2024 Netball Super League season
British netball season
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The 2024 Netball Super League season was the nineteenth season of the Netball Super League, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. Loughborough Lightning were the defending champions, as they won the 2023 Grand final. The season began on 17 February and ended with the Grand Final on 29 June.
| 2024 Netball Super League season | |
|---|---|
| League | Netball Super League |
| Sport | Netball |
| Duration | 17 February – 29 June 2024 |
| Teams | 10 |
| TV partner(s) | Sky Sports & BBC |
| Regular Season | |
| Season MVP | Lois Pearson[1] |
| Top scorer | Mary Cholhok[1] |
| Grand Finals | |
| Date | 29 June 2024 |
| Venue | Resorts World Arena |
| Champions | Loughborough Lightning |
| Runners-up | Manchester Thunder |
Loughborough Lightning won the competition, beating Manchester Thunder in the final to claim their second consecutive and third Super League title in four years.[2]
Format
The season featured 10 teams and was the last using this format before relaunching as a professional 8 team league in 2025. Fixtures were played home and away across 18 rounds before the top four progressed to the semi-finals. The first round of fixtures were all held at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham.[3]
It would be the final Netball Super League season to feature Severn Stars, Strathclyde Sirens, Surrey Storm and Team Bath.[4]
Teams
Squads
Transfers
For the 2024 season, the signing window opened on Monday 19 June 2023 and clubs were given until 5pm on Friday 14 July 2023 to register a minimum of 10 of their registered 12 players. Any remaining registrations (a maximum of 2 Registered Players and up to 3 Training Partners) must have been registered by the deadline of 5pm on 25 August 2023.
The following table is a list of players who moved clubs into or out of the Netball Superleague, or were elevated to a permanent position in the senior team during the off-season. It does not include contracted players who were re-signed by their original Netball Superleague clubs.
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester Thunder (Q) | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1200 | 844 | +356 | 51 | Qualifying for the Finals series |
| 2 | Loughborough Lightning (Q) | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1217 | 951 | +266 | 45 | |
| 3 | London Pulse (Q) | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1024 | 876 | +148 | 43 | |
| 4 | Severn Stars (Q) | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1062 | 968 | +94 | 36 | |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 969 | 982 | −13 | 24 | |
| 6 | Surrey Storm | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 998 | 1100 | −102 | 21 | |
| 7 | Saracens Mavericks | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 965 | 992 | −27 | 20 | |
| 8 | Cardiff Dragons | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 900 | 983 | −83 | 20 | |
| 9 | Strathclyde Sirens | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 841 | 1146 | −305 | 4 | |
| 10 | Team Bath | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 872 | 1206 | −334 | 3 |
Finals series
Semi-finals
| 22 June 2024 | Manchester Thunder | 63-54 | Severn Stars | Belle Vue Arena | |
| 22 June 2024 | Loughborough Lightning | 59-47 | London Pulse | David Wallace Sports Hall | |
Third-place play-off
| 29 June 2024 | Severn Stars | 48-52 | London Pulse | Resorts World Arena | |
| 14:00 |
Grand final
| 29 June 2024 | Manchester Thunder | 54-70 | Loughborough Lightning | Resorts World Arena | |
| 16:30 |
Awards
| Award | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Players Player of the Season | Lois Pearson | Manchester Thunder |
| Young Player of the Season | Izzi Phillips | London Pulse |
| Coach of the Season | Jo Trip | Severn Stars |
| Fans Player of the Season | Funmi Fadoju | London Pulse |
| Top Scorer | Mary Cholhok Nuba | Loughborough Lightning |
| Umpire of the Year | Gary Burgess | |
| All Star VII | ||
| GS | Mary Cholhok Nuba | Loughborough Lightning |
| GA | Lois Pearson | Manchester Thunder |
| WA | Jess Shaw | Severn Stars |
| C | Natalie Panagarry | Loughborough Lightning |
| WD | Imogen Allison | Manchester Thunder |
| GD | Funmi Fadoju | London Pulse |
| GK | Jas Brown | Severn Stars |