Mareeba mum Charlotte Phillips wins SuperCoach NBL 2025 main prize, a brand-new Mitsubishi Triton GSR

Charlotte Phillips beat the odds, mastering the chaos of parenting while crafting the perfect fantasy basketball strategy to take home the ultimate SuperCoach NBL prize - a brand-new Mitsubishi 4x4.

Far North Queensland mum Charlotte Phillips still can’t believe she is driving a brand new Mitsubishi four-wheel drive as the winner of SuperCoach NBL.

And it wasn’t the only prize the young Mareeba mum-of-three claimed by scoring more points than any other fan in the official NBL fantasy game.

“Everyone going in is aiming for first place, but for me personally I never thought that was possible,” she said after her team, The Cotton Stones, finished the season with 9615 points, ranked No.1 of more than 21,000 entries.

To keep the season interesting, Charlotte and her partner – who is an avid SuperCoach NRL player and convinced her to play last season – came up with a wager.

“Whoever finished higher got a little prize,” she explained.

“If my partner won we would go to Magic Round, if I won I would get a Ninja Creami ice cream machine. That definitely kept me on track and gave me more motivation. I’m hoping I still get that as well!”

Charlotte said the wager was a close battle with her partner also finishing high in the rankings, although she admitted “the second I knew I won I didn’t even check, I should probably ask him”.

“I don’t think he cared, either. He was really proud of me, but also maybe a little bit jealous because he puts so much effort into SuperCoach and this is really my first time playing it seriously.”

Charlotte will drive away in a 2024 Mitsubishi Triton GSR 4x4 Double Cab Pick-Up, valued at more than $60,000.

SuperCoach NBL winner Charlotte Phillips with a 2024 Mitsubishi Triton GSR 4x4 Double Cab Pick-Up.

Phillips, a Bendigo Bank customer service officer with two children under 10 and one less than 12-months-old, said her partner took her to her first NBL game two years ago and she started to support Perth Wildcats superstar Bryce Cotton.

He was a key to her success in SuperCoach, while local stars Taran Armstrong and Sam Waardenburg delivered when it mattered in SuperCoach grand final week.

She hit top spot in the rankings with five rounds to go and hung on to claim the grand prize.

“When I was ranked No.1 it didn’t really hit me, I kept looking at the scores thinking, ‘This can’t be right’,” she said.

“(During the final game) I was on my phone checking the scores non-stop. My kids were really confused why I was so excited.

“I had a lot of luck and everything aligned.”

Originally published as Mareeba mum Charlotte Phillips wins SuperCoach NBL 2025 main prize, a brand-new Mitsubishi Triton GSR