2016 Netball Superleague season


The 2016 Vitality Netball Superleague season saw Surrey Storm retain the title after defeating Manchester Thunder in the grand final. Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season. The league was sponsored by VitalityHealth.

Teams

This was Yorkshire Jets final season in the Netball Superleague. In June 2016 England Netball announced that Jets had lost their place in the league.
2016 Superleague teamsHome venue/baseCountry/Region
Celtic DragonsSport Wales National CentreWales
Hertfordshire MavericksUniversity of HertfordshireEast of England
Loughborough LightningLoughborough UniversityEast Midlands
Manchester ThunderWright Robinson CollegeNorth West England
Team BathUniversity of BathSouth West England/West of England
Team NorthumbriaSport CentralNorth East England
Surrey StormUniversity of SurreyGreater London/South East England
Yorkshire JetsHull / Leeds / SheffieldYorkshire

Regular season

The opening day of the regular season saw the introduction of Super Saturday. This saw the eight teams play all four Round 1 games at the Genting Arena in front of a 7,500 crowd. During the season Sky Sports broadcast several matches live on Monday nights. Manchester Thunder finished top of the table following the regular season.

Final table

Play-offs

Semi-finals

3rd/4th place play off

Grand Final

Team of the Season

A panel of Sky Sports commentators and pundits including Katharine Merry, Caroline Barker, Karen Atkinson, Tamsin Greenway and Jess Thirlby selected a 2016 Team of the Season.
PositionPlayerTeam
GK Ama AgbezeLoughborough Lightning
GD Layla GuscothHertfordshire Mavericks
WD Amy FlanaganSurrey Storm
C Sara BaymanManchester Thunder
WA Natalie HaythornthwaiteManchester Thunder
GA Pamela CookeySurrey Storm
GS Rachel DunnSurrey Storm