2019 Northern Stars season

The 2019 Northern Stars season saw the Northern Stars netball team compete in the 2019 ANZ Premiership.^[1][2] With a team coached by Kiri Wills, captained by Leana de Bruin and featuring Temepara Bailey, Storm Purvis and Maia Wilson, Stars finished the regular season in third place behind Central Pulse and Southern Steel.^[1][3][4][5] In the elimination final, Stars defeated Steel 53–56.^[6][7][8] However, in the grand final, they lost 52–48 to Pulse, finishing the season in second place overall.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

Northern Stars
2019 season
Head coach	Kiri Wills
Asst. coach	Temepara Bailey
Manager	Dee Leggat
Captain	Leana de Bruin
Main venue	Pulman Arena
Season results
Wins–losses	7–10
Regular season	3rd
Finals placing	ANZ Premiership runners up
Team colours

Players

Player movements

Gains and losses

Gains	Losses
Temepara Bailey[14][15] (retirement) Leana de Bruin[16][17][18] (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Charlee Hodges (Adelaide Thunderbirds) Storm Purvis (Northern Mystics) Mila Reuelu-Buchanan (Central Pulse)	Ama Agbeze[19] (London Pulse) Olivia Coughlan Paula Griffin Fa'amu Ioane (strained medial collateral ligament) Grace Kara[20][21] (pregnancy) Christina Oscar (ACL injury)

Source:^{[1][15][22][23]}

2019 roster

2019 Northern Stars roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Temepara Bailey C, WA (1975-10-23)23 October 1975 (aged 43) 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Kate Burley GK, GD, WD (1997-04-23)23 April 1997 (aged 21) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Kayla Cullen GD, WD, C (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 27) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Leana de Bruin (c) GD, GK (1977-07-09)9 July 1977 (aged 41) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Holly Fowler GD, WD, C (1997-07-18)18 July 1997 (aged 21) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Ellen Halpenny GA, GS (1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 28) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Charlee Hodges GA, GS (1997-09-14)14 September 1997 (aged 21) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Storm Purvis GD, GK (1993-04-20)20 April 1993 (aged 25) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Mila Reuelu-Buchanan WA, C (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 20) 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Maia Wilson GS, GA (1997-09-21)21 September 1997 (aged 21) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Kiri Wills Assistant coach Temepara Bailey Manager: Dee Leggat Performance Analyst: Jessica Souchon Physiotherapist: Sharon Choie Strength and conditioning: Chloe McKenzie Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Source:^{[1][14][22][23]}

Pre-season

Northern Stars participated in the official ANZ Premiership pre-season tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki on February 8–10.

Fri 8 Feb	Southern Steel	63–47	Northern Stars	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
4:00pm

Sat 9 Feb	Central Pulse	64–48	Northern Stars	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
11:00pm

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

Sources:^[24][25][26]

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1

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%)

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%)

Round 2

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

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

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

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

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%)

Source:^[27]

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

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%)

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%)

Round 9

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%)

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%)

Round 11

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%)

Round 12

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%)

Round 13

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 standings

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][28]

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:^[6][7][8]

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:^{[9][10][11][12][13]}