2018 ANZ Premiership season

2018 ANZ Premiership season
League	ANZ Premiership
Sport	Netball
Duration	6 May – 12 August 2018
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Minor Premiers	Central Pulse
Season MVP	Katrina Grant (Central Pulse)
Top scorer	Maia Wilson (Northern Stars)
Finals
Champions	Southern Steel
Runners-up	Central Pulse

The 2018 ANZ Premiership season was the second season of Netball New Zealand's ANZ Premiership.^[1] With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Shannon Francois, Te Paea Selby-Rickit and Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit, Southern Steel retained the title, winning their second consecutive premiership. Central Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers. However, in the grand final Steel defeated Pulse 54–53.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} The top three teams from the season – Steel, Pulse and Mainland Tactix qualified for the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club.^[8][9]

Transfers

Player	2017 team	2018 team
Aliyah Dunn[10][11][12]	Southern Steel	Central Pulse
Sulu Fitzpatrick[13]	Northern Stars	Central Pulse
Kate Beveridge[14]	West Coast Fever	Mainland Tactix
Kimiora Poi[14][15]	Central Zone	Mainland Tactix
Jane Watson[16][17][18][19]	Southern Steel	Mainland Tactix
Jamie Hume[20]	Southern Steel	Northern Mystics
Phoenix Karaka[21]	Central Pulse	Northern Mystics
Ama Agbeze[22][23]	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Northern Stars
Paula Griffin	Northern Mystics	Northern Stars
Ellen Halpenny	Scottish Sirens	Northern Stars
Grace Kara[24][25]	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Northern Stars
Anna Thompson[26]	Mainland Tactix	Northern Stars
Malysha Kelly[27][28] ^(Note 1)	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Southern Steel
Hayley Saunders[29]	Mainland Tactix	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
Jhaniele Fowler-Reid[30][31]	Southern Steel	West Coast Fever
Leana de Bruin[23][32]	Northern Stars	Adelaide Thunderbirds
Sasha Corbin[33]	Northern Mystics	Hertfordshire Mavericks
Kadeen Corbin[34]	Mainland Tactix	Team Bath
Sara Bayman[35]	Central Pulse	UWS Sirens
Cathrine Tuivaiti[36]	Central Pulse	Adelaide Thunderbirds

Notes

^1 Malysha Kelly was injured during pre-season.^[37][38]

Sources:^[1][39]

Head coaches and captains

Team	Head coach	Captain
Central Pulse	Yvette McCausland-Durie	Katrina Grant
Mainland Tactix[40][41]	Marianne Delaney-Hoshek	Jess Maclennan Jane Watson
Northern Mystics[42]	Helene Wilson	Anna Harrison
Northern Stars	Kiri Wills[43][44]	Grace Kara[24][45]
Southern Steel[4][46]	Reinga Bloxham	Wendy Frew[47][48][49]
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic[50]	Margaret Forsyth	Casey Kopua

Source:^[1]

Pre-season

The official pre-season tournament was held at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki from 20 to 22 April, with all six teams competing.^[51]

Day 1

Fri 20 April	Southern Steel	53–44	Northern Mystics
1:00 pm		Report

Fri 20 April	Central Pulse	64–46	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
4:00 pm

Fri 20 April	Northern Stars	55–52	Mainland Tactix
7:00 pm

Day 2

Sat 21 April	Central Pulse	64–40	Southern Steel
12:00 pm

Sat 21 April	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	65–53	Northern Stars
2:00 pm

Sat 21 April	Mainland Tactix	54–46	Northern Mystics
5:00 pm

Sat 21 April	Central Pulse	48–29	Northern Stars
7:00 pm

Day 3

Sun 22 April	Mainland Tactix	50–44	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
10:00 pm

Sun 22 April	Southern Steel	66–53	Northern Stars
12:00 pm

Sun 22 April	Central Pulse	59–46	Northern Mystics
2:00 pm

Sources:^[52][53]

Regular season

Round 1

The regular season started later than usual on 6 May, delayed because of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[54] It began with a Super Sunday event hosted at Fly Palmy Arena. There were wins for Southern Steel, Central Pulse and Mainland Tactix.^[55]

Sun 6 May	Northern Mystics	47–55	Southern Steel	Fly Palmy Arena
2:10 pm	Tera-Maria Amani  19/21 (90%) Jamie Hume  14/20 (70%) Bailey Mes  14/27 (52%)	Report Stats	Olivia Bates  0/3 (0%) Jennifer O'Connell  20/23 (87%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  35/46 (76%)

