2019 Netball Superleague season

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2019 Netball Superleague season - Wikipedia

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2019 Netball Superleague season
League	Netball Superleague
Sport	Netball
Number of teams	10
2019 Netball Superleague season
Champions	Manchester Thunder
Runners-up	Wasps Netball
Minor premiers	Wasps Netball
Seasons
← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Netball Superleague season was the fourteenth season of the Netball Superleague, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. The season commenced on 5 January 2019.^[1]

Manchester Thunder were the champions and defeated Wasps Netball in the Grand Final at the Copper Box Arena. The Thunder's victory ended Wasps' back-to-back run of titles and was their third championship in the competition.^[2]^[3]

Overview

Teams

At the end of the previous season, England Netball announced the withdrawal of Team Northumbria from the competition. The organisation revealed a capital-based team (the London Pulse) would take their place, thereby ensuring the league remained at 10 teams.^[4]

Team^[5]	Base
Celtic Dragons	Cardiff, Wales
London Pulse	Stratford, Greater London
Loughborough Lightning	Loughborough, Leicestershire
Manchester Thunder	Manchester, Greater Manchester
Saracens Mavericks	Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Severn Stars	Worcester, Worcestershire
Strathclyde Sirens	Glasgow, Scotland
Surrey Storm	Guildford, Surrey
Team Bath	Bath, Somerset
Wasps Netball	Coventry, West Midlands

Format

The format is the same as the previous season, with a double round-robin structure utilised. The top four teams qualify for the semi-finals, with the winners of these matches meeting in the Grand Final.^[5]

Regular season

The full regular season fixture and results can be found here.

Round 1

Sat 5 Jan	Celtic Dragons	41 – 58	Team Bath	Arena Birmingham
11.00am		Stats

Sat 5 Jan	Wasps Netball	72 – 42	Loughborough Lightning	Arena Birmingham
1.00pm		Stats

Sat 5 Jan	Severn Stars	49 – 51	London Pulse	Arena Birmingham
3.00pm		Stats

Sat 5 Jan	Strathclyde Sirens	56 – 38	Surrey Storm	Arena Birmingham
5.00pm		Stats

Sat 5 Jan	Manchester Thunder	58 – 51	Mavericks	Arena Birmingham
7.00pm		Stats

Round 2

Wed 6 Mar	Wasps Netball	55 – 64	Manchester Thunder	Ricoh Arena
7.30pm		Stats

Fri 11 Jan	Strathclyde Sirens	45 – 55	Team Bath	Emirates Arena
7.30pm		Stats

Sat 12 Jan	Loughborough Lightning	52 – 44	Severn Stars	Loughborough University
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 12 Jan	Surrey Storm	39 – 59	Mavericks	Surrey Sports Park
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 12 Jan	London Pulse	40 – 67	Celtic Dragons	Copper Box Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Round 3

Fri 25 Jan	Mavericks	64 – 51	Loughborough Lightning	University of Hertfordshire
7.30pm		Stats

Fri 25 Jan	Severn Stars	57 – 40	Celtic Dragons	University of Gloucestershire
7.30pm		Stats

Sat 26 Jan	Manchester Thunder	70 – 45	Strathclyde Sirens	Wright Robinson College
5.00pm		Stats

Sat 26 Jan	London Pulse	50 – 61	Wasps Netball	Copper Box Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Mon 28 Jan	Team Bath	50 – 56	Surrey Storm	Team Bath Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Round 4

Mon 25 Mar	Team Bath	53 – 43	Severn Stars	Team Bath Arena
7.30pm		Stats

Sat 2 Feb	Surrey Storm	47 – 70	Wasps Netball	Surrey Sports Park
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 2 Feb	Loughborough Lightning	60 – 49	Strathclyde Sirens	Loughborough University
6.00pm		Stats

Mon 4 Feb	Celtic Dragons	44 – 66	Mavericks	Sport Wales National Centre
7.00pm		Stats

