2019 ANZ Premiership season

The 2019 ANZ Premiership season was the third season of Netball New Zealand's ANZ Premiership.^[1][2] With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Grant and featuring Karin Burger, Aliyah Dunn, Ameliaranne Ekenasio and Sulu Fitzpatrick, Central Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers.^[3][4][5] In the grand final, Pulse defeated Northern Stars 52–48, winning their first premiership.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

2019 ANZ Premiership season
League	ANZ Premiership
Sport	Netball
Duration	24 February–2 June 2019
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Minor Premiers	Central Pulse
Season MVP	Gina Crampton (Southern Steel)
Top scorer	Maia Wilson (Northern Stars)
Finals
Champions	Central Pulse
Runners-up	Northern Stars

Transfers

Player	2018 team	2019 team
Sophia Fenwick[11]	NNL Mainland	Mainland Tactix
Kristina Brice[12]	Giants Netball	Northern Mystics
Erena Mikaere[13][14][15]	Sunshine Coast Lightning	Northern Mystics
Leana de Bruin[16][17][18]	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Northern Stars
Charlee Hodges	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Northern Stars
Storm Purvis	Northern Mystics	Northern Stars
Mila Reuelu-Buchanan	Central Pulse	Northern Stars
Lenize Potgieter[19]	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Southern Steel
Abigail Latu-Meafou[20]	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
Ama Agbeze[21]	Northern Stars	London Pulse
Maria Folau[22][23][24]	Northern Mystics	Adelaide Thunderbirds

Source:^[1][25][26]

Head coaches and captains

Team	Head coach	Captain
Central Pulse[4]	Yvette McCausland-Durie	Katrina Grant
Mainland Tactix	Marianne Delaney-Hoshek[27]	Jane Watson[28][29][30]
Northern Mystics	Helene Wilson[31]	Phoenix Karaka[32]
Northern Stars[33]	Kiri Wills	Leana de Bruin
Southern Steel	Reinga Bloxham[34][35]	Gina Crampton Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit[36]
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic[37]	Amigene Metcalfe	Casey Kopua

Source:^[1][2]

Pre-season

The official pre-season tournament was held at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki on February 8–10, with all six teams competing.^[38]

Day 1

Fri 8 Feb	Central Pulse	64–45	Mainland Tactix
11:00am

Fri 8 Feb	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	64–39	Northern Mystics
1:00pm

Fri 8 Feb	Southern Steel	63–47	Northern Stars
4:00pm

Fri 8 Feb	Central Pulse	36–27	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
6:00 pm

Sources:^[39][40]

Day 2

Sat 9 Feb	Central Pulse	64–48	Northern Stars
11:00pm

Sat 9 Feb	Southern Steel	58–56	Northern Mystics
1:00 pm

Sat 9 Feb	Mainland Tactix	62–53	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
4:00 pm

Sat 9 Feb	Central Pulse	42–29	Northern Mystics
6:00 pm

Source:^[41]

Day 3

Sun 10 Feb	Northern Stars	62–51	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
9:00am

Sun 10 Feb	Mainland Tactix	67–50	Northern Mystics
11:00am

Sun 10 Feb	Central Pulse	59–52	Southern Steel
1:00 pm

Sources:^[42][43]

Regular season

Round 1

The season was brought forward by two months to ensure it did not clash with the 2019 Netball World Cup.^[44] It began with a Super Sunday event hosted by Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.^[45]

Sun 24 Feb	Southern Steel	64–66	Northern Stars	Claudelands Arena
2:10 pm	Lenize Potgieter  27/30 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  23/31 (74%) Jennifer O'Connell  14/15 (93%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  51/57 (89%) Ellen Halpenny  14/16 (88%) Charlee Hodges  1/1 (100%)

Sun 24 Feb	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	42–48	Mainland Tactix	Claudelands Arena
4:10 pm	Monica Falkner  22/30 (73%) Abigail Latu-Meafou  20/25 (80%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  40/41 (98%) Kate Beveridge  8/9 (89%)

Sun 24 Feb	Northern Mystics	39–62	Central Pulse	Claudelands Arena
6:10 pm	Kristina Brice  18/21 (86%) Bailey Mes  15/24 (63%) Jamie Hume  6/9 (67%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  37/40 (93%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  22/29 (76%) Tiana Metuarau  3/5 (60%)

