2017 Constellation Cup

The 2017 Constellation Cup was the 8th Constellation Cup series played between Australia and New Zealand. The series featured four netball test matches, played in October 2017. The Australia team was coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Caitlin Bassett. New Zealand were coached by Janine Southby and captained by Katrina Grant. Australia won all four tests to win the series 4–0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

2017 Constellation Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Australia New Zealand
Dates	5–14 October 2017
Final positions
Champions	Australia (7th title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Top scorer(s)	Caitlin Bassett  138/150 (92%)
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Squads

Australia

Australia roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Caitlin Bassett (c) GS (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 29) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Sunshine Coast Lightning April Brandley GK, GD (1990-04-19)19 April 1990 (aged 27) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Collingwood Magpies Courtney Bruce GD, GA (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 23) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) West Coast Fever Caitlyn Nevins WA, C (1987-06-01)1 June 1987 (aged 30) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Queensland Firebirds Susan Pettitt GA, GS (1984-03-23)23 March 1984 (aged 33) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Giants Netball Emily Mannix GK, GD (1994-04-16)16 April 1994 (aged 23) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Vixens Kate Moloney C, WD (1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 24) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Melbourne Vixens Kim Ravaillion C, WD, WA (1993-07-26)26 July 1993 (aged 24) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Collingwood Magpies Gabi Simpson WD, GD, C (1992-10-17)17 October 1992 (aged 24) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Queensland Firebirds Caitlin Thwaites GS, GA (1986-12-29)29 December 1986 (aged 30) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Collingwood Magpies Liz Watson C, WA (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 (aged 23) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Melbourne Vixens Jo Weston GD, WD, GK (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (aged 23) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Vixens Stephanie Wood GA, WA (1991-11-28)28 November 1991 (aged 25) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Sunshine Coast Lightning	Head coach Lisa Alexander Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Notes

• Sharni Layton and Madison Robinson were included in the squad announced in June 2017. However, Layton withdrew and Robinson was dropped from the final squad.^[7][8]

Milestones

• Caitlin Bassett scored her 2000th international goal in the second test on 8 October 2017.^[9]

Sources:^{[7][10][11][12]}

New Zealand

New Zealand roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Gina Crampton WA, C (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 25) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Southern Steel Kayla Cullen GD, WD, C (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 25) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Northern Stars Shannon Francois WA, C, GA (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 26) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Southern Steel Temalisi Fakahokotau GD, WD, GK (1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 23) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Mainland Tactix Katrina Grant (c) GK, GD, WD (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 (aged 30) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Central Pulse Kelly Jury GK, GD (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 20) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Bailey Mes GS, GA (1989-05-27)27 May 1989 (aged 28) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Mystics Samantha Sinclair C, WA, WD (1995-06-05)5 June 1995 (aged 22) 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Te Paea Selby-Rickit GS, GA (1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 25) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Southern Steel Whitney Souness C, WA (1995-11-12)12 November 1995 (aged 21) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Central Pulse Maria Tutaia (vc) GA, GS (1987-02-18)18 February 1987 (aged 30) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Mystics Jane Watson GK, GD, WD (1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 27) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Southern Steel Maia Wilson GS (1997-09-21)21 September 1997 (aged 20) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Stars	Head coach Janine Southby Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

Umpires

Umpire	Association
Jackie Mizon	England
Kate Stephenson[15]	England
Joan Catherine Yano	Singapore

Sources:^[10][16][17]

Matches

First test

5 October 2017	Stats	New Zealand	54–57	Australia		Spark Arena Umpires: Kate Stephenson (England) Jackie Mizon (England)
		Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 25–29, 38–42, 54–57
		Maria Tutaia  31/37 (84%) Bailey Mes  23/23 (100%)		Caitlin Bassett  39/43 (91%) Susan Pettitt  10/14 (71%) Stephanie Wood  8/8 (100%)

Sources:^{[10][11][18][19][20]}

Second test

8 October 2017 14.15[10]	Stats	New Zealand	52–60	Australia		Horncastle Arena
		Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 26–29, 39–44, 52–60
		Maria Tutaia  26/29 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  16/19 (84%) Bailey Mes  10/13 (77%)		Caitlin Bassett  40/44 (91%) Susan Pettitt  8/9 (89%) Stephanie Wood  12/14 (86%)

Sources:^[9][21][22]

Third test

11 October 2017 19:00	Stats	Australia	55–43	New Zealand		Titanium Security Arena Attendance: 5,000
		Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 30–19, 38–34, 55–43
		Caitlin Bassett  29/31 (94%) Stephanie Wood  14/18 (78%) Caitlin Thwaites  10/13 (77%) Susan Pettitt  2/2 (100%)		Maria Tutaia  16/20 (80%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  11/15 (73%) Bailey Mes  16/17 (94%)

Sources:^[2][3][23]

Fourth test

14 October 2017	Stats	Australia	58–42	New Zealand		Qudos Bank Arena Attendance: 10,861
		Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 26–22, 40–31, 58–42
		Caitlin Thwaites  30/32 (94%) Stephanie Wood  15/20 (75%) Caitlin Bassett  9/12 (75%) Susan Pettitt  4/6 (67%)		Te Paea Selby-Rickit  24/28 (86%) Maria Tutaia  12/16 (75%) Maia Wilson  5/6 (83%) Bailey Mes  1/3 (33%)

Sources:^{[4][5][6][12]}