2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September)

The second 2017 Netball Quad Series was the fourth Netball Quad Series series. It was co-hosted by Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand. It featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of six netball test matches in August and September 2017. It was the second of two Netball Quad Series' played in 2017. The first series was played in January and February.^[1][2][3] In Round 2, England defeated New Zealand 49–45. It was only their fifth victory over New Zealand in 88 meetings.^[4][5] In Round 3, South Africa defeated England 54–51. It was the first time South Africa had won a Netball Quad Series match and it was their biggest win over England since 1997.^[6][7] With a team coached by Janine Southby and captained by Katrina Grant, New Zealand won their first Quad series, securing the title with a 57–47 win over Australia.^{[8][9][10][11]}

2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September)

Tournament details
Host countries	Australia New Zealand
Dates	26 August–3 September 2017
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Nine/9Gem (Australia) Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) Sky Sport (New Zealand) SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Top scorer(s)	Lenize Potgieter  126/138 (91%)
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The series was broadcast live on Nine/9Gem in Australia,^[12][13] on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland,^[4] on Sky Sport in New Zealand^[14] and on SuperSport (South Africa).^[15]

Squads

Participating teams and rosters

Australia[16][17][18][19]	England[5][17][20]	New Zealand[5][19][21]	South Africa[18][22]
Caitlin Bassett (c)[13] April Brandley Courtney Bruce Emily Mannix Tegan Philip Kim Ravaillion Madison Robinson Gabi Simpson Caitlin Thwaites Gretel Tippett Liz Watson Jo Weston	Ama Agbeze (c) Sara Bayman Eboni Beckford-Chambers Eleanor Cardwell Jade Clarke (vc) Beth Cobden Kadeen Corbin Stacey Francis Jodie Gibson Serena Guthrie Jo Harten (vc) Natalie Haythornthwaite Helen Housby Geva Mentor Chelsea Pitman	Gina Crampton Monica Falkner Shannon Francois Katrina Grant (c) Kelly Jury Phoenix Karaka Bailey Mes Te Paea Selby-Rickit Samantha Sinclair Whitney Souness Maria Tutaia Jane Watson Maia Wilson	Erin Burger Maryka Holtzhausen Danelle Lochner Rochelle Loubser Phumza Maweni Karla Mostert (vc) Bongiwe Msomi (c) Precious Mthembu Nadia Uys Pienaar Lenize Potgieter Ine-Marí Venter Zanele Vimbela
Coach: Lisa Alexander	Coach: Tracey Neville[5]	Coach: Janine Southby	Coach: Elsje Jordaan[15]

Debuts

• On 26 August 2017, Courtney Bruce made her senior debut for Australia against England.^[23]
• On 26 August 2017, Whitney Souness made her senior debut for New Zealand against South Africa.^[24][25]

Matches

Round 1

26 August 2017	Australia	54–50	England	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
3:00 PM	Caitlin Bassett  43/46 (93%) Gretel Tippett  7/9 (78%) Tegan Philip  4/5 (80%)		Helen Housby  30/34 (88%) Kadeen Corbin  20/25 (80%)

Sources:^[17][23]

26 August 2017	New Zealand	63–56	South Africa	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
5:00 PM	Bailey Mes  35/36 (97%) Maria Tutaia  28/34 (82%)	Stats	Lenize Potgieter  43/49 (88%) Maryka Holtzhausen  13/20 (65%)

Sources:^[24][25]

Round 2

30 August 2017	Australia	58–52	South Africa	AIS Arena
7:30 PM	Caitlin Thwaites  30/33 (91%) Gretel Tippett  16/20 (80%) Caitlin Bassett  7/7 (100%) Tegan Philip  5/8 (63%)		Lenize Potgieter  40/44 (91%) Maryka Holtzhausen  12/14 (86%)

Sources:^[18][26]

30 August 2017	New Zealand	45–49	England	The Trusts Arena
7:30 PM	Bailey Mes  28/33 (85%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/21 (81%)	Stats	Helen Housby  26/32 (81%) Kadeen Corbin  23/30 (77%)

Sources:^[4][5]

Round 3

3 September 2017	South Africa	54–51	England	ILT Stadium Southland
2:00 PM	Lenize Potgieter  43/45 (96%) Maryka Holtzhausen  11/15 (73%)	Stats	Helen Housby  26/29 (90%) Jo Harten  15/18 (83%) Kadeen Corbin  10/13 (77%)

Sources:^{[6][7][11][27]}

3 September 2017	Australia	57–47	New Zealand	ILT Stadium Southland
4:00 PM	Te Paea Selby-Rickit  35/41 (85%) Bailey Mes  17/18 (94%) Maia Wilson  5/5 (100%)		Caitlin Bassett  22/24 (92%) Tegan Philip  11/12 (92%) Caitlin Thwaites  10/11 (91%) Gretel Tippett  4/5 (80%)

Sources:^{[8][9][10][11][19]}

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	%	Pts
1	New Zealand	3	2	1	165	152	+13	108.55%	4
2	Australia	3	2	1	159	159	0	100.00%	4
3	England	3	1	2	150	153	–3	98.04%	2
4	South Africa	3	1	2	162	172	–10	94.19%	2