2023 ANZ Premiership season

The 2023 ANZ Premiership season was the seventh season of Netball New Zealand's ANZ Premiership.^[1][2] With a team coached by Tia Winikerei, captained by Sulu Fitzpatrick and featuring Phoenix Karaka, Grace Nweke, Michaela Sokolich-Beatson and Peta Toeava, Northern Mystics won their second title.^[3][4][5][6] Mystics finished the regular season as minor premiers, finishing above Central Pulse and Northern Stars.^[6][7][8] In the Elimination final, Stars defeated Pulse 53–52.^[9][10] Mystics then defeated Stars 74–56 in the Grand final.^[3][4][5]

2023 ANZ Premiership season
League	ANZ Premiership
Sport	Netball
Duration	4 March – 4 June 2023
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Minor premiers	Northern Mystics
Season MVP	Maddy Gordon
Top scorer	Grace Nweke (Northern Mystics)
Finals
Champions	Northern Mystics
Runners-up	Northern Stars

Transfers

Player	2022 team	2023 team
Fa'amu Ioane[11][12]	Northern Mystics	Central Pulse
Joyce Mvula[11][13][14][15]	Manchester Thunder	Central Pulse
Ainsleyana Puleiata	Central Manawa	Central Pulse
Aliyah Dunn[16][17][18]	Central Pulse	Mainland Tactix
Vika Koloto[19]	Mainland NNL	Mainland Tactix
Laura Malcolm[20][21]	Manchester Thunder	Mainland Tactix
Greer Sinclair	Northern Stars	Mainland Tactix
Katie Te Ao[22][23]	Waikato Bay of Plenty NNL	Northern Mystics
Kelera Nawai-Caucau[24][25]	Mainland Tactix	Northern Stars
Samon Nathan	Mainland Tactix	Northern Stars
Lisa Putt[26]	Northern Comets	Northern Stars
Eseta Autagavaia[27][28]	Stars/Magic	Southern Steel
Courtney Elliott	Central Pulse	Southern Steel
Samantha Winders[29][30][31][32]	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Southern Steel
Amy Christophers[33][34]	Waikato Bay of Plenty NNL	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
Charlotte Elley[35]	Mainland Tactix	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
Ellie Bird[36]	Mainland Tactix	Leeds Rhinos
Lisa Mather[37]	Northern Stars	Saracens Mavericks
Grace Namana	Northern Mystics	Severn Stars
Ali Wilshier[38]	Southern Steel	Team Bath

Source:^[1][2]

Head coaches and captains

Team	Head coach	Captain
Central Pulse	Yvette McCausland-Durie[39]	Kelly Jury Tiana Metuarau[40]
Mainland Tactix	Marianne Delaney-Hoshek[39]	Kimiora Poi[41]
Northern Mystics	Tia Winikerei[5][6][42][43]	Sulu Fitzpatrick[3][4][5][6]
Northern Stars	Kiri Wills[39]	Maia Wilson[41]
Southern Steel	Reinga Bloxham[39]	Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit[44][45]
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Mary-Jane Araroa[39]	Ameliaranne Ekenasio[46]

Source:^[1][2]

Pre-season

Otaki tournament

Central Pulse hosted the official ANZ Premiership tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki between 17 and 19 February. All six ANZ Premiership teams took part. It was the sixth edition of the tournament.^[47]

Day 1

Fri Feb 17	Central Pulse	47–48	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
09:00am

Fri Feb 17	Mainland Tactix	54–50	Northern Mystics
10.30am

Fri Feb 17	Southern Steel	55–37	Northern Stars
12:00pm

Fri Feb 17	Northern Mystics	50–42	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
4.30pm

Fri Feb 17	Central Pulse	39–41	Mainland Tactix
6.00pm

Sources:^[48][49]

Day 2

Sat Feb 18	Central Pulse	48–44	Southern Steel
9:00am

Sat Feb 18	Northern Mystics	48–45	Northern Stars
10.30am

Sat Feb 18	Southern Steel	39–38	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
3:00pm

Sat Feb 18	Mainland Tactix	56–44	Northern Stars
4.30pm

Sat Feb 18	Central Pulse	50–54	Northern Mystics
6:00pm

Sources:^[50][51]

Day 3

Sun Feb 19	Southern Steel	54–42	Northern Mystics
9:00am

Sun Feb 19	Mainland Tactix	52–36	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
10.30am

Sun Feb 19	Central Pulse	46–48	Northern Stars
12:00pm

Sources:^[52][53]

Regular season

Round 1

Sat 4 Mar	Northern Mystics	64–38	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena
7:00PM	Grace Nweke  46/48 (96%) Monica Falkner  12/17 (71%) Filda Vui  6/7 (86%)	Report Stats	Jess Allan  15/19 (79%) Georgia Heffernan  14/19 (74%) Eseta Autagavaia  9/13 (69%)

