2017 Southern Steel season explained

Year:2017
Team:Southern Steel
Alt-Colours:Southern Steel 2011
Asst Coach:Lauren Piebenga
Manager:Dayna Kaio
Wins:21
Losses:0
Placing:1st
Finals:ANZ Premiership winners
Super Club winners
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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]

Players

Player movements

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Losses

2017 roster

Pre-season

Ahead of the 2017 season, Steel appointed Reinga Bloxham as their new head coach.[17] 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.[18] [19] [20]

ANZ Premiership regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1
  • Round 2
  • Round 3
  • Round 4
  • Round 5
  • Round 6
  • Round 7
  • Round 8
  • Round 9
  • Round 10
  • Round 11
  • Round 12Steel'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 underwent 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, DaniGray 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] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
  • Round 13

    • Final standings

    ANZ Premiership Finals Series

    Grand final

    Netball New Zealand Super Club

    Group stage

    Final ladder
    Group A
    1 Southern Steel33002441536
    2 NSWIS32012091684
    3 UTT30121642231
    4 Gauteng Jaguars30121452181


    1st/4th Play offs

    Semi-finals
    Final

    Award winners

    New Zealand Netball Awards

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: ANZ Premiership Netball 2017 Media Guide. www.anzpremiership.co.nz. 26 March 2017. 30 April 2017. 9 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170409071006/https://www.anzpremiership.co.nz/Images/Assets/12762/1/anzp-media-guide-2017.pdf. dead.
    2. Web site: 8 Clubs 6 Days / Netball's Best in Nelson / (2017 Super Club) Media Guide. www.netballnz.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201011453/https://www.netballnz.co.nz/Downloads/Assets/Download/378055/1/Super%20Club%20-%20Media%20Guide%20-%20FINAL.pdf. 1 February 2018. 27 August 2022.
    3. Web site: Netball South Annual Report 2017. www.silverferns.co.nz. 12 February 2018. 10 May 2022.
    4. News: Southern Steel 2017 Netball Team. www.southernsteel.co.nz. 26 April 2022.
    5. News: Unbeaten Southern Steel regular season 'counts for nothing' ahead of national final . stuff.co.nz. 27 June 2017. 17 April 2018.
    6. Web site: (2017) Fixtures & results. www.anzpremiership.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20170716062733/http://www.anzpremiership.co.nz/fixtures-and-results/ladder. 16 July 2017. 25 May 2022.
    7. News: Steel crush Pulse to take ANZ Premiership title. www.nzherald.co.nz. 28 June 2017. 17 April 2018.
    8. News: Classy Steel celebrate perfect season with Grand Final win. www.anzpremiership.co.nz. 28 June 2017. 12 May 2022.
    9. News: Netball premiership grand final ends in big defeat for the Central Pulse. stuff.co.nz. 28 June 2017. 17 August 2022.
    10. News: Steel emphatic to the end. www.odt.co.nz. 29 June 2017. 12 May 2022.
    11. Web site: Southern Steel complete perfect season by winning Super Club final. stuff.co.nz. 7 July 2017. 11 May 2022.
    12. Web site: Steel win Super Club. www.rnz.co.nz. 8 July 2017. 11 May 2022.
    13. Web site: Stainless Steel win Super Club. www.pressreader.com. The Press. 8 July 2017. 11 May 2022.
    14. Web site: Steel ice the perfect season with Super Club title. www.scoop.co.nz. 8 July 2017. 25 August 2022.
    15. Web site: Young shooter Jennifer O'Connell signs with Southern Steel for 2017. stuff.co.nz. 2 September 2016. 21 August 2022.
    16. Web site: Former Southern Steel midcourter Stacey Peeters joins UK Superleague netball team Celtic Dragons. stuff.co.nz. 14 October 2016. 3 September 2022.
    17. Web site: The Reinga Bloxham reign begins as the Southern Steel start 2017 preparations. stuff.co.nz. 11 January 2017. 21 August 2022.
    18. Web site: Selby-Rickit sisters return to Otaki with Southern Steel. stuff.co.nz. 2 March 2017. 21 August 2022.
    19. Web site: Southern Steel to keep working on combinations at Otaki pre-season netball tournament. stuff.co.nz. 6 March 2017. 21 August 2022.
    20. Web site: Southern Steel look formidable in preseason hitout before ANZ Premiership. stuff.co.nz. 12 March 2017. 21 August 2022.
    21. News: 'Unbelievable' no one died in crash of Southern Steel netball team's van in Christchurch. www.nzherald.co.nz. 12 June 2017. 12 May 2022.
    22. News: Players in hospital after Southern Steel van crash . www.odt.co.nz. 12 June 2017. 12 May 2022.
    23. News: Southern Steel netball team van crashes, players taken to hospital. stuff.co.nz. 12 June 2017. 12 May 2022.
    24. News: Southern Steel netball captain Wendy Frew undergoes surgery after car accident. stuff.co.nz. 13 June 2017. 12 May 2022.
    25. News: Depleted Southern Steel overcome Mainland Tactix with last quarter burst. stuff.co.nz. 14 June 2017. 12 May 2022.
    26. Web site: Watson named ANZ Premiership Player of the Year. www.anzpremiership.co.nz. 30 June 2017. 27 April 2022.

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