Mon 25 Feb	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	57–51	Northern Stars	Claudelands Arena
7:40 pm	Abigail Latu-Meafou  34/37 (92%) Monica Falkner  23/27 (85%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  35/41 (85%) Ellen Halpenny  10/14 (71%) Charlee Hodges  6/7 (86%)

Tue 26 Feb	Mainland Tactix	46–66	Southern Steel	Horncastle Arena
7:40 pm	Ellie Bird  29/33 (88%) Kate Beveridge  13/17 (76%) Brooke Leaver  4/7 (57%)	Report Stats	Lenize Potgieter  39/42 (93%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  11/18 (61%) Georgia Heffernan  8/12 (67%) Jennifer O'Connell  8/9 (89%)

Round 2

Sat 2 Mar	Northern Mystics	48–67	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena
4:10 pm	Bailey Mes  25/28 (89%) Jamie Hume  23/31 (74%)	Report Stats	Lenize Potgieter  48/53 (91%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  14/25 (56%) Jennifer O'Connell  5/8 (63%)

Mon 4 Mar	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	37–43	Central Pulse	Energy Events Centre
7:40 pm	Monica Falkner  16/21 (76%) Abigail Latu-Meafou  12/15 (80%) Kelsey McPhee  9/14 (64%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  25/26 (96%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  18/26 (69%)

Wed 6 Mar	Northern Stars	65–46	Mainland Tactix	Pulman Arena
7:40 pm	Maia Wilson  51/55 (93%) Ellen Halpenny  14/18 (78%) Charlee Hodges  0/1 (0%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  36/39 (92%) Brooke Leaver  5/6 (83%) Kate Beveridge  5/7 (71%)

Round 3

Sun 10 Mar	Central Pulse	52–40	Mainland Tactix	Fly Palmy Arena
4:10 pm	Aliyah Dunn  41/45 (91%) Tiana Metuarau  11/14 (79%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  28/31 (90%) Kate Beveridge  8/10 (80%) Brooke Leaver  4/7 (57%)

Mon 11 Mar	Southern Steel	73–53	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Stadium Southland
7:40 pm	Lenize Potgieter  39/43 (91%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/25 (68%) Jennifer O'Connell  17/18 (94%)	Report Stats	Abigail Latu-Meafou  24/30 (80%) Kelsey McPhee  18/20 (90%) Monica Falkner  11/13 (85%)

Wed 13 Mar	Northern Stars	55–49	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena
7:40 pm	Maia Wilson  40/48 (83%) Ellen Halpenny  11/16 (69%) Charlee Hodges  4/6 (67%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  27/33 (82%) Bailey Mes  10/17 (59%) Jamie Hume  8/17 (47%) Kristina Brice  4/6 (67%)

Round 4

Sun 17 Mar	Northern Mystics	34–42	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Eventfinda Stadium
4:10 pm	Grace Nweke  14/16 (88%) Bailey Mes  14/20 (70%) Jamie Hume  6/14 (43%)	Report Stats	Abigail Latu-Meafou  18/24 (75%) Monica Falkner  17/23 (74%) Kelsey McPhee  7/8 (88%)

Sun 17 Mar	Southern Steel	70–52	Mainland Tactix	Stadium Southland
6:10 pm	Lenize Potgieter  45/51 (88%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  25/30 (83%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  35/37 (95%) Brooke Leaver  17/22 (77%)

Mon 18 Mar	Northern Stars	50–61	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
7:40 pm	Maia Wilson  35/43 (81%) Ellen Halpenny  6/10 (60%) Charlee Hodges  9/12 (75%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  43/45 (96%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  17/25 (68%) Tiana Metuarau  1/2 (50%)

Round 5

Sun 24 Mar	Mainland Tactix	52–48	Northern Mystics	Trafalgar Centre
4:10 pm	Ellie Bird  44/52 (85%) Kate Beveridge  4/6 (67%) Brooke Leaver  4/9 (44%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  32/37 (86%) Bailey Mes  13/22 (59%) Jamie Hume  3/8 (38%)

Mon 25 Mar	Central Pulse	54–50	Southern Steel	TSB Bank Arena
7:40 pm	Ameliaranne Ekenasio  34/37 (92%) Aliyah Dunn  20/23 (87%) Tiana Metuarau  0/3 (0%)	Report Stats	Lenize Potgieter  23/27 (85%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  18/19 (95%) Jennifer O'Connell  9/11 (82%)

