2016 Queensland Firebirds season

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Gains and losses

Gains	Losses
Hulita Haukinima (Queensland Fusion)[7] Chelsea Lemke (Southern Force)[8][9][10]	Rebecca Bulley (Retirement) Laura Scherian Verity Simmons (West Coast Fever) Amorette Wild

Sources:^[11]

2016 Queensland Firebirds roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Romelda Aiken GS, GA (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 27) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Mahalia Cassidy WA, C (1995-10-09)9 October 1995 (aged 20) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Laura Clemesha GK, GD (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Beryl Friday GA, GS, WA (1994-01-19)19 January 1994 (aged 22) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Laura Geitz (c) GK, GD (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 (aged 28) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Hulita Haukinima WD, C (1995-09-14)14 September 1995 (aged 20) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Chelsea Lemke GA, GS – Clare McMeniman (vc) GD, WD (1985-07-11)11 July 1985 (aged 30) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Caitlyn Nevins WA, C (1987-06-01)1 June 1987 (aged 28) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Kim Ravaillion C, WD, WA (1993-07-26)26 July 1993 (aged 22) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Gabi Simpson WD, GD, C (1992-10-17)17 October 1992 (aged 23) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Gretel Tippett GA,GS (1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (aged 22) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Head coach Roselee Jencke Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:^[11][12]

• Hulita Haukinima made her ANZ Championship and Firebirds debut in the Round 1 match against Mainland Tactix.^[13]
• Chelsea Lemke made her ANZ Championship and Firebirds debut in the Round 6 match against Northern Mystics. She came on for the injured Gretel Tippett and subsequently scored 10 from 13.^[14]

• Romelda Aiken scored her 5,000th ANZ Championship goal in the grand final.^[15][16]
• Having previously been members of the 2011 and 2015 Queensland Firebirds teams, Romelda Aiken, Laura Geitz and Clare McMeniman all win their third ANZ Championship.^{[4][17][18][19][20]}

Between 18 and 20 March 2016, Queensland Firebirds played in a three-day event hosted by Northern Mystics at The Trusts Arena. Other participants included Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, Southern Steel and Adelaide Thunderbirds.^{[21][22][23][24]}

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Round 1

Fri 1 April	Queensland Firebirds	70 - 55	Mainland Tactix	Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
6:18 AM (AEST)	Romelda Aiken  45/49 (92%) Gretel Tippett  25/32 (78%)	Report	Mwai Kumwenda  37/39 (95%) Bailey Mes  18/28 (64%)

Source:^[25]

Round 2

Mon 11 April	Queensland Firebirds	61 - 45	Central Pulse	Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
7:18 PM (AEST)	Romelda Aiken  38/41 (93%) Gretel Tippett  22/25 (88%) Beryl Friday  1/3 (33%)	Report	Ameliaranne Wells  22/24 (92%) Maia Wilson  21/30 (70%) Te Amo Amaru-Tibble  1/1 (100%)

Source:^[26]

Round 3

Sat 16 April	Melbourne Vixens	47 - 58	Queensland Firebirds	Hisense Arena
5.18 PM (AEST)	Alice Teague-Neeld  15/22 (68%) Kimberley Commane  10/14 (71%) Emma Ryde  22/25 (88%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  42/45 (93%) Gretel Tippett  16/21 (76%)

Source:^[27]

Round 4

Sat 23 April	Adelaide Thunderbirds	46 - 58	Queensland Firebirds	Priceline Stadium
4.48 AM (ACST)	Kristina Brice  28/34 (82%) Erin Bell  18/27 (67%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  37/46 (80%) Gretel Tippett  21/32 (66%) Beryl Friday  0/1 (0%)

Source:^[28]

Round 5

Sat 30 April	Queensland Firebirds	61 - 51	New South Wales Swifts	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
5:18 PM (AEST)	Romelda Aiken  52/63 (83%) Gretel Tippett  9/16 (56%)	Report	Susan Pettitt  19/23 (83%) Caitlin Thwaites   32/36 (89%)

Source:^[29]

Round 6

Sat 7 May	Queensland Firebirds	70 - 42	Northern Mystics	Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
5:18 PM (AEST)	Romelda Aiken  52/57 (91%) Gretel Tippett  8/10 (80%) Chelsea Lemke  10/13 (77%)	Report	Maria Tutaia  23/33 (70%) Cathrine Tuivaiti  9/9 (100%) Megan Craig  10/15 (67%)

Source:^[14]

Round 7

Sat 14 May	West Coast Fever	52 - 61	Queensland Firebirds	HBF Stadium
3:18 PM (AWST)	Caitlin Bassett  38/46 (83%) Natalie Medhurst  14/21 (67%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  50/57 (88%) Chelsea Lemke  11/16 (69%)

Source:^[30]

Round 8

Sun 22 May	Queensland Firebirds	62 - 51	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:18 PM (AEST)	Romelda Aiken  45/50 (90%) Gretel Tippett  17/26 (65%)	Report	Carla Borrego  33/36 (92%) Erin Bell  18/22 (82%)

Sources:^[31][32]

