Super Netball Reserves Explained

The Super Netball Reserves or SN Reserves, formerly the Australian Netball Championships (ANC) and Australian Netball League (ANL), is an Australian netball competition. It has served as a second-level competition, initially below the ANZ Championship, and later below Suncorp Super Netball, and is organised by Netball Australia.

The teams in the competition are the reserve teams of Suncorp Super Netball teams, featuring selected stand-out players from state leagues, SSN club training partners and SSN contracted players. The competition also includes three Netball Australia Member Organisation representative teams from Tasmania, the ACT and the Northern Territory.

The Victorian Fury (now Vixens Academy) are the competition's most successful team, having won eight premierships.

History

Australian Netball League

Foundation

The Australian Netball League was first played for during the 2008 season. Netball Australia wanted to organise a second level national league to bridge the gap between state leagues, like the South Australia state netball league, the Victorian Netball League and the West Australian Netball League, and the new ANZ Championship. It was also designed to provide a national competition for the states and territories of Australia, such the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Tasmania, who did not have an ANZ Championship franchise.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Victorian Fury dominance

Victorian Fury were the inaugural champions, defeating the Australian Institute of Sport 56–41 in the first grand final.^{[5] [6]} In 2009 Fury retained the title ^{[7] [8] [9]} and in 2010 they completed a three in a row.^{[10] [11]} In 2011 NNSW Waratahs became the first team other than Fury to win the ANL title. In the grand final they defeated Fury 55–46.^{[12] [13]} Between 2013 and 2016 Fury completed a four in a row of ANL titles.^[14] In 2016 Fury won their seventh title ^[15] and in 2019 they won their eighth.^{[16] [17] [18]}

Australian Netball Championships

In June 2020, Netball Australia announced that the 2020 ANL season would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[19] [20] [21]} In October 2020, it was announced that the ANL was to be rebranded as the Australian Netball Championships, featuring a new tournament style format with expanded team entry parameters. Super Netball teams and Netball Australia member organisations would all be invited to enter teams.^{[22] [23]} In July 2021, Netball Australia announced details of the planned inaugural ANC tournament due to be played in September and hosted by Latrobe City Council and Collingwood Magpies in Traralgon.^{[24] [25] [26] [27]} However, in August 2021 this tournament was also cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[28] [29]} The competition was run for the first time under its new name in 2022.

Super Netball Reserves

In 2024, the competition was run alongside the Suncorp Super Netball season as a pilot program, and was officially introduced for the 2025 season. The reworked competition included reserve teams of all eight SSN clubs, plus three Netball Australia member organisation teams.

The eight reserves teams play in a home-and-away season, playing each team once. Games take place alongside their respective SSN club, usually the day before or after an SSN match at a different venue, or pre- or post-SSN match at the same venue. At the conclusion of the home-and-away season, the competition holds a Finals weekend at a central venue, which includes a Grand Final contested between the teams in first and second on the ladder, a 3rd v 4th final contested between the teams in third and fourth on the ladder, and a series of matches between the three member organisation teams and the teams from the bottom four positions on the ladder. The three member organisation teams contest a "play-in tournament" prior to the finals weekend to determine seeding and opponents.

Teams

2025 teams

The main teams in the competition are the reserve teams of Suncorp Super Netball teams, featuring selected stand-out players from state leagues, SSN club training partners and even SSN contracted players. The first eight teams listed below play in the main home-and-away season of the competition.

In order to increase opportunities for states and territories without SSN representation, the SN Reserves competition also includes three Member Organisation representative teams, who play in a mini "play-in tournament" between themselves, and then against the teams from the bottom four positions on the ladder on the Finals weekend.

