Trans-Tasman Teams Off to a Super Club Flyer

New Zealand’s top three teams negotiated the opening day’s play with consummate ease after posting commanding wins at the inaugural Netball Super Club tournament in Nelson on Sunday.

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel, Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse and SKYCITY Mystics along with the NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) set the early benchmark in the first edition of the Super Club concept involving eight teams from different points of the globe.

All teams made liberal use of the unlimited substitution rule with players constantly coming and going, managed workloads being a key component to a busy week ahead.

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Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse 65 def Celtic Flames 41
Official Champion Data match stats – click here
Jens Hansen Player of the Match – Karin Burger (Pulse)

STARTING LINE-UPS
PULSE | GS Tuivaiti, GA Amaru-Tibble, WA Souness, C Bayman, WD Kersten, GD Burger, GK Karaka
FLAMES | GS Lewis, GA Thompson, WA Dyke, C K. Jones, WD Drane, GD N. Jones, GK Fakahokotau

QUARTER-BY-QUARTER SCORES
PULSE | 18 – 39 (21) – 53 (14) – 65 (12)
FLAMES | 11 – 19 (8) – 33 (14) – 41 (8)

SHOOTING STATS – PULSE
Tuivaiti: 24/29 @ 83%
Amaru-Tibble: 25/28 @ 89%
Howard-Vallance: 15/18 @ 83%
Autagavaia: 1/2 @ 50%

SHOOTING STATS – FLAMES
Lewis: 18/27 @ 67%
Thompson: 12/18 @ 67%
Rowe: 11/11 @ 100%

NSWIS 74 def University of Trinidad & Tobago 46
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Jens Hansen Player of the Match – Maddy Turner (NSWIS)

STARTING LINE-UPS
NSWIS | GS Brice, GA Marshall, WA Davies, C Proud, WD Anderson, GD Turner, GK Klau
UTT | GS Wallace, GA McCollin, WA Richardson, C Jack, WD George, GD Connelly, GK McCarthy

QUARTER-BY-QUARTER SCORES
NSWIS |19 – 39 (20) – 55 (16) – 74 (19)
UTT | 13 – 22 (9) – 35 (13) – 46 (11)

SHOOTING STATS – NSWIS
Brice: 33/39 @ 85%
Marshall: 13/19 @ 68%
Garbin: 18/23 @ 78%
Frketic: 10/11 @ 91%

SHOOTING STATS – UTT
Wallace: 26/30 @ 87%
McCollin: 20/23 @ 87%

SKYCITY Mystics 92 def Marama Vou 43
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Jens Hansen Player of the Match – Tera-Maria Amani (Mystics)

STARTING LINE-UPS
MYSTICS |GS Amani, GA Tutaia, WA Corbin, C Nathan, WD Burley, GD Purvis, GK Harrison
MARAMA VOU | GS Rusivakula, GA Lutua, WA Cirikisuva, C Waqatabu, WD Waqa, GD Daveua, GK Nawai

QUARTER-BY-QUARTER SCORES
MYSTICS |20 – 44 (24) – 69 (25) – 92 (23)
MARAMA VOU |11 – 26 (15) – 37 (11) – 43 (6)

SHOOTING STATS – MYSTICS
Amani: 62/67 @ 93%
Tutaia: 11/11 @ 100%
Griffin: 19/21 @ 90%

SHOOTING STATS – MARAMA VOU
Rusivakula: 32/40 @ 80%
Lutua: 7/16 @ 44%
Nawai: 4/4 @ 100%

Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel 81 def Gauteng Jaguars 37
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Jens Hansen Player of the Match – Jane Watson (Steel)

STARTING LINE-UPS
STEEL | GS Fowler-Reid, GA Hume, WA Crampton, C Francois, WD Frew, GD Selby-Rickit, GK Watson
JAGUARS: GS Vernter, GA Sholtz, WA Griesel, C De Bruin, WD Matthyse, GD Mthembu, GK Van der Merwe

QUARTER-BY-QUARTER SCORES
STEEL | 22 – 45 (23) – 69 (24) – 81 (12)
JAGUARS | 9 – 22 (13) – 29 (7) – 37 (8)

SHOOTING STATS – STEEL
Fowler-Reid: 58/64 @ 91%
Hume: 13/18 @ 72%
Bates: 6/7 @ 86%
O’Connell: 4/8 @ 50%

SHOOTING STATS – JAGUARS
Vernter: 21/31 @ 68%
Sholtz: 11/19 @ 58%
Louw: 4/5 @ 80%
Grobler: 1/2 @ 50%

ENDS

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