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%)

Sun 6 May	Northern Stars	60–61	Mainland Tactix	Fly Palmy Arena
6:10 pm	Paula Griffin  19/28 (68%) Ellen Halpenny  5/7 (71%) Maia Wilson  36/44 (82%)	Report Stats	Kate Beveridge  21/25 (84%) Ellie Bird  30/38 (79%) Brooke Leaver  10/10 (100%)

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%)

Wed 9 May	Northern Mystics	39–42	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena
7:40 pm	Tera-Maria Amani  9/11 (82%) Maria Folau  17/24 (71%) Jamie Hume  7/12 (58%) Bailey Mes  6/8 (75%)	Report Stats	Kate Beveridge  16/18 (89%) Ellie Bird  25/32 (78%) Brooke Leaver  1/3 (33%)

Round 2

Sun 13 May	Northern Mystics	60–54	Northern Stars	The Trusts Arena
4:10 pm	Maria Folau  25/31 (81%) Jamie Hume  5/10 (50%) Bailey Mes  30/42 (71%)	Report Stats	Paula Griffin  4/8 (50%) Ellen Halpenny  14/19 (74%) Maia Wilson  36/39 (92%)

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%)

Wed 16 May	Southern Steel	64–60	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	More FM Arena
7:40 pm	Olivia Bates  3/3 (100%) Jennifer O'Connell  29/35 (83%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  32/39 (82%)	Report Stats	Monica Falkner  24/27 (89%) Amorangi Malesala  4/5 (80%) Lenize Potgieter  32/39 (82%)

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%)

Mon 21 May	Southern Steel	56–52	Northern Mystics	ILT Stadium Southland
7:40 pm	Jennifer O'Connell  37/42 (88%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  19/24 (79%)	Report Stats	Tera-Maria Amani  6/7 (86%) Jamie Hume  15/24 (63%) Bailey Mes  31/31 (100%)

Wed 23 May	Mainland Tactix	49–48	Northern Stars	Horncastle Arena
7:40 pm	Kate Beveridge  17/21 (81%) Ellie Bird  24/31 (77%) Brooke Leaver  8/8 (100%)	Report Stats	Paula Griffin  15/19 (79%) Ellen Halpenny  1/3 (33%) Maia Wilson  32/40 (80%)

Round 4

Sun 27 May	Northern Stars	53–64	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Vodafone Events Centre
4:10 pm	Paula Griffin  20/26 (77%) Ellen Halpenny  5/8 (63%) Maia Wilson  28/32 (88%)	Report Stats	Monica Falkner  22/26 (85%) Lenize Potgieter  42/46 (91%)

Mon 28 May	Mainland Tactix	49–53	Northern Mystics	Horncastle Arena
7:40 pm	Kate Beveridge  13/16 (81%) Ellie Bird  36/47 (77%)	Report Stats	Jamie Hume  24/34 (71%) Bailey Mes  29/36 (81%)

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	Southern Steel	63–61	Northern Stars	ILT Stadium Southland
4:10 pm	Olivia Bates  5/6 (83%) Jennifer O'Connell  21/27 (78%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  37/46 (80%)	Report Stats	Paula Griffin  19/22 (86%) Maia Wilson  42/45 (93%)

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%)

Wed 6 Jun	Mainland Tactix	48–55	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Horncastle Arena
7:40 pm	Kate Beveridge  11/15 (73%) Ellie Bird  32/46 (70%) Brooke Leaver  5/10 (50%)	Report Stats	Monica Falkner  10/19 (53%) Amorangi Malesala  3/3 (100%) Lenize Potgieter  42/45 (93%)

Round 6

The second Super Sunday event was hosted at Horncastle Arena. There were wins for Southern Steel, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic and Northern Mystics.^[56]

Sun 10 Jun	Northern Stars	60–63	Southern Steel	Horncastle Arena
12:10 pm	Paula Griffin  12/13 (92%) Ellen Halpenny  10/13 (77%) Maia Wilson  38/46 (83%)	Report Stats	Jennifer O'Connell  37/44 (84%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  26/30 (87%)

