2018 Southern Steel season

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Gains and losses

Gains	Losses
Jess Allan (Netball South) Courtney Elliott[9] (Waikato NNL) Taneisha Fifita (Netball South) Georgia Heffernan (Netball South) Kate Heffernan[10] (Netball South) Malysha Kelly[11][12] (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Kendall McMinn[13] (Netball South)	Aliyah Dunn[14][15][16] (Central Pulse) Jamie Hume[17] (Northern Mystics) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid[18][19] (West Coast Fever) Malysha Kelly[20][21] Jane Watson[22][23][24] (Mainland Tactix)

Notes

^1 Malysha Kelly was injured during pre-season.

Sources:^{[1][4][25][26]}

2018 Southern Steel roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Jess Allan GS – Olivia Bates GA, WA (1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 27) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Gina Crampton (vc) WA, C (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 26) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Courtney Elliott GK, GD, WD (1998-09-25)25 September 1998 (aged 19) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Abby Erwood GA, C, WA (1997-04-18)18 April 1997 (aged 21) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Taneisha Fifita (TRP) GK, GD (2001-02-03)3 February 2001 (aged 17) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Shannon Francois WA, C, GA (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 27) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Wendy Frew (c) WD, C, WA (1984-10-15)15 October 1984 (aged 33) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Dani Gray  WD, C (1995-11-03)3 November 1995 (aged 22) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Georgia Heffernan GA, GS (1999-10-07)7 October 1999 (aged 18) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Kate Heffernan (TRP) WD, C, WA (1999-10-07)7 October 1999 (aged 18) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Kendall McMinn (TRP) GD, WD, C (1992-04-15)15 April 1992 (aged 26) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Jennifer O'Connell GS (1997-06-16)16 June 1997 (aged 20) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit GK, GD (1989-04-03)3 April 1989 (aged 29) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Te Paea Selby-Rickit GS, GA (1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 26) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Head coach Reinga Bloxham Assistant coach Lauren Piebenga Manager: Dayna Kaio Physiotherapist: Corina Ngatuere Strength and conditioning: Mike Jacob Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Notes

^2 Georgia Heffernan, Taneisha Fifita, Jess Allan and Kendall McMinn were included in the extended squad for the Super Club.^[27][28]

Sources:^{[1][3][4][7][29]}

• Kendall McMinn made her senior debut for Steel in Round 3 against Northern Mystics.^[13][30]
• Kate Heffernan and Taneisha Fifita made their senior debut for Steel in Round 6 against Mainland Tactix.^[10][31]

Sunshine Coast Lightning series

In March 2018, Steel played a two match series against the 2017 Suncorp Super Netball premiers, Sunshine Coast Lightning.^[32]

15 March 2018	Southern Steel	46–50	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Edgar Centre
		Report

16 March 2018	Southern Steel	39–64	Sunshine Coast Lightning	ILT Stadium Southland
		Report

Pre-Season Tournament

Steel also participated in the official pre-season tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki from 20 to 22 April.^[33][34][35]

Fri 20 April	Southern Steel	53–44	Northern Mystics	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
1:00 pm		Report

Sat 21 April	Central Pulse	64–40	Southern Steel	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
12:00 pm

Sun 22 April	Southern Steel	66–53	Northern Stars	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
12:00 pm

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Round 1

Steel's unbeaten run in competitive matches continued into the 2018 season. However, after defeating Northern Mystics in their opening match, they were beaten 62–51 by Central Pulse, ending a 22–match win streak. The streak included 17 ANZ Premiership matches and five Super Club matches.^[36][37][38]

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%)

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%)

Round 2

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

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%)

Round 4

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%)

Round 6

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%)

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%)

Round 7

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%)

Round 9

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%)

Round 10

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%)

Round 11

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%)

Round 12

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%)

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%)

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:^[39]

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%)

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]