Everything you need to know about the 2025 Super Netball season as Team Girls Cup awarded to Adelaide
The pre-season Team Girls Cup is heading to Adelaide in a nod to South Australia’s standing in the sport after the Thunderbirds’ double premiership success.
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Adelaide has underlined its position as a netball hotspot with the city to host the pre-season Team Girls Cup for the first time on March 14-16.
After the Thunderbirds claimed their second successive Super Netball title in a sold out grand final in the city last July, all eight Super Netball clubs will head to South Australia for the pre-season tournament.
The three-day carnival and associated pre-season meetings and content capture days will bring almost 200 players, officials and league staff into the South Australian capital in a tidy economic windfall for the city.
The Thunderbirds will headline the opening day’s play, taking on the Melbourne Mavericks as former T-Birds assistant coach Tracey Neville returns to Adelaide as the Mavs kick off their second season in the league and a bid for a maiden finals campaign.
West Coast Fever will play the Queensland Firebirds in the competition opener in a battle of Africa’s top shooters, the game pitting Malawi’s Mwai Kumwenda (Fever) against Uganda’s Mary Cholhok (Firebirds) after Kumwenda was named as a maternity leave replacement for legendary Fever goaler Jhaniele Fowler.
Firebirds fans will also get their first look at England import Imogen Allison in that match as well, while the Swifts’ New Zealand star Grace Nweke, arguably the highest-profile debutant in Super Netball this season, will play in the night’s third match against the Melbourne Vixens.
Eight games will be held over a morning and night session on March 15, ahead of the finals on March 16, with all games at Netball SA Stadium.
NA boss Stacey West said the league was thrilled to bring the Team Girls Cup to Adelaide for the first time.
“The tournament is a fantastic opportunity for fans to witness the high level of competition and excitement that Suncorp Super Netball offers,” West said.
“With the Thunderbirds returning as champions and last year’s winners, the NSW Swifts, looking to defend their Suncorp Team Girls Cup title, we are in for a truly exciting tournament.”
The Swifts and Vixens played last year’s final, with the Swifts winning what superstitious minds regard as a “cursed” trophy given no Team Girls Cup winner has gone on to claim the season’s main prize.
Tickets for the tournament go on sale on February 5 for club members and those registered, with the general public able to access the sale on February 6.
Team Girls Cup matches will be broadcast on Kayo Sports and Foxtel, and for the first time, on Binge.
What you need to know about the 2025 Super Netball season
When does the Super Netball season start?
Round 1 will be played on April 5-6, with the 14-game regular season finishing on the weekend of July 12-13.
Finals will be held over the following three weeks, with the grand final to be played in the first weekend of August.
Teams update
Adelaide Thunderbirds
Last year: Premiers
Coach: Tania Obst
In: Kayla Graham (elevated training partner)
Out: Laura Scherian (retired)
Likely starting seven: Romelda Aiken-George (GS), Lauren Frew (GA), Georgie Horjus (WA), Tayla Williams (C), Latanya Wilson (WD), Matilda Garrett (GD), Shamera Sterling-Humphrey (GK)
Training partners: Sophie Casey, Tabitha Packer, Lucy Voyvodic, Charlotte Walker, Molly Watson
Melbourne Vixens
Last year: Grand finalists
Coach: Simone McKinnis
In: None to contracted 10
Out: None to contracted 10
Likely starting seven: Sophie Garbin (GS), Kiera Austin (GA), Hannah Mundy (WA), Kate Moloney (C), Kate Eddy (WD), Jo Weston (GD), Rudi Ellis (GK)
Training Partners: Maggie Caris, Mia Lavis, Charlotte Sexton, Ruby Shannon, Tara Watson
West Coast Fever
Last year: 3rd
Coach: Dan Ryan
In: Mwai Kumwenda (Vixens/maternity leave), Ruth Aryang (elevated from nominated player ‘24)
Out: Kelsey Browne (Fever training partner), Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard (maternity leave)
Likely starting seven: Mwai Kumwenda (GS), Shanice Beckford (GA), Alice Teague-Neeld (WA), Jess Anstiss (C), Sunday Aryang (WD), Fran Williams (GD), Kadie-Ann Dehaney (GK)
Nominated player: Zoe Cransberg
Training partners: Kelsey Browne, Georgie Cleaver, Zoe Cransberg, Emma Putt
Sunshine Coast Lightning
Last year: 4th
Coach: Belinda Reynolds
In: None to contracted 10
Out: None to contracted 10
Likely starting seven: Cara Koenen (GS), Steph Fretwell (GA), Liz Watson (WA), Leesa Mi Mi (C), Ava Black (WD), Courtney Bruce (GD), Ash Ervin (GK)
Training partners: Baylee Boyd, Rylee Burns, Lachlan Carter, Jada Delaney, Shannon Eagland, Maddie Hinchliffe, James Schmarr, Nat Sligar, Jordan Webb
Melbourne Mavericks
Last year: 5th
Coach: Tracey Neville
In: Sasha Glasgow (returns from injury), Lauren Moore (returns from injury), Shimona Jok (elevated from training partner)
Out: Gabby Sinclair (Birmingham, Netball Super League), Rolene Streutker (Nottingham, NSL), Kristiana Manu’a (’24 replacement player now training partner)
Likely starting seven: Eleanor Cardwell (GS), Sasha Glasgow (GA), Maisie Nankivell (WA), Molly Jovic (C), Amy Parmenter (WD), Kim Jenner (GD), Olivia Lewis (GK)
Training partners: Nyah Allen, Jessie Grenvold, Montana Holmes, Kristiana Manu’a, Uneeq Palavi
NSW Swifts
Last year: 6th
Coach: Briony Akle
In: Grace Nweke (ANZ Premiership, New Zealand), Sharni Lambden (Vixens), Verity Simmons (AFL)
Out: Maddy Proud (maternity Leave), Uneeq Palavi (replacement player), Lili Gorman-Brown (training partner)
Likely starting seven: Grace Nweke (GS), Helen Housby (GA), Paige Hadley (WA), Verity Simmons (C), Maddy Turner (WD), Sarah Klau (GD), Teigan O’Shannassy (GK)
Training partners: Jess Conlan, Lilli-Gorman Brown, Freddie Schneideman, Elle Temu, Grace Whyte
Queensland Firebirds
Last year: 7th
Coach: Kiri Wills (Stars, ANZ Premiership New Zealand)
In: Mary Cholhok (Loughborough, NSL), Imogen Allison (Manchester NSL), Ash Barnett (Firebirds Futures)
Out: Donnell Wallam (ANZ Premiership, NZ), Emi Kamo (ANZ Premiership), Kim Ravaillion (retired)
Likely starting seven: Mary Cholhok (GS), Tippah Dwan (GA), Macy Gardner (WA), Imogen Allison (C), Hulita Veve (WD), Ruby Bakewell-Doran (GD), Isabelle Shearer (GK)
Training partners: Sasha Flegler, Lily Gribble, Abigail Latu-Meafou, Lillyana Rennie, Maddi Ridley, Elsa Sif-Sandholt, Kirra Tappenden
Giants Netball
Last year: 8th
Coach: Julie Fitzgerald
In: Gina Crampton (ex Silver Ferns elevated training partner)
Out: Sam Winders
Likely starting seven: Jo Harten (GS), Sophie Dwyer (GA), Maddie Hay (WA), Gina Crampton (C), Jamie-Lee Price (WD), Jodi-Ann Price (GD), Tilly McDonell (GK)
Training partners: Kelea Iongi, Monika Otai, Hope White
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