Sun 10 Jun	Mainland Tactix	47–48	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Horncastle Arena
2:10 pm	Kate Beveridge  6/8 (75%) Ellie Bird  31/45 (69%) Brooke Leaver  10/16 (63%)	Report Stats	Monica Falkner  12/12 (100%) Amorangi Malesala  2/3 (67%) Lenize Potgieter  34/41 (83%)

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%)

Mon 11 Jun	Mainland Tactix	52–53	Southern Steel	Horncastle Arena
5:40 pm	Kate Beveridge  1/1 (100%) Ellie Bird  36/42 (86%) Brooke Leaver  15/22 (68%)	Report Stats	Olivia Bates  1/5 (20%) Jennifer O'Connell  28/33 (85%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  24/33 (73%)

Wed 13 Jun	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	64–61	Northern Stars	ASB Baypark Arena
5:40 pm	Monica Falkner  16/21 (76%) Amorangi Malesala  1/2 (50%) Lenize Potgieter  47/52 (90%)	Report Stats	Paula Griffin  18/23 (78%) Ellen Halpenny  6/7 (86%) Maia Wilson  37/40 (93%)

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%)

Mon 18 Jun	Northern Stars	56–53	Mainland Tactix	Vodafone Events Centre
5:40 pm	Paula Griffin  20/26 (77%) Maia Wilson  36/40 (90%)	Report Stats	Kate Beveridge  5/8 (63%) Ellie Bird  45/51 (88%) Brooke Leaver  3/4 (75%)

Wed 20 Jun	Northern Mystics	62–57	Southern Steel	North Shore Events Centre
5:40 pm	Maria Folau  29/35 (83%) Bailey Mes  33/37 (89%)	Report Stats	Jennifer O'Connell  41/46 (89%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  16/25 (64%)

Round 8

Sun 24 Jun	Southern Steel	52–53	Mainland Tactix	More FM Arena
4:10 pm	Jennifer O'Connell  42/52 (81%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  10/16 (63%)	Report Stats	Kate Beveridge  9/12 (75%) Ellie Bird  38/43 (88%) Brooke Leaver  6/9 (67%)

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%)

Wed 27 Jun	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	67–52	Northern Mystics	Claudelands Arena
7:40 pm	Monica Falkner  17/22 (77%) Lenize Potgieter  50/53 (94%)	Report Stats	Maria Folau  17/20 (85%) Jamie Hume  13/19 (68%) Bailey Mes  22/27 (81%)

Round 9

Sun 1 Jul	Mainland Tactix	50–40	Northern Mystics	Trafalgar Centre
4:15 pm	Ellie Bird  42/51 (82%) Brooke Leaver  8/13 (62%)	Report Stats	Tera-Marie Amani  2/2 (100%) Jamie Hume  11/19 (58%) Bailey Mes  27/32 (84%)

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%)

Wed 4 Jul	Northern Stars	56–41	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Vodafone Events Centre
7:40 pm	Maia Wilson  42/46 (91%) Paula Griffin  11/12 (92%) Ellen Halpenny  3/5 (60%)	Report Stats	Lenize Potgieter  34/38 (89%) Amorangi Malesala  10/14 (71%) Monica Falkner  7/11 (64%)

Round 10

Sun 8 Jul	Northern Mystics	55–58	Northern Stars	The Trusts Arena,
4:10 pm	Bailey Mes  31/37 (84%) Jamie Hume  24/32 (75%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  48/54 (89%) Paula Griffin  10/10 (100%)

Mon 9 Jul	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	60–76	Southern Steel	Claudelands Arena
7:40 pm	Lenize Potgieter  41/41 (100%) Monica Falkner  19/22 (86%)	Report Stats	Jennifer O'Connell  53/55 (96%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  23/26 (88%)

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%)

Mon 16 Jul	Southern Steel	59–56	Mainland Tactix	ILT Stadium Southland
7:40 pm	Jen O'Connell  40/49 (82%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  19/23 (83%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  40/51 (78%) Brooke Leaver  16/22 (73%)

Wed 18 Jul	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	46–53	Northern Mystics	Energy Events Centre
7:40 pm	Lenize Potgieter  39/43 (91%) Monica Falkner  6/10 (60%) Amorangi Malesala  1/4 (25%)	Report Stats	Tera-Maria Amani  32/34 (94%) Bailey Mes  17/21 (81%) Jamie Hume  4/8 (50%)

Round 12

The third Super Sunday was hosted at the Vodafone Events Centre. There were wins for Mainland Tactix, Northern Mystics and Southern Steel.^[57]