SN Reserves Teams!Team!SSN affiliate!State/Territory

Adelaide Thunderbirds Futures	Adelaide Thunderbirds	South Australia
GIANTS Netball Reserves	GIANTS Netball	New South Wales
Melbourne Mavericks Reserves	Melbourne Mavericks	Victoria
QBE Swifts Academy	New South Wales Swifts	New South Wales
Queensland Firebirds Futures	Queensland Firebirds	Queensland
Sunshine Coast Lightning Bolts	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Queensland
Vixens Academy	Melbourne Vixens	Victoria
West Coast Fever Reserves	West Coast Fever	Western Australia
Team	Member Organisation
Tasmania Wild	Netball Tasmania
Capital Darters	Netball ACT
Territory Storm	Netball Northern Territory

Former teams

Defunct ANL and ANC teams!Team!Region!Debut season!Final season

Australian Institute of Sport[30] [31]	Australian Capital Territory	2008	2012
Canberra Giants	Australian Capital Territory	2017	2019
NNSW Blues[32] [33] [34]	New South Wales	2008	2014
NNSW Waratahs[35]	New South Wales	2008	2019
Singapore[36] [37]	Singapore	2009	2010
Tasmanian Spirit[38] [39]	Tasmania	2008	2015
Tasmanian Magpies	Tasmania	2017	2019
Victorian Flames[40] [41] [42] [43]	Victoria	2013	2014
ANC Collingwood Magpies	Victoria	2022	2023

Grand Finals and MVPs

Australian Netball League

Australian Netball League Grand Finals!Season!Winners!Score!Runners up!Venue!Season MVP(s)

2008	Victorian Fury	56–41	Australian Institute of Sport	Sydney	Narelle Eather (NNSW Blues)
2009	Victorian Fury	46–32	Australian Institute of Sport	Brisbane Covention & Exhibition Centre	Kathleen Knott (Victorian Fury)
2010[44]	Victorian Fury	54–47	NNSW Waratahs	Waverley Netball Centre	Amorette Wild (NNSW Waratahs)
2011	NNSW Waratahs	55–46	Victorian Fury	Waverley Netball Centre	Karyn Bailey (Victorian Fury)
2012[45] [46]	Southern Force	50–36	NNSW Waratahs	Waverley Netball Centre	Kristy Guthrie (NNSW Waratahs)
2013[47] [48]	Victorian Fury	56–51	NNSW Waratahs	Netball SA Stadium	Mwai Kumwenda (Victorian Fury)
2014[49] [50]	Victorian Fury	51–49	Queensland Fusion	Waverley Netball Centre	Ashleigh Brazill (Western Sting) Kristina Brice (NNSW Waratahs)
2015	Victorian Fury	58–46	Southern Force	Waverley Netball Centre	Kate Shimmin (Southern Force)
2016	Victorian Fury	53–46	NNSW Waratahs	Netball Central	Vanessa Mullampy (NNSW Waratahs)
2017[51] [52] [53] [54]	Western Sting	63–47	Victorian Fury	State Netball Centre, Perth	Sophie Garbin (Western Sting)
2018[55] [56] [57]	Tasmanian Magpies	54–53	Canberra Giants	AIS Arena	Rahni Samason (Victorian Fury)
2019	Victorian Fury	54–53	NNSW Waratahs	State Netball Hockey Centre	Emma Ryde (Victorian Fury)

Australian Netball Championships

Australian Netball Championships Grand Finals!Season!Winners!Score!Runners up!Venue!Season MVP(s)

2022	Southern Force	59–57	Victorian Fury	Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium, Traralgon	Hannah Mundy (Victorian Fury)
2023	ANC Collingwood Magpies	57–55	Swifts Academy	Morayfield Sport and Leisure Centre	Emily Andrew (Victorian Fury)
2024	NNSW Waratahs	58–50	Capital Darters	SolarHub ACT Netball Centre	Millie Tonkin (NNSW Waratahs)

Super Netball Reserves

Super Netball Reserves Grand Finals!Season!Winners!Score!Runners up!Venue!Season MVP(s)

2025

West Coast Fever Reserves

67–57

Melbourne Mavericks Reserves

Waverley Netball Centre

Lucy Voyvodic (Adelaide Thunderbirds Futures) Frederika Schneideman (QBE Swifts Academy)

Total premierships per team

Winners	Seasons	Titles	ANL	ANC	SN Reserves
Vixens Academy/Victorian Fury	2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019	8	8	0	0
NNSW Waratahs	2011, 2024	2	1	1	0
Southern Force	2012, 2022	2	1	1	0
West Coast Fever Reserves/Western Sting	2017, 2025	2	1	0	1
Tasmanian Magpies	2018	1	1	0	0
ANC Collingwood Magpies	2023	1	0	1	0

Notes and References

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