| Current season, competition or edition: | |
| Sport | Netball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| First season | 2017 |
| Owner | Netball Australia |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country | Australia |
Most recent champion | Adelaide Thunderbirds (2026) |
| Most titles | Adelaide Thunderbirds (3) |
| Broadcasters | Channel Nine (2017–21; 2027–) Fox Sports (2022–2026) |
| Streaming partners | 9Now and Stan Sport (2027–) Kayo Sports (2022–2026) BINGE (2025–2026) |
| Sponsor | Suncorp Group (2017–2026) |
| Related competitions | Super Netball Reserves ANZ Championship Commonwealth Bank Trophy |
| Website | netball |
Super Netball, also known by its abbreviated name SN, and formerly known as Suncorp Super Netball (SSN), is a professional netball league in Australia. It superseded the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top-level netball league in Australia in 2017. Since 2019, the league has been governed on behalf of Netball Australia by an independent commission. The league currently does not have a title sponsor. From 2017 to 2026, Suncorp Group sponsored the league. Sunshine Coast Lightning were the inaugural Super Netball champions, and the Adelaide Thunderbirds have won the most titles with three.
In May 2016, Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand announced that the ANZ Championship would be discontinued after the 2016 season. In Australia, its replacement league – initially known as simply the National Netball League before an official name was decided upon – included the five former Australian ANZ Championship teams (Adelaide Thunderbirds, Melbourne Vixens, New South Wales Swifts, Queensland Firebirds and West Coast Fever) plus three brand new franchises: Collingwood Magpies, GIANTS Netball and Sunshine Coast Lightning.
With a team coached by Noeline Taurua, captained by Geva Mentor and also featuring Caitlin Bassett, Karla Pretorius and Stephanie Wood, Sunshine Coast Lightning finished the 2017 season as inaugural champions after defeating GIANTS Netball 65–48 in the grand final. In 2018 they retained the title after defeating West Coast Fever 62–59 in the grand final.
In 2019, Briony Akle guided New South Wales Swifts to their first Super Netball title. Despite losing their new captain, Maddy Proud, to injury early in the season, Swifts finished the regular season in second place. In the major semi-final, they lost to Sunshine Coast Lightning. However, they then defeated Melbourne Vixens in the preliminary final. In the grand final they faced Lightning again but this time defeated them 64–47 to emerge as champions.
In 2020, with a team coached again by Simone McKinnis and co-captained by Kate Moloney and Liz Watson, Melbourne Vixens finished the season as both minor premiers and overall champions. In the grand final they defeated West Coast Fever 66–64. In 2021, with a team coached by Briony Akle and co-captained by Maddy Proud and Paige Hadley, New South Wales Swifts won their second Super Netball title. In the grand final they defeated GIANTS Netball 63–59.
In 2022, head coach Dan Ryan and captain Courtney Bruce led West Coast Fever to their first premiership. In the grand final they defeated Melbourne Vixens 70–59. In May 2023, news reports disclosed that the Collingwood Magpies were in financial distress, and later that month the Collingwood Football Club announced it would withdraw its netball team at the conclusion of the 2023 season. The 2023 premiership was won by the Adelaide Thunderbirds, defeating the Swifts 60–59 after extra time was required in the grand final. It was the Thunderbirds' first national league premiership in a decade, and came off the back of years of lowly finishes in Super Netball.
Following the demise of the Magpies, speculation circled as to who would be awarded the eighth license for the 2024 season and beyond. Submissions for the new license closed on 20 June 2023, with as many as six initial bids being whittled down to two by the closing date, according to media reports. On 21 July 2023, the league announced that the Sports Entertainment Network (SEN), led by chief executive Craig Hutchison, was awarded the license for a team to be based in south-east Melbourne. As part of the licensing agreement, Netball Australia will operate the team for the rest of 2023 before transitioning to SEN for 2024 and beyond. ABC News reported that the SEN bid was preferred by broadcasters Fox Netball over the alternate bid put forward by Netball Victoria, which suggested a regional team 'floating' between Geelong, Bendigo or Ballarat.
Two years after the Magpies demise, speculation arose that GIANTS Netball might also be removed from the competition. As the side's form dipped throughout 2024 and 2025 and financial losses accumulated, ABC News reported that hospitality and lifestyle franchise Mounties Group (owner of the Mounties Rugby League Football Club) were interested in acquiring the license held by GIANTS Netball. By the end of the 2026 season, in which the Giants won only one game, both Sports Entertainment Network (SEN) and Wests Group (owner of the Newcastle Knights rugby league club) were in discussions with Netball New South Wales about taking over the license. On 3 August 2026, Netball Australia announced it had approved a transfer of license ownership from GIANTS Netball to Sports Entertainment Network, making SEN the owner of two franchises in the competition. The Giants branding was discontinued, and on 19 August SEN revealed the team would be called the Sydney Sirens, accompanied by a coral and teal colour palette. The name has been objected to by representatives of the Sydney Sirens ice hockey team, who compete in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League and reportedly intend to lodge a formal opposition to SEN's trademark application.
