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2017 Southern Steel season

The 2017 Southern Steel season saw the Southern Steel netball team compete in the 2017 ANZ Premiership and the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club.[1][2] With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, Shannon Francois, and Jane Watson, Steel finished the 2017 season as inaugural ANZ Premiership winners.[3][4] After finishing the regular season unbeaten and as minor premiers,[3][5][6] Steel defeated Central Pulse 69–53 in the grand final. This saw Steel complete a 16 match unbeaten ANZ Premiership season.[7][8][9][10] Steel remained unbeaten as they went onto win the inaugural Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament, defeating Northern Mystics 79–58 in the final. This saw Steel finish the season with 21 wins and zero defeats.[11][12][13][14]

Southern Steel
2017 season
Head coachReinga Bloxham
Asst. coachLauren Piebenga
ManagerDayna Kaio
CaptainWendy Frew
Main venueStadium Southland
Season results
Wins–losses21–0
Regular season1st
Finals placingANZ Premiership winners
Super Club winners
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Southern Steel seasons

Players edit

Player movements edit

Gains and losses
  Gains   Losses

Sources:[1][2][3]

2017 roster edit

2017 Southern Steel roster
Players Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height
  Olivia Bates (TRP) GA, WA (1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 26) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
  Gina Crampton WA, C (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 25) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
  Aliyah Dunn (TRP) GS (1999-10-19)19 October 1999 (aged 17) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
  Abby Erwood GA, C, WA (1997-04-18)18 April 1997 (aged 19) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Jhaniele Fowler-Reid GS (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 27) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
  Shannon Francois (vc) WA, C, GA (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 26) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
  Wendy Frew (c) WD, C, WA (1984-10-15)15 October 1984 (aged 32) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
  Dani Gray (TRP) WD, C (1995-11-03)3 November 1995 (aged 21) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
  Jamie Hume GA, GS (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 21) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Jennifer O'Connell GS (1997-06-16)16 June 1997 (aged 19) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
  Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit GK, GD (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 27) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Te Paea Selby-Rickit GS, GA (1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 25) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
  Jane Watson GK, GD, WD (1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 27) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach
  • Lauren Piebenga

Manager: Dayna Kaio
Physiotherapist:
Corina Ngatuere
Strength and conditioning:
Mike Jacob

Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  •   – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:[1][2][3][4][17][18][19]

Pre-season edit

Ahead of the 2017 season, Steel appointed Reinga Bloxham as their new head coach.[18][20] During the pre-season, Steel played three series of two matches against Noeline Taurua's Sunshine Coast Lightning, Mainland Tactix and their own National Netball League team, Netball South. They also played three matches at the official ANZ Premiership pre-season tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Ōtaki.[21][22][23]

10 February 2017 Sunshine Coast Lightning 75–44 Southern Steel USC Stadium  
Report
12 February 2017 Sunshine Coast Lightning 56–44 Southern Steel USC Stadium  

Sources:[24][25]

26 February 2017 Southern Steel 77–39 Netball South Oamaru  
Report
4 March 2017 Southern Steel 79-51 Mainland Tactix Edgar Centre  
5 March 2017 Southern Steel 74–48 Mainland Tactix Edgar Centre  

Sources:[26]

10 March 2017 Southern Steel 74–64 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   38/40 (95%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   20/27 (74%)
Jennifer O'Connell   9/12 (75%)
Jamie Hume   7/8 (88%) 		Report
Stats 		Lenize Potgieter   42/44 (95%)
Monica Falkner   19/25 (76%)
Grace Rasmussen   3/4 (75%)
11 March 2017 Central Pulse 48–53 Southern Steel Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
Tiana Metuarau   26/30 (87%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble   21/24 (88%)
Mila Reuelu-Buchanan   1/2 (50%) 		Report
 Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   31/35 (89%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   19/24 (79%)
Jamie Hume   3/12 (25%)
12 March 2017 Southern Steel 70–49 Northern Mystics Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   39/44 (89%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   20/26 (77%)
Jamie Hume   11/11 (100%) 		Report
 Eseta Autagavaia   26/33 (79%)
Renee Matoe   23/29 (79%)

Source:[23]

