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Australian Netball League
Founded2008
No. of teams8
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)		Victorian Fury
Most titlesVictorian Fury
(8 titles)
Sponsor(s)Deakin University
Level on pyramid2
Official websitenetball.com.au/anl

The Australian Netball League (ANL) is a national netball league featuring teams from Australia. The league is organised by Netball Australia. It was first played for during the 2008 season. On a national level, the ANL is a second level league, below Suncorp Super Netball and above state leagues like the Victorian Netball League. The teams in the league are the reserve teams of Suncorp Super Netball teams and/or representative teams of state leagues. The league's most successful team has been Victorian Fury who have won eight premierships.

History

The league was established in 2008, during which time Australian netball had joined forces with New Zealand to create the semi-professional ANZ Championship. It was not until 2016 however that the ANL fixture was altered to bring it in line with the ANZ Championship. [1] As a result of the alignment, ANZ Championship athletes were permitted to play for ANL teams in cases where they were not selected for the senior team.[2] During this time the two teams based in Tasmania and the Northern Territory were abolished, whilst the "second" teams in New South Wales and Victoria were removed in favour of having one team represent those respective states. [3]

The following year in 2017 the ANZ Championship was replaced by the all-Australian domestic Super Netball league, which resulted in further changes to the ANL. The competition was expanded to eight teams and stand-alone teams in Canberra, Tasmania and the Northern Territory were either re-established or taken over by Super Netball clubs, ensuring that each team in the ANL was aligned with a Super Netball club.[4] In late 2019, Netball ACT ended its affiliation with Giants Netball and established its own stand-alone team in the region, and the Giants began fielding its own team in the competition, bringing the total number of active teams up to nine.[5][6] The Victorian Fury is the historically dominant team, having won eight premierships since the league's inception. [7][8][9] The league is currently sponsored by Deakin University. The ANL was not played in 2020, with Netball Australia cutting the competition due to complications stemming from the covid-19 pandemic.[10]

Teams

2021 teams

Team Affiliate State/Territory Home venue/base Debut season
Canberra Giants Giants Netball ACT 2017
NSW Waratahs New South Wales Swifts New South Wales 2008
Queensland Fusion Queensland Firebirds Queensland 2008
Southern Force Adelaide Thunderbirds South Australia 2008
Tasmanian Magpies Collingwood Magpies Tasmania 2017
Territory Storm Sunshine Coast Lightning Northern Territory 2008
Victorian Fury Melbourne Vixens Victoria, Australia 2008
Western Sting West Coast Fever Western Australia 2008

Former teams

Team Region Debut season Final season
Victorian Flames Victoria, Australia
New South Wales Blues New South Wales
AIS Canberra Darters [11][12] ACT
Australian Institute of Sport [11] ACT
Tassie Spirit Tasmania
Singapore [11][12] Singapore 2009

Grand Finals

Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
2008 [13] Victorian Fury 56–41 Australian Institute of Sport
2009 Victorian Fury Australian Institute of Sport
2010 [14] Victorian Fury 54–47 NSW Waratahs
2011 NSW Waratahs Victorian Fury
2012 Southern Force NSW Waratahs
2013 [15] Victorian Fury 56–51 NSW Waratahs Adelaide
2014 [16] Victorian Fury 51–49 Queensland Fusion Waverley Netball Centre
2015 [17] Victorian Fury 58–46 Southern Force Waverley Netball Centre
2016 [18] Victorian Fury 53–46 NSW Waratahs Netball Central, Sydney
2017 [19][20] Western Sting 63–47 Victorian Fury Perth's State Netball Centre
2018 [21][22] Tasmanian Magpies 54–53 Canberra Giants AIS Arena
2019 [7][8][9] Victorian Fury 54–53 NSW Waratahs SNHC

Source:[23]

Winners

Winners Seasons Titles
Victorian Fury 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 8
NSW Waratahs 2011 1
Southern Force 2012 1
Tasmanian Magpies 2018 1
Western Sting 2017 1

Source:[23]

MVP

Season Player Team
2008 Narelle Eather NSW Blues
2009 Kathleen Knott Victorian Fury
2010 Amorette Wild NSW Waratahs
2011 Karyn Bailey Victorian Fury
2012 Kristy Guthrie NSW Waratahs
2013 Mwai Kumwenda Victorian Fury
2014 Ashleigh Brazill Western Sting
2014 Kristina Brice NSW Waratahs
2015 Kate Shimmin Southern Force
2016 Vanessa Mullampy NSW Waratahs
2017 Sophie Garbin Western Sting
2018 Rahni Samason Victorian Fury
2019 Emma Ryde Victorian Fury

Source:[23]

References

  1. ^ "Australian Netball League given new look for 2016". Netball Australia. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ "New look ANZ season gets underway". Netball Australia. 20 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Blues withdraw from Australian Netball League". Netball Australia. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 ANL fixture released". Netball Australia. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Netball ACT to introduce stand alone Australian Netball League team". Canberra Times. 11 September 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ "GIANTS Netball Launch New Academy". Giants Netball. 9 September 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Vic Fury defeat NSW Waratahs in one-goal ANL final thriller". netball.com.au. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Dwyer named MVP in thrilling Australian Netball League climax". www.nswis.com.au. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Victorian Fury claim eighth Australian Netball League title". draftcentral.com.au. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Super Netball feeder league cut". Canberra Times. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  11. ^ a b c "New Idea Australian Netball League action fires up tomorrow". www.womensportreport.com. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Australian Netball League 2009". www.netball.org.sg. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  13. ^ "2008 AIS Netball Program". www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Victorian Fury claim third consecutive New Idea ANL Grand Final". www.womensportreport.com. 13 September 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Vic Fury win Aus netball league title". www.sbs.com.au. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Fury hold out Force to claim hat-trick of ANL titles". Riverine Herald. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Fury hold out Force to claim hat-trick of ANL titles". www.womensportreport.com. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Fury crowned ANL 2016 Premiers". vic.netball.com.au. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Western Sting crowned ANL champions". 9 April 2017. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  20. ^ "Fury runners-up in intense ANL finals weekend". 9 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Tasmanian Magpies, finally, deliver on ANL big stage against Canberra Giants in grand final win". www.smh.com.au. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  22. ^ "Canberra Giants fall agonisingly short in ANL grand final thriller". www.examiner.com.au. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  23. ^ a b c "Australian Netball League". netball.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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