| Club | Icon | Location | State | Head coach | Home venue | Est. | SSN seasons | SSN premierships | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Total | Total | Most recent | |||||||
| Adelaide Thunderbirds | Adelaide | Tania Obst | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | 1996 | 2017 | 10 | 3 | 2026 | ||
| Melbourne Mavericks | Melbourne | Gerard Murphy | John Cain Arena | 2023 | 2024 | 3 | — | — | ||
| Melbourne Vixens | Melbourne | Di Honey | John Cain Arena | 2007 | 2017 | 10 | 2 | 2025 | ||
| New South Wales Swifts | Sydney | Dylan Nexhip | Ken Rosewall Arena | 2007 | 2017 | 10 | 2 | 2021 | ||
| Queensland Firebirds | Brisbane | Kiri Wills | Nissan Arena | 1996 | 2017 | 10 | — | — | ||
| Sunshine Coast Lightning | Sunshine Coast | Belinda Reynolds | UniSC Arena | 2016 | 2017 | 10 | 2 | 2018 | ||
| Sydney Sirens | Western Sydney | Nerida Stewart | Quaycentre Ken Rosewall Arena (Sydney Derby only) WIN Entertainment Centre (one game) |
2026 | 2027 | |||||
| West Coast Fever | Perth | Dan Ryan | RAC Arena | 1996 | 2017 | 10 | 1 | 2022 | ||
| Club | Icon | Location | State | Home venue | Est. | SSN seasons | SSN premierships | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Last | Total | Total | Most recent | ||||||
| Collingwood Magpies | Melbourne | John Cain Arena | 2016 | 2017 | 2023 | 7 | — | — | ||
| GIANTS Netball | Sydney | Ken Rosewall Arena | 2016 | 2017 | 2026 | 10 | — | — | ||
The following table shows a list of all of venues that are to be used throughout the 2027 Super Netball season. Where venues have had other/sponsored names, only those names in place from when the venue was being used in the league have been listed.[citation needed]
| Venue | Location | State | Capacity | First used | Current tenant(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAC Arena | Perth | Western Australia | 14,000 | 2017 | West Coast Fever |
| Ken Rosewall Arena | Sydney | New South Wales | 10,500 | 2021 | New South Wales Swifts Sydney Sirens |
| John Cain Arena | Melbourne | Victoria | 10,300 | 2017 | Melbourne Mavericks Melbourne Vixens |
| Adelaide Entertainment Centre | Adelaide | South Australia | 10,000 | 2018 | Adelaide Thunderbirds |
| WIN Entertainment Centre | Wollongong | New South Wales | 5,673 | 2026 | Sydney Sirens |
| Nissan Arena | Brisbane | Queensland | 5,000 | 2019 | Queensland Firebirds |
| Quaycentre | Sydney | New South Wales | 4,500 | 2017 | Sydney Sirens |
| UniSC Arena | Sunshine Coast | Queensland | 3,000 | 2017 | Sunshine Coast Lightning |
The following table shows a list of all of venues that have been used throughout the entirety of Super Netball. Where venues have had other/sponsored names, only those names in place from when the venue was being used in the league have been listed.[citation needed]
Beginning in 2019, a structured round-robin tournament known as the Team Girls Cup has been conducted, named for the titular campaign established in 2017 that aims to decrease the dropout rate in junior netball. The league's eight teams are divided into two pools, where they play each of their fellow pool members once. A fourth round is then held to determine final placings across the combined pools, and a champion is crowned from the match held between the two top-ranked pool teams. Matches are held over three consecutive days and are all played at the same venue. Locations to have hosted the tournament so far include Brisbane, Melbourne and the Gold Coast.
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Score | Venue | Grand Final MVP | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Collingwood Magpies | Melbourne Vixens | 39–33 | Queensland State Netball Centre | Shimona Nelson (Collingwood Magpies) | |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Ken Rosewall Arena | N/a | |||
| 2021 | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| 2022 | Melbourne Vixens | West Coast Fever | 45–43 | Parkville Stadium | Kate Moloney (Melbourne Vixens) | |
| 2023 | West Coast Fever | Adelaide Thunderbirds | 49–41 | Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre | Sasha Glasgow (West Coast Fever) | |
| 2024 | New South Wales Swifts | Melbourne Vixens | 45–44 | Ken Rosewall Arena | Maddy Proud (New South Wales Swifts) | |
| 2025 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | West Coast Fever | 38–37 | Netball SA Stadium | Latanya Wilson (Adelaide Thunderbirds) | |
| 2026 | Not held, individual clubs organised individual pre-season fixtures | |||||
The regular season is played across 14 rounds, with the league's eight teams playing each other twice in home and away fixtures.
| + | Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder |
| ^ | Player also won the Player of the Year Award |
| Seasons | Live broadcasters |
|---|---|
| 2017–2021 | Nine Network Telstra TV |
| 2022–2026 | Fox Sports Kayo Sports |
| 2027–present | Nine Network 9Now Stan Sport |
In January 2019, Netball Australia announced it would form an independent commission to become the governing body of Super Netball. In April 2019 they named five commissioners which included Marne Fechner, Netball Australia's CEO. Two more commissioners were appointed in May and August 2019.
In October 2016, Suncorp Group was announced as Netball Australia's principal partner from 2017 to 2021. The agreement included naming rights to the new league. In August 2021, this agreement was renewed for another five years. The partnership was not renewed after the 2026, meaning the 2027 season will be the first run without Suncorp as the league's naming rights sponsor.
Other current sponsorship partners include the Australian Sports Commission, HCF, Nissan, Woolworths, Visit Victoria, Priceline Pharmacy, the Nine Network and News Corp Australia.