Mon 4 Feb	Manchester Thunder	62 – 47	London Pulse	Wright Robinson College
7.00pm		Stats

Round 5

Fri 8 Feb	Strathclyde Sirens	46 – 50	Celtic Dragons	Emirates Arena
7.30pm		Stats

Sat 9 Feb	Severn Stars	49 – 62	Manchester Thunder	University of Gloucestershire
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 9 Feb	Loughborough Lightning	50 – 75	Team Bath	Loughborough University
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 9 Feb	London Pulse	49 – 69	Surrey Storm	Copper Box Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Mon 11 Feb	Wasps Netball	54 – 50	Mavericks	Ricoh Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Severn Stars were deducted three points by league officials after breaching regulation 1.1.3.1 of the competition rules, which forbid two or more foreign players from operating in the same third during a match.^[6]

Round 6

Sat 16 Feb	Manchester Thunder	60 – 65	Loughborough Lightning	Wright Robinson College
5:00pm		Stats

Sat 16 Feb	Severn Stars	46 – 55	Surrey Storm	University of Gloucestershire
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 16 Feb	Mavericks	68 – 45	Team Bath	University of Hertfordshire
6.00pm		Stats

Mon 18 Feb	Celtic Dragons	46 – 58	Wasps Netball	Sport Wales National Centre
7.00pm		Stats

Mon 18 Feb	London Pulse	54 – 60	Strathclyde Sirens	Copper Box Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Round 7

Fri 22 Feb	Strathclyde Sirens	37 – 56	Severn Stars	Emirates Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Fri 22 Feb	Team Bath	46 – 57	Wasps Netball	Team Bath Arena
7.30pm		Stats

Sat 23 Feb	Surrey Storm	50 – 66	Loughborough Lightning	Surrey Sports Park
7.30pm		Stats

Mon 25 Feb	Mavericks	65 – 37	London Pulse	University of Hertfordshire
7.00pm		Stats

Mon 25 Feb	Celtic Dragons	56 – 83	Manchester Thunder	Sport Wales National Centre
7.00pm		Stats

Round 8

Fri 1 Mar	Team Bath	60 – 56	Manchester Thunder	Team Bath Arena
7.30pm		Stats

Sat 2 Mar	Surrey Storm	46 – 48	Celtic Dragons	Surrey Sports Park
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 2 Mar	Loughborough Lightning	56 – 51	London Pulse	Loughborough University
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 2 Mar	Wasps Netball	61 – 34	Strathclyde Sirens	Ricoh Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Mon 4 Mar	Severn Stars	46 – 64	Mavericks	University of Worcester
7.00pm		Stats

Round 9

Sat 9 Mar	Strathclyde Sirens	38 – 68	Mavericks	Emirates Arena
3.00pm		Stats

Sat 9 Mar	Celtic Dragons	57 – 70	Loughborough Lightning	Sport Wales National Centre
4.00pm		Stats

Sat 9 Mar	Manchester Thunder	66 – 42	Surrey Storm	Belle Vue Sports Village
5.00pm		Stats

Sun 10 Mar	Wasps Netball	54 – 47	Severn Stars	Ricoh Arena
4.00pm		Stats

Mon 11 Mar	London Pulse	60 – 64	Team Bath	Copper Box Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Round 10

Sat 16 Mar	Team Bath	56 – 50	Celtic Dragons	Team Bath Arena
5.00pm		Stats

Sat 16 Mar	Surrey Storm	53 – 44	Strathclyde Sirens	Surrey Sports Park
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 16 Mar	Mavericks	49 – 57	Manchester Thunder	University of Hertfordshire
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 16 Mar	London Pulse	51 – 60	Severn Stars	Copper Box Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Mon 18 Mar	Loughborough Lightning	60 – 59	Wasps Netball	Loughborough University
7.00pm		Stats