Sun 5 Mar	Central Pulse	53–52	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Fly Palmy Arena
4:00 PM	Amelia Walmsley  36/39 (92%) Tiana Metuarau  17/19 (89%)	Report Stats	Ameliaranne Ekenasio  27/31 (87%) Bailey Mes  25/30 (83%)

Mon 6 Mar	Northern Stars	49–55	Mainland Tactix	Pulman Arena
7:00 PM	Maia Wilson  34/35 (97%) Amorangi Malesala  12/16 (75%) Jamie Hume  3/7 (43%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  39/44 (89%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  15/18 (83%) Vika Koloto  1/1 (100%)

Round 2

Sat 11 Mar	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	47–66	Northern Stars	Trustpower Arena
4:00PM	Bailey Mes  27/32 (84%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  20/23 (87%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  44/48 (92%) Amorangi Malesala  11/14 (79%) Jamie Hume  11/15 (73%)

Sat 11 Mar	Central Pulse	57–37	Southern Steel	TSB Bank Arena
7:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  42/45 (93%) Tiana Metuarau  13/15 (87%) Joyce Mvula  2/3 (67%)	Report Stats	Georgia Heffernan  20/22 (91%) Jess Allan  13/22 (59%) Meleitia Taupu  4/7 (57%)

Sun 12 Mar	Mainland Tactix	45–54	Northern Mystics	Christchurch Arena
4:00PM	Aliyah Dunn  24/29 (83%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  20/26 (77%) Vika Koloto  1/1 (100%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  46/52 (88%) Monica Falkner  4/7 (57%) Filda Vui  4/4 (100%)

Mon 13 Mar	Northern Stars	74–40	Southern Steel	Pulman Arena
7:00PM	Maia Wilson  59/61 (97%) Amorangi Malesala  6/7 (86%) Jamie Hume  9/13 (69%)	Report Stats	Eseta Autagavaia  19/26 (73%) Georgia Heffernan  15/23 (65%) Jess Allan  6/6 (100%)

Round 3

Sun 19 Mar	Northern Stars	59–51	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
2:00PM	Maia Wilson  41/45 (91%) Jamie Hume  18/24 (75%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  32/37 (86%) Tiana Metuarau  17/20 (85%) Joyce Mvula  2/3 (67%)

Sun 19 Mar	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	57–56	Northern Mystics	Globox Arena
4:00PM	Bailey Mes  28/39 (72%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  29/34 (85%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  39/42 (93%) Filda Vui  13/14 (93%)

Mon 20 Mar	Southern Steel	38–55	Mainland Tactix	Stadium Southland
7:00PM	Saviour Tui  14/17 (82%) Eseta Autagavaia  13/15 (87%) Georgia Heffernan  11/16 (69%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  39/45 (87%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  15/18 (83%) Vika Koloto  1/1 (100%)

Round 4

Sat 25 Mar	Southern Steel	49–54	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Stadium Southland
7:00PM	Saviour Tui  28/31 (90%) Eseta Autagavaia  11/13 (85%) Georgia Heffernan  10/16 (63%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  30/32 (94%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  24/26 (92%)

Sun 26 Mar	Mainland Tactix	50–49	Central Pulse	MainPower Stadium
2:00PM	Aliyah Dunn  33/37 (89%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/20 (85%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  40/45 (89%) Tiana Metuarau  9/12 (75%)

Sun 26 Mar	Northern Mystics	62–59	Northern Stars	The Trusts Arena
4:00PM	Grace Nweke  46/46 (100%) Monica Falkner  15/17 (88%) Filda Vui  1/1 (100%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  32/34 (94%) Amorangi Malesala  19/24 (79%) Jamie Hume  8/14 (57%)

Mon 27 Mar	Mainland Tactix	58–41	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	MainPower Stadium
7:00PM	Aliyah Dunn  43/43 (100%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  14/17 (82%) Vika Koloto  1/3 (33%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  25/27 (93%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  16/20 (80%)

Round 5

Sat 1 Apr	Southern Steel	48–64	Northern Mystics	Edgar Centre
7:00PM	Saviour Tui  22/31 (71%) Eseta Autagavaia  6/7 (86%) Georgia Heffernan  20/29 (69%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  47/48 (98%) Monica Falkner  17/19 (89%) Filda Vui  0/1 (0%)

Sun 2 Apr	Central Pulse	47–48	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Te Rauparaha Arena
2:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  31/38 (82%) Tiana Metuarau  13/15 (87%) Joyce Mvula  3/5 (60%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  30/32 (94%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  18/20 (90%)

