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2018 Central Pulse season

The 2018 Central Pulse season saw the Central Pulse netball team compete in the 2018 ANZ Premiership and the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club.[1][2] With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Grant and featuring Karin Burger, Aliyah Dunn, Ameliaranne Ekenasio, Sulu Fitzpatrick and Claire Kersten, Central Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers. However, in the grand final Southern Steel defeated Pulse 54–53.[3][4][5][6][7] However, Pulse subsequently won the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament, defeating Mainland Tactix 61–56 in the final.[8][9][10][11][12]

Central Pulse
2018 season
Head coachYvette McCausland-Durie
Asst. coachSandra Edge
ManagerJoanne Holmes
CaptainKatrina Grant
Main venueTSB Bank Arena
Season results
Wins–losses16–5
Regular season1st
Finals placingANZ Premiership runners-up
Super Club winners
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Central Pulse seasons

Players edit

Player movements edit

Gains and losses
  Gains   Losses

Sources:[1][22][23]

2018 roster edit

2018 Central Pulse roster
Players Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height
  Karin Burger GD, WD, GK (1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 25) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Aliyah Dunn GS, GA (1999-10-19)19 October 1999 (aged 18) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
  Ameliaranne Ekenasio GS, GA (1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 27) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
  Sulu Fitzpatrick GD, GK (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 25) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
  Katrina Grant (c) GK, GD, WD (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 (aged 31) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
  Maddy Gordon1 C, WA, WD (2000-01-16)16 January 2000 (aged 18) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
  Claire Kersten WD, C (1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 28) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
  Paris Lokotui1 WD, C (2001-10-17)17 October 2001 (aged 16) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Tiana Metuarau GA, WA, GS (2001-01-15)15 January 2001 (aged 17) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
  Mila Reuelu-Buchanan WA, C (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 19) 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
  Rene Savai'inaea WD, GD, C (2000-07-15)15 July 2000 (aged 17) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
  Whitney Souness C, WA (1995-11-12)12 November 1995 (aged 22) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
  Elle Temu1 GK, GD (1999-08-03)3 August 1999 (aged 18) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
  Saviour Tui1 GS, GA (2001-10-17)17 October 2001 (aged 16) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach

Manager: Joanne Holmes
Strength and conditioning:
Adam Allen

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

Sources:[1][7][11][22][23]


Notes

Pre-season edit

Pulse hosted the official ANZ Premiership pre-season tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki between 20 and 22 April.[25]

Fri 20 April Central Pulse 64–46 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
4:00 pm
Sat 21 April Central Pulse 64–40 Southern Steel Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
12:00 pm
Sat 21 April Central Pulse 48–29 Northern Stars Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
7:00 pm
Sun 22 April Central Pulse 59–46 Northern Mystics Te Wānanga o Raukawa  
2:00 pm

Sources:[26][27]