Round 11

Fri 22 Mar	Team Bath	51 – 47	Strathclyde Sirens	Team Bath Arena
7.30pm		Stats

Sat 23 Mar	Manchester Thunder	50 – 49	Wasps Netball	Wright Robinson College
5.00pm		Stats

Sat 23 Mar	Severn Stars	53 – 54	Loughborough Lightning	University of Worcester
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 23 Mar	Mavericks	58 – 50	Surrey Storm	University of Hertfordshire
6.00pm		Stats

Mon 25 Mar	Celtic Dragons	62 – 51	London Pulse	Sport Wales National Centre
7.00pm		Stats

Round 12

Sat 30 Mar	Celtic Dragons	52 – 53	Severn Stars	Sport Wales National Centre
7.30pm		Stats

Sat 30 Mar	Loughborough Lightning	54 – 49	Mavericks	Loughborough University
6.00pm		Stats

Sun 31 Mar	Wasps Netball	67 – 35	London Pulse	Ricoh Arena
4.00pm		Stats

Mon 1 Apr	Strathclyde Sirens	36 – 62	Manchester Thunder	Emirates Arena
7.30pm		Stats

Mon 1 Apr	Surrey Storm	48 – 57	Team Bath	Surrey Sports Park
7.00pm		Stats

Round 13

Sat 6 Apr	London Pulse	62 – 59	Mavericks	Copper Box Arena
5.00pm		Stats

Sat 6 Apr	Manchester Thunder	73 – 46	Celtic Dragons	Belle Vue Sports Village
5.00pm		Stats

Sat 6 Apr	Severn Stars	49 – 40	Strathclyde Sirens	University of Gloucestershire
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 6 Apr	Wasps Netball	61 – 46	Team Bath	Ricoh Arena
6.00pm		Stats

Mon 8 Apr	Loughborough Lightning	59 – 63	Surrey Storm	Loughborough University
7.00pm		Stats

Round 14

Fri 12 Apr	Team Bath	57 – 55	Loughborough Lightning	Team Bath Arena
7.30pm		Stats

Sat 13 Apr	Celtic Dragons	59 – 49	Strathclyde Sirens	Sport Wales National Centre
4.00pm		Stats

Sat 13 Apr	Manchester Thunder	47 – 50	Severn Stars	Belle Vue Sports Village
5.00pm		Stats

Sat 13 Apr	Surrey Storm	56 – 53	London Pulse	Surrey Sports Park
6.00pm		Stats

Mon 15 Apr	Mavericks	51 – 58	Wasps Netball	Marshall Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Round 15

Sat 20 Apr	Strathclyde Sirens	44 – 59	Loughborough Lightning	Emirates Arena
2.00pm		Stats

Sat 20 Apr	London Pulse	42 – 71	Manchester Thunder	Emirates Arena
4.00pm		Stats

Sat 20 Apr	Wasps Netball	76 – 42	Surrey Storm	Ricoh Arena
5.00pm		Stats

Sat 20 Apr	Severn Stars	42 – 53	Team Bath	University of Gloucestershire
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 20 Apr	Mavericks	55 – 50	Celtic Dragons	Ricoh Arena
7.00pm		Stats

Round 16

Sun 21 Apr	Wasps Netball	64 – 48	Celtic Dragons	Ricoh Arena
2.00pm		Stats

Sun 21 Apr	Strathclyde Sirens	47 – 44	London Pulse	Emirates Arena
2.00pm		Stats

Sun 21 Apr	Surrey Storm	46 – 51	Severn Stars	Ricoh Arena
4.00pm		Stats

Sun 21 Apr	Loughborough Lightning	60 – 57	Manchester Thunder	Emirates Arena
4.00pm		Stats

Sun 21 Apr	Team Bath	45 – 51	Mavericks	Ricoh Arena
6.00pm		Stats

Round 17

Fri 26 Apr	Strathclyde Sirens	41 – 56	Wasps Netball	Emirates Arena
7.30pm		Stats

Sat 27 Apr	Celtic Dragons	58 – 51	Surrey Storm	Sport Wales National Centre
4.00pm		Stats