Wed 27 Mar	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	47–57	Northern Stars	Trustpower Arena
7:40 pm	Monica Falkner  23/28 (82%) Kelsey McPhee  19/25 (76%) Abigail Latu-Meafou  5/7 (71%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  36/41 (88%) Ellen Halpenny  21/23 (91%)

Round 6

The second Super Sunday event was hosted at The Trusts Arena. There were wins for Northern Stars, Central Pulse and Southern Steel.^[46]

Sun 31 Mar	Central Pulse	48–33	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena
2:10 pm	Ameliaranne Ekenasio  21/26 (81%) Tiana Metuarau  15/20 (75%) Aliyah Dunn  12/12 (100%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  21/22 (95%) Kate Beveridge  10/14 (71%) Brooke Leaver  2/6 (33%)

Sun 31 Mar	Northern Mystics	50–64	Northern Stars	The Trusts Arena
4:10 pm	Grace Nweke  31/42 (74%) Bailey Mes  15/27 (56%) Jamie Hume  4/5 (80%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  42/54 (78%) Ellen Halpenny  12/15 (80%) Charlee Hodges  10/11 (91%)

Sun 31 Mar	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	46–59	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena
6:10 pm	Kelsey McPhee  27/31 (87%) Monica Falkner  11/17 (65%) Abigail Latu-Meafou  8/12 (67%)	Report Stats	Lenize Potgieter  33/41 (80%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  21/28 (75%) Jennifer O'Connell  5/13 (38%)

Mon 1 Apr	Northern Mystics	54–44	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena
7:40 pm	Grace Nweke  33/38 (87%) Bailey Mes  18/22 (82%) Jamie Hume  3/12 (25%)	Report Stats	Kelsey McPhee  26/35 (74%) Monica Falkner  18/23 (78%)

Wed 3 Apr	Central Pulse	68–42	Northern Stars	Te Rauparaha Arena
7:40 pm	Aliyah Dunn  38/41 (93%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  30/34 (88%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  29/36 (81%) Ellen Halpenny  10/12 (83%) Charlee Hodges  3/4 (75%)

Round 7

Sun 7 Apr	Northern Mystics	64–54	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena
4:10 pm	Grace Nweke  48/52 (92%) Bailey Mes  13/21 (62%) Jamie Hume  3/8 (38%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  45/53 (85%) Kate Beveridge  9/11 (82%)

Mon 8 Apr	Northern Stars	42–53	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Pulman Arena
7:40 pm	Maia Wilson  27/36 (75%) Charlee Hodges  13/16 (81%) Ellen Halpenny  2/5 (40%)	Report Stats	Kelsey McPhee  38/45 (84%) Monica Falkner  15/16 (94%)

Wed 10 Apr	Southern Steel	50–66	Central Pulse	More FM Arena
7:40 pm	Lenize Potgieter  33/38 (87%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/22 (77%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  37/37 (100%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  29/34 (85%)

Round 8

Sun 14 Apr	Northern Stars	58–60	Southern Steel	Pulman Arena
4:10 pm	Maia Wilson  39/49 (80%) Charlee Hodges  19/24 (79%)	Report Stats	Lenize Potgieter  22/24 (92%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  21/27 (78%) Jennifer O'Connell  17/24 (71%)

Mon 15 Apr	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	57–50	Mainland Tactix	Claudelands Arena
7:40 pm	Kelsey McPhee  40/46 (87%) Monica Falkner  17/19 (89%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  43/46 (93%) Kate Beveridge  5/10 (50%) Brooke Leaver  2/3 (67%)

Wed 17 Apr	Central Pulse	59–49	Northern Mystics	Te Rauparaha Arena
7:40 pm	Aliyah Dunn  43/47 (91%) Tiana Metuarau  9/11 (82%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  7/9 (78%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  24/30 (80%) Bailey Mes  20/25 (80%) Jamie Hume  5/5 (100%)

Round 9

Sun 21 Apr	Central Pulse	54–33	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	TSB Bank Arena
4:10 pm	Aliyah Dunn  30/32 (94%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  22/32 (69%) Tiana Metuarau  2/3 (67%)	Report Stats	Monica Falkner  18/24 (75%) Kelsey McPhee  8/11 (73%) Abigail Latu-Meafou  4/7 (57%) Khiarna Williams  3/3 (100%)

Tue 23 Apr	Mainland Tactix	49–46	Northern Stars	Horncastle Arena
7:40 pm	Ellie Bird  37/43 (86%) Kate Beveridge  12/15 (80%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  19/26 (73%) Ellen Halpenny  18/21 (86%) Charlee Hodges  9/13 (69%)

