NS SCOREBOARD – Mar 20, 2020

Well, the Coronavirus has had a big effect on netball over the past seven days. Lots of netball all over the world has been postponed or cancelled altogether. In the UK, the fourth round of the Superleague couldn’t be completed. Two games were played before the competition was suspended for the foreseeable future. In New Zealand, the opening round of the new ANZ Premiership season was completed, but the decision has now been made to postpone the rest of the competition for two weeks. Two weeks seems optimistic in the current environment, but let’s hope that’s the case. Otherwise, who knows when the next edition of the NS Scoreboard will be…

2020 ANZ PREMIERSHIP – Round 1

Mainland Tactix 41 (12, 10, 9, 10) lost to Central Pulse 53 (11, 11, 16, 15)

Tactix
E Bird 26/29 (90%)
TP Selby-Rickit 15/22 (68%)
Team Total: 41/51 (80%)

Assists 34 (K Poi 15)
Gains 10 (J Watson 5)
Penalties 50 (T Fakahokotau 10)
Turnovers 26 (E Bird, TP Selby-Rickit 6)

Pulse
A Dunn 35/38 (92%)
A Ekenasio 18/22 (82%)
Team Total: 53/60 (88%)

Assists 50 (C Kersten 24)
Gains 10 (C Kersten, E Timu, K Jury 2)
Penalties 61 (K Burger 12)
Turnovers 23 (A Dunn 5)

Points: Pulse 3, Tactix 0

Player of the Match: Katrina Rore (Pulse)

Northern Stars 55 (16, 13, 15, 11) lost to Northern Mystics 59 (20, 13, 12, 14)

Stars
M Wilson 40/45 (89%)
J Hume 15/24 (63%)
Team Total: 55/69 (80%)

Assists 50 (G Kara 22)
Gains 9 (K Burley 4)
Penalties 56 (D Swift 15)
Turnovers 20 (M Wilson, J Hume, G Kara 4)

Mystics
G Nweke 40/43 (93%)
S Tui 16/20 (80%)
A Grapes 3/7 (38%)
Team Total: 59/70 (84%)

Assists 51 (P Toeava 23)
Gains 14 (P Karaka 7)
Penalties 44 (P Karaka 13)
Turnovers 23 (P Toeava 10)

Points: Mystics 3, Stars 1

Player of the Match: Phoenix Karaka (Mystics)

Southern Steel 48 (10, 14, 13, 11) lost to Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 54 (14, 13, 12, 15)

Steel
J O’Connell 35/50 (70%)
K McCollin 9/12 (75%)
G Heffernan 4/6 (67%)
Team Total: 48/68 (71%)

Assists 43 (G Crampton 18)
Gains 14 (THR Selby-Rickit 8)
Penalties 41 (T Fifita 19)
Turnovers 23 (J O’Connell 6)

Magic
K McPhee 35/43 (81%)
A Latu-Meafou 19/27 (70%)
Team Total: 54/70 (77%)

Assists 43 (W Souness 16)
Gains 17 (E Mikaere 8)
Penalties 60 (A Cable-Dixon 13)
Turnovers 25 (K McPhee 7)

Points: Magic 3, Steel 0

Player of the Match: Ariana Cable-Dixon (Magic)

Table:
1 – Pulse . 3 points
2 – Magic . 3 points
3 – Mystics . 3 points
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4 – Stars . 1 point
5 – Steel . 0 points
6 – Tactix . 0 points

2020 VITALITY NETBALL SUPERLEAGUE – Round 4

Severn Stars 59 (16, 13, 10, 20) def Wasps Netball 54 (14, 12, 18, 10)

Stars
G Rowe 47/48 (98%)
P Reed 12/18 (67%)
Team Total 59/66 (89%)

Intercepts 10 (T Vinkhumbo 4)
Penalties 49 (T Vinkhumbo, N Jones 14)

Wasps
R Dunn 45/47 (96%)
S Rushton 6/10 (60%)
A Baker 3/7 (38%)
Team Total 54/64 (84%)

Intercepts 9 (F Williams 4)
Penalties 61 (F Williams 15)

Points: Stars 3, Wasps 0

Surrey Storm 42 (10, 10, 13, 9) lost to Manchester Thunder 60 (16, 17, 14, 13)

Storm
K Bailey 24/29 (83%)
S Hankin 11/19 (58%)
E Kelk 7/11 (64%)
Team Total 42/59 (71%)

Intercepts 7 (Y Parsons, K Hughes 2)
Penalties 49 (L Middleton 16)

Thunder
E Cardwell 29/36 (81%)
J Mvula 25/28 (89%)
K Turner 6/9 (67%)
Team Total 60/73 (82%)

Intercepts 16 (E Dovey, A Carter, L Ngwira 4)
Penalties 42 (E Dovey 10)

Points: Thunder 3, Storm 0

Postponed: Lightning v Mavericks, Dragons v Sirens, Bath v Pulse

Table:
1 – Thunder . 12 points (4 games)
2 – Bath . 9 points (3 games)
3 – Pulse . 9 points (3 games)
4 – Mavericks . 6 points (3 points)
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5 – Sirens . 3 points (3 games)
6 – Lightning . 3 points (3 games)
7 – Wasps . 3 points (4 games)
8 – Storm . 3 points (4 games)
9 – Stars . 3 points (4 games)
10- Dragons . 0 points (3 games)