2020 ANZ Premiership season

The 2020 ANZ Premiership season was the fourth 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 March and August. Defending premiers Central Pulse won their second consecutive premiership, defeating Mainland Tactix by 12 goals in the Grand Final.[1]

2020 ANZ Premiership season
League	ANZ Premiership
Sport	Netball
Duration	15 March – 23 August
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport
Champions	Central Pulse
Runners-up	Mainland Tactix
Minor premiers	Central Pulse

Following the first round of fixtures, the season was suspended due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.[2] The season recomenced on 19 June, with most matches played at the Auckland Netball Centre.[3][4]

Format

The 2020 ANZ Premiership season originally changed from a 13-round to a 16-round season.[5]

Following the suspension of the season after round 1, the re-arranged fixture was reduced to ten rounds. At the conclusion of these matches, the top two teams meet in the Grand Final, and the other teams compete for finishing positions from third to sixth.[4]

Teams

Team	City	Home Venues	Heach coach	Captain(s)	Import Players	Sponsor
Northern Mystics	Auckland	The Trusts Arena, Eventfinda Stadium	Helene Wilson	Phoenix Karaka	None	None
Northern Stars	Auckland	Pulman Arena	Kiri Wills	Grace Kara	Daystar Swift	Robinhood
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Hamilton	Claudelands Arena, Trustpower Arena	Amigene Metcalfe	Samantha Winders	Georgia Marshall	Splice Construction Ltd
Central Pulse	Wellington	TSB Bank Arena, Fly Palmy Arena	Yvette McCausland-Durie	Katrina Rore	None	Te Wānanga O Raukawa
Mainland Tactix	Christchurch	Horncastle Arena, Trafalgar Centre	Marianne Delaney-Hoshek	Jane Watson	None	The Good Oil
Southern Steel	Invercargill	ILT Stadium Southland, More FM Arena	Reinga Bloxham	Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit & Gina Crampton	Kalifa McCollin	Ascot Park Hotel

Source: 2020 Media Guide

Regular season

Round 1

Sun 15 Mar	Mainland Tactix	41 – 53	Central Pulse	Stadium 2000, Blenheim
4:10 pm		Report

Sun 15 Mar	Northern Stars	55 – 59	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena, Papakura
6:10 pm		Report

Mon 16 Mar	Southern Steel	48 – 54	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	More FM Arena, Dunedin
7:15 pm		Report

Round 2

Fri 19 Jun	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	40 – 47	Northern Mystics	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sat 20 Jun	Southern Steel	36 – 43	Mainland Tactix	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 21 Jun	Northern Stars	39 – 63	Central Pulse	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 21 Jun	Northern Stars	48 – 43	Mainland Tactix	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Round 3

Fri 26 Jun	Mainland Tactix	45 – 36	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sat 27 Jun	Northern Mystics	46 – 42	Southern Steel	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 28 Jun	Northern Stars	47 – 49	Southern Steel	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Mon 29 Jun	Central Pulse	42 – 35	Northern Mystics	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Round 4

Fri 3 Jul	Northern Mystics	47 – 42	Mainland Tactix	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sat 4 Jul	Central Pulse	47 – 40	Southern Steel	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 5 Jul	Central Pulse	51 – 30	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Mon 6 Jul	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	46 – 46	Northern Stars	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Round 5

Fri 10 Jul	Central Pulse	40 – 37	Southern Steel	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sat 11 Jul	Southern Steel	39 – 48	Northern Stars	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 12 Jul	Northern Stars	45 – 43	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 12 Jul	Mainland Tactix	41 – 40	Northern Mystics	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Mon 13 Jul	Mainland Tactix	46 – 46	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Round 6

Fri 17 Jul	Northern Mystics	51 – 47	Northern Stars	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sat 18 Jul	Central Pulse	44 – 38	Northern Mystics	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 19 Jul	Central Pulse	33 – 32	Mainland Tactix	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 19 Jul	Southern Steel	41 – 40	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Mon 20 Jul	Southern Steel	35 – 48	Mainland Tactix	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Round 7

Fri 24 Jul	Central Pulse	51 – 47	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sat 25 Jul	Central Pulse	46 – 36	Northern Stars	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 26 Jul	Mainland Tactix	47 – 40	Northern Stars	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 26 Jul	Southern Steel	47 – 41	Northern Mystics	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Mon 27 Jul	Northern Mystics	45 – 39	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Round 8

Thu 30 Jul	Mainland Tactix	45 – 39	Northern Stars	Horncastle Arena
		Stats

Sat 1 Aug	Northern Stars	50 – 43	Southern Steel	Auckland Netball Centre
		Stats

Sun 2 Aug	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	35 – 44	Mainland Tactix	Claudelands Arena
		Stats

Sun 2 Aug	Central Pulse	42 – 44	Northern Mystics	Te Rauparaha Arena
		Stats

Mon 3 Aug	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	37 – 36	Southern Steel	Claudelands Arena
		Stats

Round 9

Fri 7 Aug	Southern Steel	51 – 47	Northern Mystics	ILT Stadium Southland
		Stats

Sat 8 Aug	Southern Steel	34 – 49	Central Pulse	ILT Stadium Southland
		Stats

Sun 9 Aug	Northern Mystics	42 – 43	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena
		Stats

Sun 9 Aug	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	45 – 46	Northern Stars	Claudelands Arena
		Stats

Mon 10 Aug	Central Pulse	32 – 39	Mainland Tactix	TSB Bank Arena
		Stats

Round 10

Fri 14 Aug	Northern Mystics	drawn	Northern Stars	The Trusts Arena

Sat 15 Aug	Northern Mystics	drawn	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena

Sun 16 Aug	Southern Steel	drawn	Mainland Tactix	Edgar Centre

Sun 16 Aug	Central Pulse	drawn	Northern Stars	TSB Bank Arena

Mon 17 Aug	Central Pulse	drawn	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	TSB Bank Arena

• On 12 August, Netball New Zealand declared all five matches of Round 10 drawn, with all teams awarded two competition points for their respective matches. This occurred due to a change in the country's COVID-19 alert levels.[6]

Ladder

2020 ANZ Premiership ladder
Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
1	Central Pulse	15	11	2	2	594	474	120	125.3	1	49
2	Mainland Tactix	15	9	4	2	606	566	40	107.1	2	42
3	Northern Mystics	15	7	6	2	582	475	7	101.2	3	35
4	Northern Stars	15	5	7	3	590	626	-36	94.2	3	29
5	Southern Steel	15	4	10	1	578	637	-59	90.7	3	21
6	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	2	9	4	520	592	-72	87.8	3	19
Last updated: 14 August 2020 — Source

Grand Final

Sun 23 Aug 6.45pm

Report Stats

Central Pulse

43–31

Mainland Tactix

ILT Stadium Southland

Sky Sport

References

1. "Netball: Central Pulse beat Mainland Tactix to claim ANZ Premiership title". NZ Herald. 23 August 2020.
2. "Netball's ANZ Premiership joins list of postponed competitions". RNZ. 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
3. "ANZ Premiership confirms plans to resume season". ANZ Premiership. 11 May 2020.
4. "ANZ Premiership fixtures to return to home venues in front of fans in July". NewsChain. 17 June 2020.
5. "The League • ANZ Premiership Netball". anzpremiership.co.nz. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
6. "All Upcoming ANZ Premiership Round 10 Matches Declared Drawn". ANZ Premiership. 12 August 2020.

External links

• ANZ Premiership website