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%)

Sun 22 Jul	Northern Stars	52–70	Northern Mystics	Vodafone Events Centre
4:10 pm	Maia Wilson  39/45 (87%) Paula Griffin  12/15 (80%) Ellen Halpenny  1/1 (100%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  31/35 (89%) Maria Folau  29/34 (85%) Tera-Maria Amani  10/10 (100%)

Sun 22 Jul	Southern Steel	75–58	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Vodafone Events Centre
6:10 pm	Jen O'Connell  51/63 (81%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  24/27 (89%)	Report Stats	Lenize Potgieter  42/44 (95%) Monica Falkner  16/20 (80%)

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%)

Wed 25 Jul	Northern Mystics	62–44	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena
7:40 pm	Maria Folau  36/40 (90%) Bailey Mes  26/32 (81%)	Report Stats	Lenize Potgieter  38/40 (95%) Monica Falkner  4/7 (57%) Amorangi Malesala  2/3 (67%)

Round 13

Sun 29 Jul	Northern Stars	65–59	Southern Steel	Vodafone Events Centre
4:10 pm	Maia Wilson  41/44 (93%) Paula Griffin  24/26 (92%)	Report Stats	Te Paea Selby-Rickit  48/52 (92%) Olivia Bates  11/14 (79%)

Mon 30 Jul	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	60–62	Mainland Tactix	Claudelands Arena
7:40 pm	Lenize Potgieter  44/47 (94%) Monica Falkner  16/18 (89%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  54/61 (89%) Brooke Leaver  8/11 (73%)

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 ladder

2018 ANZ Premiership ladder v t e
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:^[3]

Finals Series

Elimination final

Wed 8 Aug 7:45 pm	Report Stats	Southern Steel	53–49	Mainland Tactix		ILT Stadium Southland	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 15-12, 13-17, 12-12, 13-8
		Jen O'Connell  38/40 (95%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  15/22 (68%)		Ellie Bird  42/45 (93%) Kate Beveridge  4/5 (80%) Brooke Leaver  3/3 (100%)

Grand final

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]

Award winners

New Zealand Netball Awards

Award	Winner	Team
ANZ Premiership Player of the Year[58]	Katrina Grant	Central Pulse

Team of the season

Brendon Egan selected the Stuff Seven team of the season.

Position	Player	Team
GS	Aliyah Dunn	Central Pulse
GA	Te Paea Selby-Rickit	Southern Steel
WA	Gina Crampton	Southern Steel
C	Sam Sinclair	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
WD	Karin Burger	Central Pulse
GD	Katrina Grant	Central Pulse
GK	Temalisi Fakahokotau	Mainland Tactix

Sources:^[59]

Season statistics

Goal Shooters (by %)
Pos.	Player	Team	Goal (%)
1	Lenize Potgieter	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	558/606 (92%)
2	Aliyah Dunn	Central Pulse	524/577 (91%)
3	Maia Wilson	Northern Stars	566/633 (89%)
4	Jennifer O'Connell	Southern Steel	563/657 (86%)
5	Tiana Metuarau	Central Pulse	185/219 (84%)

Defensive Rebounds
Pos.	Player	Team	D/Reb.
1	Temalisi Fakahokotau	Mainland Tactix	29
2	Katrina Grant	Central Pulse	26
4=	Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit	Southern Steel	22
3=	Sulu Fitzpatrick	Central Pulse	22
4	Kate Lloyd	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	19

Intercepts
Pos.	Player	Team	Inter.
1	Temalisi Fakahokotau	Mainland Tactix	55
2	Katrina Grant	Central Pulse	47
3	Anna Harrison	Northern Mystics	35
4	Phoenix Karaka	Northern Mystics	33
5	Jane Watson	Mainland Tactix	31

Centre Pass Receives
Pos.	Player	Team	CPR
1	Gina Crampton	Southern Steel	462
2	Whitney Souness	Central Pulse	339
3	Grace Kara	Northern Stars	330
4	Elisapeta Toeava	Northern Mystics	313
5	Ariana Cable-Dixon	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	302

Deflections
Pos.	Player	Team	Def
1	Temalisi Fakahokotau	Mainland Tactix	110
2	Anna Harrison	Northern Mystics	103
3	Katrina Grant	Central Pulse	83
4	Jane Watson	Mainland Tactix	71
5	Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit	Southern Steel	63

Source:^[60]

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