2023 Suncorp Super Netball season

The 2023 Suncorp Super Netball season was the seventh season of the premier netball league in Australia. The season commenced on Saturday 18 March and concluded with the Grand Final on Saturday 8 July at John Cain Arena. The defending premiers were the West Coast Fever, who were eliminated in the Preliminary Final by the New South Wales Swifts. The Adelaide Thunderbirds won their first premiership in 10 years, narrowly defeating the New South Wales Swifts 60–59 after an extra time Grand Final thriller. This season was the last season to feature the Collingwood Magpies, who withdrew from the competition at the end of the season due to financial difficulties.

Teams

Team	Home court	Coach	Captain	Vice-captain	Leadership group
Adelaide Thunderbirds	Netball SA Stadium Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Tania Obst	Hannah Petty	Shamera Sterling & Eleanor Cardwell
Collingwood Magpies	John Cain Arena Silverdome	Nicole Richardson	Ash Brazill & Geva Mentor	Kelsey Browne
Giants Netball	Ken Rosewall Arena	Julie Fitzgerald	Jo Harten	Jamie-Lee Price & Maddie Hay
Melbourne Vixens	John Cain Arena	Simone McKinnis	Kate Moloney & Liz Watson	Emily Mannix
New South Wales Swifts	Ken Rosewall Arena Qudos Bank Arena	Briony Akle	Maddy Proud & Paige Hadley
Queensland Firebirds	Nissan Arena	Rebecca Bulley	Kim Ravaillion	Lara Dunkley	Gabi Simpson, Mia Stower
Sunshine Coast Lightning	UniSC Arena	Belinda Reynolds	Steph Wood	Tara Hinchliffe & Laura Scherian
West Coast Fever	RAC Arena	Dan Ryan	Courtney Bruce	Jess Anstiss	Sasha Glasgow, Alice Teague-Neeld

Contracted Signings

Important dates in relation to player signings for the 2023 season are:

2 May 2022 – 3 July 2022: 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 2022.
4 July 2022 – 22 July 2022: The period for free agency signings is open, and players can be contracted by any club without restriction. By 22 July all clubs must have signed 10 senior contracted players to their list.
25 July 2022 – 10 March 2023: Training partners can be signed.

Players were permitted to sign one-year contracts, owing to the expiration of Netball Australia's collective bargaining agreement with the players.
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 contracted players who were re-signed by their original Super Netball clubs.

Name

Moving from

Moving to

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Team List

;Notes: Injuries, Retirements, Coaching Changes, Team Changes

NSW Swifts confirmed that Sam Wallace will not be taking part in the 2023 season as the rehab on her anterior cruciate ligament has taken longer than through, Romelda Aiken-George is her replacement
Jemma Donoghue had signed with the Giants as a training partner for the 2023 season but was approached by Netball Superleague Team, Leeds Rhinos to join their squard for the remainder of their season and took the offer. Tayla Davies is her replacement training partner
Reilley Batcheldor had signed with Sunshine Coast Lightning but during the Australian National Championship, she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury and will miss some of the 2023 season. Charlie Bell has been brought in to replace Reilley in the contracted 10 for Lightning after signing as a training partner for the Queensland Firebirds.
Kate Walsh had signed with the Sunshine Coast Lightning but in November 2022, Kate decided to retire from National and International netball; Ash Ervin is her replacement after signing as a training partner for the Queensland Firebirds
Tara Hincliffe had signed with the Sunshine Coast Lightning but in February 2023 at the Team Girls cup she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury and will miss the 2023 Season; Shannon Eagland is her replacement
While playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning, injury replacement player Shannon Eagland injured her anterior cruciate ligament and will miss the rest of the season. Ava Black was named as the temporary replacement player
Rahni Samason has injured her leg and will miss some of the 2023 season; Kim Borger is her replacement.
Gretel Bueta is currently pregnant with her second child and will not be playing the 2023 season; Emily Moore is her replacement.
Macy Gardener fractured her wrist during a game and is out for the rest of the season; Hulita Veve/Leesa Mimi are the temporary replacements
Sara Francis Bayman was the assistant coach for the Queensland Firebirds but on 13 March it was announced that she was no longer the assistant coach; the search is on for a new assistant coach for the Firebirds. Lauren Brown is the new assistant coach.
Nyah Allen will miss all of the season due to an ongoing chest injury which she has had surgery for; Kelly Singleton is her replacement

Suncorp Team Girls Cup 2023

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For the second consecutive year, the pre-season Suncorp Team Girls Cup competition was staged. The round-robin and playoff tournament was held at the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre from Friday 24 February to Sunday 26 February. The eight Super Netball teams were split into two groups of four and play 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 West Coast Fever, who defeated the Adelaide Thunderbirds 49–41 in the final.

Finals

Place	Team
	West Coast Fever
	Adelaide Thunderbirds
	Melbourne Vixens
4	Sunshine Coast Lightning
5	New South Wales Swifts
6	Giants Netball
7	Queensland Firebirds
8	Collingwood Magpies

Regular season

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Round 2

The match between the Adelaide Thunderbirds and the New South Wales Swifts was initially scheduled to commence at 6:30 pm ACDT, but was delayed by an hour due to further work being completed on the playing surface. Additionally, due to a high-voltage transformer issue causing a power outage at Netball SA Stadium at half-time, the match was called off as it was unable to be completed in the allocated timeframe. The game was declared a draw, with both teams sharing 2 competition points and having the goals for and against included in the ladder.

Round 10

Finals Series

Minor Semi Final

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Preliminary Final

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Grand Final

Grand Final MVP Winner: Eleanor Cardwell

Awards

The following players were awarded for their performances in the 2023 season:

The Player of the Year Award was won by Shamera Sterling of the Adelaide Thunderbirds.
The Grand Final MVP Award was won by Eleanor Cardwell of the Adelaide Thunderbirds.
The Rising Star Award was won by Lucy Austin of the Adelaide Thunderbirds.
The Joyce Brown Coach of the Year award was won by Stacey Marinkovich of the Diamonds.
The Leading Goalscorer Award was won by Jhaniele Fowler of the West Coast Fever, who scored 768 goals.
The following players were named in the Super Netball Team of the Year:

;Attackers

Goal Shooter: Donnell Wallam
Goal Attack: Helen Housby

;Midcourters

Wing Attack: Paige Hadley
Centre: Jamie-Lee Price
Wing Defence: Latanya Wilson

;Defenders

Goal Defence: Jodi-Ann Ward
Goal Keeper: Shamera Sterling

;Reserves

Attack Reserve: Steph Fretwell
Midcourt Reserve: Liz Watson
Defence Reserve: Courtney Bruce