Sat 27 Apr	London Pulse	62 – 67	Loughborough Lightning	Copper Box Arena
4.00pm		Stats

Sat 27 Apr	Mavericks	62 – 48	Severn Stars	University of Essex
4.00pm		Stats

Sat 27 Apr	Manchester Thunder	53 – 56	Team Bath	Wright Robinson College
5.00pm		Stats

Round 18

Sat 4 May	Loughborough Lightning	67 – 56	Celtic Dragons	Loughborough University
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 4 May	Mavericks	50 – 45	Strathclyde Sirens	University of Hertfordshire
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 4 May	Team Bath	72 – 50	London Pulse	Team Bath Arena
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 4 May	Severn Stars	45 – 60	Wasps Netball	University of Worcester
6.00pm		Stats

Sat 4 May	Surrey Storm	55 – 60	Manchester Thunder	Surrey Sports Park
6.00pm		Stats

Ladder

2019 Netball Superleague ladder
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wasps (Q)	18	15	0	3	1092	844	+248	45	Qualified for the Finals series
2	Manchester Thunder (Q)	18	13	0	5	1111	913	+198	39
3	Team Bath (Q)	18	13	0	5	999	933	+66	39
4	Loughborough Lightning (Q)	18	13	0	5	1047	1022	+25	39

5	Saracens Mavericks (Q)	18	12	0	6	1039	881	+158	36
6	Severn Stars (Q)	18	7	0	11	888	933	−45	18^[a]
7	Celtic Dragons (Q)	18	6	0	12	930	1043	−113	18
8	Surrey Storm (Q)	18	6	0	12	906	1026	−120	18
9	Strathclyde Sirens	18	3	0	15	803	995	−192	9
10	London Pulse	18	2	0	16	889	1114	−225	6

Source: ^[7]^[8]
(Q) Qualify for the 2019 Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship
Notes:

^ Severn Stars were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in Round 5.

Finals series

Semi-final

Sat 11 May
2.00pm

Report
Stats

Wasps Netball

74–54

Loughborough Lightning

University of Warwick

Sky Sports

Semi-final

Sat 11 May
4.00pm

Report
Stats

Manchester Thunder

57–54

Team Bath

Wright Robinson College

Sky Sports

Third-place playoff

Sat 18 May
3.00pm

Report
Stats

Loughborough Lightning

56–62

Team Bath

Copper Box Arena

Sky Sports

Grand Final

Sat 18 May
5.30pm

Report
Stats

Wasps Netball

52–57

Manchester Thunder

Copper Box Arena
Umpires: Gary Burgess and Jackie Mizon

Sky Sports

References

^ "Vitality Netball Superleague Super 10 returns". netballsl.com. 1 October 2018.
^ "Manchester Thunder win Vitality Netball Superleague 2019". Sky Sports Netball. 19 May 2019.
^ "Netball Superleague Grand Final: Manchester Thunder win 57-52 against Wasps". BBC Sport. 19 May 2019.
^ "Netball Superleague: London Pulse to replace Team Northumbria in 2019". BBC Sport. 10 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "2019 Vitality Superleague Fixture". netballsl.com.
^ "Severn Stars deducted three points for breach of regulations". Netball Superleague. 4 April 2019.
^ "2019 results and final table". www.teambath.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^ "Table". www.netballsl.com. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

External links

Official Website

v t e Netball Superleague
Organising bodies	England Netball
Current teams	Birmingham Panthers Cardiff Dragons Leeds Rhinos London Mavericks London Pulse Loughborough Lightning Manchester Thunder Nottingham Forest Netball
Former teams	Glasgow Wildcats Severn Stars Strathclyde Sirens Surrey Storm Team Bath Team Northumbria Wasps Netball Yorkshire Jets
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Related competitions	British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship
See also	Player of the Season

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