May	Mainland Tactix	53 – 48	Northern Stars	ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill
6:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 6 May	Southern Steel	62 – 52	Central Pulse	ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 8 May	Northern Mystics	69 – 57	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 12

Sun 12 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	61 – 52	Northern Mystics	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 13 May	Central Pulse	68 – 42	Northern Stars	TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 15 May	Mainland Tactix	56 – 64	Southern Steel	Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Round 13

Sun 19 May	Mainland Tactix	60 – 48	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
4:10 pm		Report Stats

Mon 20 May	Northern Mystics	60 – 54	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena, Auckland
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Wed 22 May	Southern Steel	63 – 46	Northern Stars	ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill
7:40 pm		Report Stats

Ladder

2019 ANZ Premiership ladder
Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
1	Central Pulse	15	13	2	856	676	180	126.6	0	39
2	Southern Steel	15	12	3	946	809	137	116.9	2	38
3	Northern Stars	15	6	9	785	840	-55	93.5	3	21
4	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	5	10	713	793	-80	89.9	0	15
5	Mainland Tactix	15	5	10	740	849	-109	87.2	0	15
6	Northern Mystics	15	4	11	786	859	-73	91.5	2	14
Last updated: 27 May 2019 — Source

Finals

Elimination final

Wed 29 May 7.40pm	Report Stats	Southern Steel	53–56	Northern Stars		ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 15-13, 11-16, 12-13
		Potgieter  39/42 (93%) Selby-Rickit  11/18 (61%) O'Connell  3/5 (60%)		Wilson  43/45 (96%) Hodges  13/18 (72%)

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Grand Final

Mon 3 Jun 2.00pm	Report Stats	Central Pulse	52–48	Northern Stars		Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 12-10, 15-15, 13-9, 12-14
		Dunn  40/43 (93%) Ekenasio  12/19 (63%)		Wilson  34/41 (83%) Hodges  14/20 (70%)

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References

1. "Netball: Pulse win redemption Grand Final". NZ Herald. 3 June 2019.
2. "2019 ANZ Premiership schedule released". ANZ Premiership. 28 August 2018.
3. "2019 Fixtures & Results". ANZ Premiership.

External links

• ANZ Premiership website