19 March 2017 Southern Steel 69–42 Netball South Stadium Southland  
Report

ANZ Premiership regular season edit

Fixtures and results edit

Round 1
26 March 2017 Southern Steel 75–57 Northern Stars Claudelands Arena  
2:00 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   52/54 (96%)
Jamie Hume   3/4 (75%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   20/24 (83%) 		Report
Stats 		Afa Rusivakula   8/10 (80%)
Malia Vaka   12/13 (92%)
Maia Wilson   37/40 (93%)
Round 2
3 April 2017 Northern Mystics 67–74 Southern Steel The Trusts Arena  
7:40 pm Bailey Mes   39/43 (91%)
Maria Tutaia   28/39 (72%) 		Report
Stats 		Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   60–69
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   14/19 (74%)
Round 3
10 April 2017 Southern Steel 72–59 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Stadium Southland  
7:40 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   45/50 (90%)
Jamie Hume   7/9 (78%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   20/27 (74%) 		Report
Stats 		Monica Falkner   19/21 (90%)
Lenize Potgieter   38/41 (93%)
Grace Rasmussen   2/4 (50%)
Round 4
19 April 2017 Mainland Tactix 41–90 Southern Steel Horncastle Arena  
7:40 pm Kadeen Corbin   6/10 (60%)
Brooke Leaver   28/32 (88%)
Anna Thompson   7/8 (88%) 		Report
Stats 		Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   70/75 (93%)
Jamie Hume   9/15 (60%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   11/13 (85%)
Round 5
26 April 2017 Northern Stars 51–73 Southern Steel Vodafone Events Centre  
7:40 pm Afa Rusivakula   5/6 (83%)
Malia Vaka   8/16 (50%)
Maia Wilson   38/42 (90%) 		Report
Stats 		Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   45/46 (98%)
Jamie Hume   8/15 (53%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   20/26 (77%)
Round 6
30 April 2017 Southern Steel 66–46 Northern Mystics Stadium Southland  
4:00 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   50/59 (85%)
Jamie Hume   3/4 (75%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   13/19 (68%) 		Report
Stats 		Tera-Maria Amani   2/4 (50%)
Bailey Mes   22/27 (81%)
Maria Tutaia   22/33 (67%)
1 May 2017 Southern Steel 63–50 Central Pulse Stadium Southland  
7:40 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   49/54 (91%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   14/23 (61%) 		Report
Stats 		Tiana Metuarau   24/31 (77%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti   26/26 (100%)
Round 7
7 May 2017 Southern Steel 61—55 Mainland Tactix More FM Arena  
2:00 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   29/31 (94%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   16/19 (84%)
Jamie Hume   16/23 (70%) 		Stats Ellie Bird   34/39 (87%)
Brooke Leaver   17/25 (68%)
Anna Thompson   4/5 (80%)
Round 8
14 May 2017 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 61—65 Southern Steel Energy Events Centre  
2:00 pm Lenise Potgieter   46/49 (94%)
Monica Falkner   12/16 (75%)
Amorangi Malesala   3/3 (100%) 		Report
Stats 		Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   49/56 (88%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   16/21 (76%)
Round 9
24 May 2017 Central Pulse 44—80 Southern Steel Te Rauparaha Arena  
7:40 pm Cathrine Tuivaiti   26/28 (93%)
Tiana Metuarau   11/18 (61%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble   7/8 (88%) 		Report
Stats 		Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   66/70 (94%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   14/21 (67%)
Jamie Hume   0/2 (0%)
Round 10
28 May 2017 Southern Steel 82—58 Northern Stars Stadium Southland  
2:00 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   56/59 (95%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   25/29 (86%)
Jennifer O'Connell   1/3 (33%) 		Report
Stats 		Maia Wilson   42/46 (91%)
Malia Vaka   13/19 (68%)
Afa Rusivakula   3/5 (60%)
Round 11
7 June 2017 Southern Steel 68 – 67 Northern Mystics More FM Arena  
7:40 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   53/58 (91%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   15/20 (75%) 		Report
Stats 		Maria Tutaia   20/27 (74%)
Bailey Mes   47/50 (94%)
Round 12
11 June 2017 Southern Steel 78–59 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic The Trusts Arena  
2:00 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   60/66 (91%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   18/23 (78%) 		Report
Stats 		Lenize Potgieter   34/38 (89%)
Monica Falkner   25/33 (76%)

Steel's perfect season was almost derailed on 12 June when a van with six of their players on board was involved in a road traffic accident in Fendalton, Christchurch. Four of the players were injured. Wendy Frew received over seventy stitches and under went surgery while Te Paea Selby-Rickit suffered a dual fractured rib. Shannon Francois and Jhaniele Fowler-Reid had minor injuries. Just two days later, on 14 June, Steel notched up win number 14 of the season against Mainland Tactix. Sophie Erwood, Olivia Bates, Dani Gray and Aliyah Dunn were seconded from Steel's National Netball League team, Netball South. Despite been 41–38 down after three quarters, Steel launched a comeback in the fourth quarter to win 51–46.[3][27][28][29][30][31]