ANZ Premiership regular season edit

Fixtures and results edit

Round 1
Sun 6 May Central Pulse 45–33 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Fly Palmy Arena  
4:10 pm Aliyah Dunn   15/17 (88%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   20/28 (71%)
Tiana Metuarau   10/11 (91%) 		Report
Stats 		Monica Falkner   8/12 (67%)
Amorangi Malesala   23/29 (79%)
Harley Smith   2/5 (40%)
Mon 7 May Central Pulse 62–51 Southern Steel Fly Palmy Arena  
7:40 pm Aliyah Dunn   41/45 (91%)
Tiana Metuarau   21/22 (95%) 		Report
Stats 		Jennifer O'Connell   33/39 (85%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   18/27 (67%)
Round 2
Mon 14 May Central Pulse 52–44 Mainland Tactix TSB Bank Arena  
7:40 pm Aliyah Dunn   33/40 (83%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   3/4 (75%)
Tiana Metuarau   16/17 (94%) 		Report
Stats 		Kate Beveridge   18/25 (72%)
Ellie Bird   13/17 (76%)
Brooke Leaver   13/16 (81%)
Round 3
Sun 20 May Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 46–61 Central Pulse Claudelands Arena  
4:10 pm Monica Falkner   4/7 (57%)
Lenize Potgieter   40/43 (93%)
Harley Smith   2/4 (50%) 		Report
Stats 		Aliyah Dunn   38/40 (95%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   14/18 (78%)
Tiana Metuarau   9/12 (75%)
Round 4
Wed 30 May Central Pulse 71–40 Southern Steel Te Rauparaha Arena  
7:40 pm Aliyah Dunn   50/54 (93%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   12/19 (63%)
Tiana Metuarau   9/12 (75%) 		Report
Stats 		Olivia Bates   1/3 (33%)
Jennifer O'Connell   21/26 (81%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   18/27 (67%)
Round 5
Sun 3 Jun Northern Mystics 38–60 Central Pulse The Trusts Arena  
6:10 pm Jamie Hume   19/28 (68%)
Bailey Mes   19/27 (70%) 		Report
Stats 		Aliyah Dunn   39/42 (93%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   16/18 (89%)
Tiana Metuarau   5/7 (71%)
Round 6
Sun 10 Jun Central Pulse 51–52 Northern Mystics Horncastle Arena  
4:10 pm Aliyah Dunn   36/40 (90%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   6/10 (60%)
Tiana Metuarau   9/10 (90%) 		Report
Stats 		Maria Folau   22/25 (88%)
Jamie Hume   7/9 (78%)
Bailey Mes   23/26 (88%)
Round 7
Sun 17 Jun Central Pulse 63–48 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic TSB Bank Arena  
2:10 pm Aliyah Dunn   45/49 (92%)
Tiana Metuarau   18/20 (90%) 		Report
Stats 		Monica Falkner   15/20 (75%)
Lenize Potgieter   33/35 (94%)
Round 8
Mon 25 Jun Central Pulse 66–50 Northern Stars Te Rauparaha Arena  
7:40 pm Aliyah Dunn   40/43 (93%)
Tiana Metuarau   26/30 (87%) 		Report
Stats 		Paula Griffin   2/4 (50%)
Ellen Halpenny   7/8 (88%)
Maia Wilson   41/42 (98%)
Round 9
Mon 2 Jul Southern Steel 51–47 Central Pulse ILT Stadium Southland  
7:40 pm Jennifer O'Connell   30/37 (81%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   21/28 (75%) 		Report
Stats 		Aliyah Dunn   22/23 (96%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   11/12 (92%)
Tiana Metuarau   14/20 (70%)
Round 10
Wed 11 Jul Mainland Tactix 36–47 Central Pulse Horncastle Arena  
7:40 pm Ellie Bird   19/24 (79%)
Kate Beveridge   10/13 (77%)
Brooke Leaver   7/7 (100%)
Gemma Hazeldine   0/1 (0%) 		Report
Stats 		Aliyah Dunn   25/29 (86%)
Tiana Metuarau   13/16 (81%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   9/11 (82%)
Round 11
Sun 15 Jul Northern Stars 50–65 Central Pulse Vodafone Events Centre  
4:10 pm Maia Wilson   32/34 (94%)
Paula Griffin   17/21 (81%)
Ellen Halpenny   1/2 (50%) 		Report
Stats 		Aliyah Dunn   40/44 (91%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   13/17 (76%)
Tiana Metuarau   12/14 (86%)
Round 12
Sun 22 Jul Mainland Tactix 44–39 Central Pulse Vodafone Events Centre  
2:10 pm Ellie Bird   35/41 (85%)
Kate Beveridge   6/8 (75%)
Brooke Leaver   3/5 (60%) 		Report
Stats 		Aliyah Dunn   17/20 (85%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   14/16 (88%)
Tiana Metuarau   8/12 (67%)
Mon 23 Jul Northern Stars 48–66 Central Pulse Vodafone Events Centre  
7:40 pm Maia Wilson   38/43 (88%)
Ellen Halpenny   7/13 (54%)
Paula Griffin   3/4 (75%) 		Report
Stats 		Aliyah Dunn   31/32 (97%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   29/35 (83%)
Tiana Metuarau   6/7 (86%)
Round 13
Wed 1 Aug Central Pulse 55–48 Northern Mystics TSB Bank Arena  
7:40 pm Ameliaranne Ekenasio   30/37 (81%)
Aliyah Dunn   20/24 (83%)
Tiana Metuarau   5/5 (100%) 		Report
Stats 		Maria Folau   33/44 (75%)
Bailey Mes   15/20 (75%)

