2017 ANZ Premiership season


The 2017 ANZ Premiership season was the inaugural season of the ANZ Premiership, the premier domestic netball league in New Zealand. The new league was contested between six teams from around New Zealand, with a total of 47 matches to be played between March and June. The Southern Steel progressed through the season unbeaten, emerging as minor premiers and champions in 2017.

Format

The ANZ Premiership operated as a 14-week tournament with 47 matches during the first half of the calendar year. In 2017, the official pre-season was held at Te Wānanga o Raukawa Campus in Otaki, with all six teams competing in the tournament between 10–12 March.
The season began with a 13-week round-robin stage, followed by a two-game finals series. During the round-robin stage, each team plays every other team three times, accumulating competition points throughout the regular season. In the finals series, the 2nd and 3rd-ranked teams on the points table play off in the elimination final. The winner of this plays against the top-ranked team in the grand final.
Games throughout the season were held on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. Three Super Sunday events were held during the 2017 season, with all 3 games being played featuring all six teams back to back at one venue.

Teams

TeamCityMain venueHeach coachCaptain
Northern MysticsAucklandThe Trusts ArenaHelene WilsonMaria Tutaia, Anna Harrison
Northern StarsManukauVodafone Events CentreJulie HoornwegLeana de Bruin
Waikato Bay of Plenty MagicHamiltonClaudelands ArenaMargaret ForsythCasey Kopua
Central PulseWellingtonTSB Bank ArenaYvette McCausland-DurieKatrina Grant
Mainland TactixChristchurchHorncastle ArenaMarianne Delaney-Hoshek*Jess Moulds
Southern SteelInvercargillStadium SouthlandReinga BloxhamWendy Frew

* Replaced Sue Hawkins on 24 April.

Regular season

Standings

Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Finals

Elimination final

Grand final