Wed 24 Apr	Southern Steel	66–60	Northern Mystics	More FM Arena
7:40 pm	Lenize Potgieter  49/56 (88%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/22 (77%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  40/45 (89%) Bailey Mes  16/21 (76%) Jamie Hume  4/8 (50%)

Round 10

Sun 28 Apr	Northern Stars	53–52	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena
4:10 pm	Maia Wilson  36/45 (80%) Ellen Halpenny  17/21 (81%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  29/37 (78%) Bailey Mes  21/26 (81%) Jamie Hume  2/6 (33%)

Mon 29 Apr	Mainland Tactix	44–62	Central Pulse	Horncastle Arena
7:40 pm	Ellie Bird  39/42 (93%) Kate Beveridge  4/8 (50%) Brooke Leaver  1/1 (100%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  36/38 (95%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  26/31 (84%) Tiana Metuarau  0/1 (0%)

Wed 1 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	48–63	Southern Steel	Claudelands Arena
7:40 pm	Kelsey McPhee  28/38 (74%) Abigail Latu-Meafou  12/14 (86%) Monica Falkner  8/10 (80%)	Report Stats	Lenize Potgieter  39/44 (89%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  22/27 (81%) Georgia Heffernan  2/4 (50%)

Round 11

The third Super Sunday was hosted at Stadium Southland. There were wins for Central Pulse, Southern Steel and Mainland Tactix.^[47][48]

Sun 5 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	45–53	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland
2:10 pm	Kelsey McPhee  28/38 (74%) Monica Falkner  17/20 (85%)	Report Stats	Ameliaranne Ekenasio  28/37 (76%) Aliyah Dunn  20/24 (83%) Tiana Metuarau  5/7 (71%)

Sun 5 May	Southern Steel	69–58	Northern Mystics	Stadium Southland
4:10 pm	Lenize Potgieter  43/44 (98%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  19/24 (79%) Jennifer O'Connell  5/9 (56%) Georgia Heffernan  2/4 (50%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  31/39 (79%) Bailey Mes  20/22 (91%) Jamie Hume  7/8 (88%)

Sun 5 May	Mainland Tactix	53–48	Northern Stars	Stadium Southland
6:10 pm	Ellie Bird  47/53 (89%) Brooke Leaver  1/1 (100%) Kate Beveridge  1/3 (33%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  37/43 (86%) Ellen Halpenny  11/17 (65%)

Mon 6 May	Southern Steel	62–52	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland
7:40 pm	Lenize Potgieter  45/47 (96%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/21 (81%) Georgia Heffernan  0/3 (0%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  32/34 (94%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  20/26 (77%)

Wed 8 May	Northern Mystics	69–57	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena
7:40 pm	Grace Nweke  56/69 (81%) Bailey Mes  13/17 (76%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  48/50 (96%) Kate Beveridge  9/12 (75%) Brooke Leaver  0/1 (0%)

Round 12

Sun 12 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	61–52	Northern Mystics	Claudelands Arena
4:10 pm	Kelsey McPhee  47/55 (85%) Monica Falkner  14/20 (70%) Abigail Latu-Meafou  0/1 (0%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  37/49 (76%) Bailey Mes  15/19 (79%)

Mon 13 May	Central Pulse	68–42	Northern Stars	TSB Bank Arena
7:40 pm	Aliyah Dunn  28/34 (82%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  33/37 (89%) Tiana Metuarau  7/9 (78%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  32/40 (80%) Charlee Hodges  7/12 (58%) Ellen Halpenny  3/10 (30%)

Wed 15 May	Mainland Tactix	56–64	Southern Steel	Horncastle Arena
7:40 pm	Ellie Bird  45/56 (80%) Kate Beveridge  8/10 (80%) Brooke Leaver  3/5 (60%)	Report Stats	Lenize Potgieter  44/48 (92%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  20/21 (95%)

Round 13

Sun 19 May	Mainland Tactix	60–48	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Horncastle Arena
4:10 pm	Ellie Bird  42/46 (91%) Kate Beveridge  18/25 (72%)	Report Stats	Kelsey McPhee  24/29 (83%) Monica Falkner  16/19 (84%) Abigail Latu-Meafou  8/12 (67%)

Mon 20 May	Northern Mystics	60–54	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
7:40 pm	Grace Nweke  47/58 (81%) Bailey Mes  13/19 (68%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  39/44 (89%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  9/17 (53%) Tiana Metuarau  6/9 (67%)