Final standings edit

2018 ANZ Premiership ladder
Pos Team P W L GF GA GD G% BP Pts
1 Central Pulse 15 12 3 850 679 +171 125.2 3 27
2 Southern Steel 15 10 5 874 866 +8 100.9 2 22
3 Mainland Tactix 15 7 8 746 761 −15 98 5 19
4 Northern Mystics 15 7 8 783 796 −13 98.4 3 17
5 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 15 5 10 804 878 −74 91.6 3 13
6 Northern Stars 15 4 11 832 909 −77 91.5 5 13

  Qualified for Grand final and the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club
  Qualified for Elimination final and the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club

Source:[4]


ANZ Premiership Finals Series edit

Grand final edit

Sun 12 Aug
4:15 pm 		Central Pulse 53–54 Southern Steel    Fly Palmy Arena Sky Sport
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 14–14, 12–14, 11–16
Aliyah Dunn   32/35 (91%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   17/25 (68%)
Tiana Metuarau   4/4 (100%) 		Jen O'Connell   40/44 (91%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit   14/18 (78%)

Source:[5][6][7]

Netball New Zealand Super Club edit

Group stage edit

19 August 2018 Central Pulse 66–33 UWS Sirens Trafalgar Centre  
4.50pm Aliyah Dunn   29/44 (66%)
Saviour Tui   14/36 (39%)
Mila Reuelu-Buchanan   0/1 (0%) 		Stats Bethan Goodwin   17/27 (63%)
Emma Barrie   4/4 (100%)
Laura Towell   4/6 (67%)
Monica Falkner   4/8 (50%)

Source:[28]

20 August 2018 Central Pulse 49–50 NSWIS Trafalgar Centre  
8.30pm Aliyah Dunn   21/26 (81%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   11/32 (34%)
Saviour Tui   3/5 (60%) 		Stats Georgia Marshall   24/33 (73%)
Kelly Singleton   9/14 (64%)
Matisse Letherbarrow   7/10 (70%)

Source:[29]

21 August 2018 Central Pulse 81–35 Marama Vou Trafalgar Centre  
6.40pm Aliyah Dunn   20/29 (69%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   26/39 (67%)
Saviour Tui   10/15 (67%)
Tiana Metuarau   6/10 (60%) 		Report
Stats 		Laisani Waqa   13/20 (65%)
Alyssa-Jean Savelio   11/22 (50%)
Kayla Kiss   0/3 (0%)

Source:[30]

Final ladder edit

Group B
Pos Team P W D L GF GA % BP Pts
1   Central Pulse 3 2 0 1 196 118 166.1 1 7
2   NSWIS 3 3 0 0 178 149 119.5 0 9
3   Marama Vou 3 1 0 2 146 209 69.9 0 3
4   UWS Sirens 3 0 0 3 139 183 76.0 0 0

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

Source:[2]

1st/4th Play offs edit

Semi-finals
23 August 2018 Central Pulse 64–55 Southern Steel Trafalgar Centre  
8.30pm Aliyah Dunn   34/39 (87%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   18/26 (69%)
Tiana Metuarau   3/6 (50%) 		Stats Jennifer O'Connell   28/35 (80%)
Georgia Heffernan   13/26 (50%)
Olivia Bates   4/8 (50%)

Source:[31]

Final
24 August 2018
8.30pm 		Central Pulse 61–56 Mainland Tactix    Trafalgar Centre Sky Sport
Aliyah Dunn   35/39 (90%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio   16/30 (53%)
Tiana Metuarau   2/2 (100%) 		Ellie Bird   30/38 (79%)
Kate Beveridge   15/19 (79%)
Brooke Leaver   4/8 (50%)

Sources:[8][9][10][11][12]

National Netball League edit

With a team featuring Maddy Gordon, Saviour Tui and Ainsleyana Puleiata, Pulse's reserve team, Central Zone won the 2018 National Netball League title after defeating Waikato Bay of Plenty 62–53 in the grand final.[19][32][33]

Award winners edit

New Zealand Netball Awards edit

Award Winner
ANZ Premiership Player of the Year[34] Katrina Grant

Team of the season edit

Three Central Pulse players were named in Brendon Egan's Stuff Seven team of the season.

Position Player
GS Aliyah Dunn
WD Karin Burger
GD Katrina Grant

Sources:[35]

References edit

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