Round 9

Sun 29 May	New South Wales Swifts	58 - 54	Queensland Firebirds	Qudos Bank Arena
12:18 PM (AEST)	Susan Pettitt  33/39 (85%) Caitlin Thwaites  10/14 (71%) Stephanie Wood  15/19 (79%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  46/51 (90%) Gretel Tippett  8/12 (67%)	Attendance: 13,314[33]

Sources:^[34][35]

Round 10

Sat 4 June	Queensland Firebirds	56 - 44	Melbourne Vixens	Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
5:18 PM (AEST)	Romelda Aiken  39/43 (91%) Gretel Tippett  17/23 (74%)	Report	Alice Teague-Neeld  11/17 (65%) Karyn Bailey  19/25 (76%) Kimberly Commane  14/19 (74%)

Source:^[36]

Round 11

Sat 11 June	Southern Steel	66 - 51	Queensland Firebirds	Edgar Centre
4:10 PM (NZST)	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  51/57 (89%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  15/17 (88%) Brooke Leaver  0/1 (0%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  27/32 (84%) Gretel Tippett  16/19 (84%) Beryl Friday  8/9 (89%)

Source:^[37]

Round 12

Queensland Firebirds received a bye.

Round 13

Mon 27 June	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	47 - 71	Queensland Firebirds	Claudelands Arena
7:40 PM (NZST)	Joanne Harten  32/38 (84%) Paula Griffin  15/21 (71%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  50/59 (85%) Gretel Tippett  21/27 (78%)

Sources:^[38][39]

Round 14

Sun 3 July	Queensland Firebirds	63 - 52	West Coast Fever	Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
12:18 PM (AEST)	Romelda Aiken  49/54 (91%) Gretel Tippett  14/18 (78%)	Report	Caitlin Bassett  39/41 (95%) Natalie Medhurst  8/10 (80%) Kate Beveridge  5/7 (71%)

Source:^[40]

2016 Australian Conference v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	Pts
1	Queensland Firebirds	13	11	2	0	796	656	140	121.3%	22
2	New South Wales Swifts	13	10	2	1	828	670	158	123.6%	21
3	Melbourne Vixens	13	8	5	0	731	679	52	107.7%	16
4	West Coast Fever	13	7	6	0	756	707	49	106.9%	14
5	Adelaide Thunderbirds	13	2	11	0	660	775	-115	85.2%	4
2016 New Zealand Conference v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	Pts
1	Southern Steel	13	11	0	2	852	732	120	116.4%	24
2	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	13	6	7	0	665	755	-90	88.1%	12
3	Northern Mystics	13	3	9	1	674	743	-69	90.7%	7
5	Mainland Tactix	13	2	10	1	708	825	-117	85.8%	5
4	Central Pulse	13	2	10	1	676	804	-128	84.1%	5

  Qualified for Conference finals
  Qualified for Elimination finals

• Pld = Games played
• W = Win (2 points)
• D = Draw (1 points)
• L = Loss (0 points)
• GF = Goals For
• GA = Goals Against
• GD = Goals Difference (= GF−GA)
• G% = Goal percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)
• Pts = Points

Source:^[41]

Queensland Firebirds began their defence of the Challenge Trophy in Round 1 against Mainland Tactix.^[25][42] Firebirds were unbeaten at home throughout the season and, as a result, retained the Challenge Trophy.

Round	Holders	Score	Challengers
Round 1[25][42]	Queensland Firebirds	70–55	Mainland Tactix
Round 2	Queensland Firebirds	61–45	Central Pulse
Round 5	Queensland Firebirds	61–51	New South Wales Swifts
Round 6	Queensland Firebirds	70–42	Northern Mystics
Round 8	Queensland Firebirds	62–51	Adelaide Thunderbirds
Round 10	Queensland Firebirds	56–44	Melbourne Vixens
Round 14	Queensland Firebirds	63–52	West Coast Fever

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18 July 2016 7.18 (AEST)	Stats	Queensland Firebirds	63–52	New South Wales Swifts		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
		Scoring by quarter: 16-12, 16-15, 15-10, 16-15
		Romelda Aiken  49/55 (89%) Gretel Tippett  14		Caitlin Thwaites  17 Susan Pettitt  30 Stephanie Wood  5

Sources:^{[2][43][44][45]}

24 July 2016 12.18 pm (AEST)	Stats	Queensland Firebirds	67–64	Southern Steel		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
		Scoring by quarter: 19 - 16, 13 - 19, 15 - 14, 20 -15
		Romelda Aiken  57/68 (84%) Gretel Tippett  10/13 (77%)		Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  51/52 (98%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  13/20 (65%)

Sources:^[46][47][48]

31 July 2016 12.10 pm (AEST)	Stats	Queensland Firebirds	69–67	New South Wales Swifts	ET	Brisbane Entertainment Centre Attendance: 10,312	Fox Sports Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 17-12, 12-15, 13-12, ET: 15-13
		Scoring by half: 29-27, 25-27 ET: 15-13
		Romelda Aiken  63/89 (71%) Gretel Tippett  6/11 (55%)		Susan Pettitt  30/39 (77%) Caitlin Thwaites  34/41 (83%) Stephanie Wood  3/4 (75%)

Source:^[3][4][5][6]