14 June 2017 Mainland Tactix 46–51 Southern Steel Horncastle Arena  
6:00 pm Ellie Bird   35/41 (85%)
Brooke Leaver   11/14 (79%) 		Stats Jennifer O'Connell   38/45 (84%)
Jamie Hume   8/15 (53%)
Olivia Bates   4/6 (67%)
Aliyah Dunn   1/2 (50%)

Sources:[31][32][33]

Round 13
19 June 2017 Southern Steel 64–51 Central Pulse Stadium Southland  
7:40 pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   51/53 (96%)
Jamie Hume   6/8 (75%)
Olivia Bates   4/4 (100%)
Jennifer O'Connell   3/6 (50%) 		Report
Stats 		Cathrine Tuivaiti   28/29 (97%)
Tiana Metuarau   12/15 (80%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble   11/12 (92%)

Final standings edit

2017 ANZ Premiership ladder
Pos Team P W L GF GA GD G% BP Pts
1 Southern Steel 15 15 0 1062 812 250 130.79% 0 30
2 Central Pulse 15 9 6 783 756 27 103.57% 2 20
3 Northern Mystics 15 8 7 878 851 27 111.35% 3 19
4 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 15 7 8 873 848 25 102.95% 5 19
5 Northern Stars 15 4 11 738 868 -130 85.02% 1 9
6 Mainland Tactix 15 2 13 676 875 -199 77.26% 2 6

  Qualified for Grand final and the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club
  Qualified for Elimination final and the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club

Source:[6]


ANZ Premiership Finals Series edit

Grand final edit

28 June
7:40 pm
Stats 		Southern Steel 69–53 Central Pulse    Stadium Southland Sky Sport
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 35–20, 55–38, 69–53
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   56/60 (93%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   13/19 (68%) 		Tiana Metuarau   27/30 (90%)
Cathrine Tuivaiti   26/29 (90%)

Sources:[7][8][9][10]

Netball New Zealand Super Club edit

Group stage edit

2 July 2017 Southern Steel 81–37 Gauteng Jaguars Trafalgar Centre  
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   58/64 (91%)
Jamie Hume   13/18 (72%)
Olivia Bates   6/7 (86%)
Jennifer O'Connell   4/8 (50%) 		Stats Ine-Marí Venter   21/31 (68%)
Renske Stoltz   13/18 (72%)
Chante Louw   4/5 (80%)
Anique Grobler   1/2 (50%)

Source:[34][35]

3 July 2017 Southern Steel 86–55 UTT Trafalgar Centre  
6:40pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   59/64 (92%)
Jamie Hume   9/14 (64%)
Jennifer O'Connell   11/15 (73%)
Olivia Bates   7/16 (44%) 		Stats Samantha Wallace   35/38 (92%)
Kalifa McCollin   20/25 (80%)

Source:[36][37]

5 July 2017 Southern Steel 77–61 NSWIS Trafalgar Centre  
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   68/72 (94%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   4/5 (80%)
Jamie Hume   3/7 (43%)
Olivia Bates   2/2 (100%) 		Report
 Kristina Brice   41/47 (87%)
Sophie Garbin   15/18 (83%)
Georgia Marshall   5/6 (83%)

Source:[38]

Final ladder
Group A
Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1   Southern Steel 3 3 0 0 244 153 6
2   NSWIS 3 2 0 1 209 168 4
3   UTT 3 0 1 2 164 223 1
4   Gauteng Jaguars 3 0 1 2 145 218 1

  Qualified for Semi-finals
  5th/8th place classification

Source:[39]

1st/4th Play offs edit

Semi-finals
6 July 2017 Southern Steel 70–54 Central Pulse Trafalgar Centre  
6:40pm Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   55/59 (93%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   12/15 (80%)
Olivia Bates   3/7 (43%)
Jamie Hume   0/1 (0%) 		Stats Cathrine Tuivaiti   30/30 (100%)
Te Amo Amaru-Tibble   24/29 (83%)

Source:[40]

Final
7 July 2017
Stats 		Southern Steel 79–58 Northern Mystics    Trafalgar Centre Sky Sport
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 32–34, 53–46, 79–58
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid   65/70 (93%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   12/18 (67%)
Olivia Bates   2/3 (67%) 		Bailey Mes   32/33 (97%)
Maria Tutaia   20/27 (74%)
Tera-Maria Amani   6/8 (75%)

Sources:[11][12][13][14]

Award winners edit

New Zealand Netball Awards edit

Award Winner
ANZ Premiership Player of the Year[41] Jane Watson

Source:[42]

References edit

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