2016 Netball Quad Series

The 2016 Netball Quad Series was the second Netball Quad Series series. It was co-hosted by Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand. After the one off 2012 Netball Quad Series, the series was relaunched in 2016. It was initially referred to as the International Netball Super Series. It featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of six netball test matches in August and September 2016.^[1][2][3] With a team coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Clare McMeniman, Australia won the series, securing the title with a 60–55 win against New Zealand.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]} The series was broadcast live on Fox Sports in Australia, on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, on Sky Sport in New Zealand and on SuperSport (South Africa).^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

2016 Netball Quad Series

Tournament details
Host countries	Australia New Zealand
Dates	27 August–4 September 2016
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Australia) Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) Sky Sport (New Zealand) SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Top scorer(s)	Caitlin Bassett  127/141 (90%)
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Squads

Participating teams and rosters

Australia[15]	England[14][16][17]	New Zealand[15][17][18]	South Africa[18][19][20]
Caitlin Bassett April Brandley Sharni Layton Kristiana Manu'a Clare McMeniman (c) Natalie Medhurst Kim Ravaillion Madi Robinson Gabi Simpson Caitlin Thwaites Liz Watson Steph Wood	Ama Agbeze (c) Summer Artman Eleanor Cardwell Jade Clarke Beth Cobden Kadeen Corbin Stacey Francis Jodie Gibson Serena Guthrie Jo Harten Helen Housby Hannah Joseph Laura Malcolm Geva Mentor Natalie Panagarry	Kayla Cullen Ameliaranne Ekenasio Shannon Francois Katrina Grant (c) Phoenix Karaka Laura Langman Bailey Mes Storm Purvis Grace Rasmussen Te Paea Selby-Rickit Jane Watson Maia Wilson	Erin Burger Sigrid Burger Lindie Lombard Izette Lubbe Phumza Maweni Karla Mostert (vc) Bongiwe Msomi (c) Precious Mthembu Lenize Potgieter Renske Juanitta Steyn Renske Stoltz Zanele Vimbela
Coach: Lisa Alexander	Coach: Tracey Neville	Coach: Janine Southby[21]	Coach: Norma Plummer Assistant coach: Nicole Cusack

Debuts and milestones

• On 27 August 2016, Kristiana Manu'a and Steph Wood made their senior debuts for Australia against South Africa.^[22][23][24]
• On 27 August 2016, Te Paea Selby-Rickit and Jane Watson made their senior debuts for New Zealand against England.^{[21][25][26][27]} In the same match, Beth Cobden made her senior debut for England.^[28][29]
• On 31 August 2016, Natalie Panagarry made her senior debut for England against Australia.^[30][31]
• On 4 September 2016, Jade Clarke became the most capped England international netball player of all time as she made her 129th senior appearance against South Africa.^[32][33]

Matches

Round 1

27 August 2016	Australia	68–43	South Africa	Vector Arena
5:00 PM	Caitlin Bassett  28/30 (93%) Caitlin Thwaites  23/23 (100%) Natalie Medhurst  12/16 (75%) Steph Wood  5/6 (83%)	Stats	Lenize Potgieter  30/37 (81%) Renske Stoltz  7/11 (64%) Lindie Lombard  6/9 (67%)

Sources:^[23][24]

27 August 2016	New Zealand	65–39	England	Vector Arena
7:00 PM	Bailey Mes  40/43 (93%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  23/31 (74%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  2/3 (67%)		Jo Harten  25/31 (81%) Eleanor Cardwell  5/11 (45%) Kadeen Corbin  6/10 (60%) Helen Housby  3/5 (60%)

Sources:^{[13][17][21][28][34]}

Round 2

31 August 2016	New Zealand	65–46	South Africa	Claudelands Arena
7:00 PM	Ameliaranne Ekenasio  35/40 (88%) Bailey Mes  30/35 (86%)		Lenize Potgieter  33/38 (87%) Renske Stoltz  11/14 (79%) Lindie Lombard  2/2 (100%)

Sources:^[18][35]

31 August 2016	Australia	66–46	England	Adelaide Entertainment Centre
8:00pm AEST	Caitlin Bassett  46/51 (90%) Natalie Medhurst  11/13 (85%) Caitlin Thwaites  6/7 (86%) Steph Wood  3/4 (75%)	Stats	Jo Harten  28/34 (82%) Kadeen Corbin  10/14 (71%) Helen Housby  5/6 (83%) Eleanor Cardwell  3/5 (60%)

Sources:^[30][31][36]

Round 3

4 September 2016	England	57–44	South Africa	Margaret Court Arena
5:00 PM	Jo Harten  38/42 (90%) Kadeen Corbin  18/24 (75%) Helen Housby  1/1 (100%)	Stats	Lenize Potgieter  24/31 (77%) Renske Stoltz  18/26 (69%) Sigrid Burger  2/4 (50%)

Sources:^{[20][32][33][37]}

4 September 2016	Australia	60–55	New Zealand	Margaret Court Arena
7:00 PM	Caitlin Bassett  53/60 (88%) Natalie Medhurst  7/8 (88%)		Ameliaranne Ekenasio  32/37 (86%) Bailey Mes  23/34 (68%)

Sources:^{[5][6][7][8][15]}

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	%	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	194	144	+50	134.72%	6
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	0	185	145	+40	127.59%	4
3	England	3	1	2	0	142	175	–33	81.14%	2
4	South Africa	3	0	3	0	133	190	–57	70.00%	0