Wed 22 May	Southern Steel	63–46	Northern Stars	Stadium Southland
7:40 pm	Lenize Potgieter  28/32 (88%) Jennifer O'Connell  18/22 (82%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/23 (74%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  33/43 (77%) Charlee Hodges  12/16 (75%) Ellen Halpenny  1/2 (50%)

Final ladder

2019 ANZ Premiership ladder v t e
Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
1	Central Pulse	15	13	2	856	676	180	126.6	0	39
2	Southern Steel	15	12	3	946	809	137	116.9	2	38
3	Northern Stars	15	6	9	785	840	-55	93.5	3	21
4	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	5	10	713	793	-80	89.9	0	15
5	Mainland Tactix	15	5	10	740	849	-109	87.2	0	15
6	Northern Mystics	15	4	11	786	859	-73	91.5	2	14

  Qualified for Grand final
  Qualified for Elimination final

Source:^[5][49]

Finals Series

Elimination final

Wed 29 May 7.40pm	Report Stats	Southern Steel	53–56	Northern Stars		Stadium Southland	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 30–27, 41–43, 53–56
		Lenize Potgieter  39/42 (93%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  11/18 (61%) Jennifer O'Connell  3/5 (60%)		Maia Wilson  43/45 (96%) Charlee Hodges  13/18 (72%)

Sources:^[50][51][52]

Grand final

Mon 3 Jun 2.00pm		Central Pulse	52–48	Northern Stars		Te Rauparaha Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 27–25, 40–34, 52–48
		Aliyah Dunn  40/43 (93%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  12/19 (63%)		Maia Wilson  34/41 (83%) Charlee Hodges  14/20 (70%)

Sources:^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Award winners

New Zealand Netball Awards

Award	Winner	Team
ANZ Premiership Player of the Year	Gina Crampton	Southern Steel
ANZ Premiership Coach of the Year	Yvette McCausland-Durie	Central Pulse

Sources:^{[2][53][54][55][56]}

Team of the season

Brendon Egan selected Stuff's team of the season.

Position	Player	Team
GS	Lenize Potgieter	Southern Steel
GA	Ameliaranne Ekenasio	Central Pulse
WA	Gina Crampton	Southern Steel
C	Claire Kersten	Central Pulse
WD	Karin Burger	Central Pulse
GD	Katrina Rore	Central Pulse
GK	Jane Watson	Mainland Tactix
Coach	Yvette McCausland-Durie	Central Pulse

Sources:^[57]

Season statistics

Best of each team

Goal Shooters (by %)
Pos.	Player	Team	Goals (%)
1	Aliyah Dunn	Central Pulse	521/565 (92%)
2	Lenize Potgieter	Southern Steel	596/662 (90%)
3	Ellie Bird	Mainland Tactix	579/644 (90%)
4	Maia Wilson	Northern Stars	619/743 (83%)
5	Grace Nweke	Northern Mystics	449/545 (82%)
6	Kelsey McPhee	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	319/395 (81%)

Defensive Rebounds
Pos.	Player	Team	D/Reb.
1	Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit	Southern Steel	37
2	Sulu Fitzpatrick	Central Pulse	35
3	Jane Watson	Mainland Tactix	30
4	Kelly Jury	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	27
5	Erena Mikaere	Northern Mystics	22
6	Leana de Bruin	Northern Stars	19

Intercepts
Pos.	Player	Team	Inter.
1	Karin Burger	Central Pulse	41
2	Jane Watson	Mainland Tactix	40
3	Kelly Jury	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	37
4	Erena Mikaere	Northern Mystics	35
5	Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit	Southern Steel	32
6	Storm Purvis	Northern Stars	24

Centre Pass Receives
Pos.	Player	Team	CPR
1	Whitney Souness	Central Pulse	370
2	Gina Crampton	Southern Steel	364
3	Mila Reuelu-Buchanan	Northern Stars	299
4	Bailey Mes	Northern Mystics	276
5	Samon Nathan	Mainland Tactix	263
6	Simmon Howe	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	220

Deflections
Pos.	Player	Team	Def
1	Leana de Bruin	Northern Stars	99
2	Jane Watson	Mainland Tactix	96
3=	Kelly Jury	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	79
3=	Karin Burger	Central Pulse	79
4	Erena Mikaere	Northern Mystics	68
5	Abby Erwood	Southern Steel	52

Source:^[58]