Sun 2 Apr	Northern Stars	57–48	Mainland Tactix	Pulman Arena
4:00PM	Maia Wilson  36/38 (95%) Amorangi Malesala  21/25 (84%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  32/34 (94%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  16/19 (84%)

Mon 3 Apr	Central Pulse	51–56	Northern Mystics	Te Rauparaha Arena
7:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  27/34 (79%) Tiana Metuarau  17/18 (94%) Joyce Mvula  7/7 (100%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  45/48 (94%) Monica Falkner  11/12 (92%)

Round 6

Sat 8 Apr	Northern Stars	44–58	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
7:00PM	Maia Wilson  33/35 (94%) Amorangi Malesala  8/10 (80%) Jamie Hume  3/3 (100%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  44/52 (85%) Tiana Metuarau  13/13 (100%) Joyce Mvula  1/1 (100%)

Sun 9 Apr	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	61–62	Northern Mystics	Energy Events Centre
2:00PM	Bailey Mes  36/41 (88%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  25/27 (93%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  50/55 (91%) Monica Falkner  7/8 (88%) Filda Vui  5/6 (83%)

Sun 9 Apr	Mainland Tactix	58–45	Southern Steel	Christchurch Arena
4:00PM	Aliyah Dunn  40/40 (100%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  18/23 (78%)	Report Stats	Eseta Autagavaia  10/13 (77%) Georgia Heffernan  24/28 (86%) Jess Allan  11/13 (85%)

Mon 10 Apr	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	71–57	Northern Stars	Globox Arena
7:00PM	Bailey Mes  54/58 (93%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  17/18 (94%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  37/39 (95%) Amorangi Malesala  9/12 (75%) Jamie Hume  11/11 (100%)

Round 7

Sat 15 Apr	Northern Mystics	53–55	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
4:00PM	Grace Nweke  41/45 (91%) Monica Falkner  11/12 (92%) Filda Vui  1/1 (100%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  36/50 (72%) Tiana Metuarau  17/19 (89%) Joyce Mvula  2/4 (50%)

Sat 15 Apr	Northern Stars	49–47	Southern Steel	Pulman Arena
7:00PM	Maia Wilson  32/37 (86%) Amorangi Malesala  13/15 (87%) Jamie Hume  4/8 (50%)	Report Stats	Saviour Tui  28/31 (90%) Georgia Heffernan  14/17 (82%) Eseta Autagavaia  5/9 (56%)

Sun 16 Apr	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	46–49	Mainland Tactix	Trustpower Arena
4:00PM	Bailey Mes  25/27 (93%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  21/23 (91%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  28/31 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  21/23 (91%)

Mon 17 Apr	Central Pulse	62–38	Southern Steel	TSB Bank Arena
7:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  52/58 (90%) Tiana Metuarau  10/13 (77%)	Report Stats	Saviour Tui  11/13 (85%) Georgia Heffernan  18/23 (78%) Jess Allan  9/10 (90%)

Round 8

Sat 22 Apr	Central Pulse	64–62	Northern Stars	TSB Bank Arena
7:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  53/61 (87%) Tiana Metuarau  11/11 (100%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  42/43 (98%) Amorangi Malesala  20

Sun 23 Apr	Southern Steel	31–50	Mainland Tactix	Edgar Centre
2:00PM	Saviour Tui  16/17 (94%) Georgia Heffernan  13/18 (72%) Jess Allan  2/3 (67%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  31/32 (97%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  19/22 (86%)

Sun 23 Apr	Northern Mystics	60–49	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena
4:00PM	Grace Nweke  50/62 (81%) Filda Vui  10/15 (67%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  24/29 (83%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  25/29 (86%)

Mon 24 Apr	Northern Mystics	77–79	Northern Stars	The Trusts Arena
7:00PM	Grace Nweke  70/75 (93%) Filda Vui  7/11 (64%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  50/54 (93%) Amorangi Malesala  27/32 (84%) Jamie Hume  2/3 (67%)

Round 9

Sat 29 Apr	Southern Steel	43–44	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland
7:00PM	Saviour Tui  31/38 (82%) Georgia Heffernan  12/14 (86%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  25/26 (96%) Tiana Metuarau  13/16 (81%) Joyce Mvula  6/7 (86%)

Sun 30 Apr	Mainland Tactix	77–79	Northern Mystics	Christchurch Arena
2:00PM	Aliyah Dunn Te Paea Selby-Rickit Vika Koloto	Report	Grace Nweke  64/66 (97%) Monica Falkner Filda Vui

Sun 30 Apr	Northern Stars	61–55	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Pulman Arena
4:00PM	Maia Wilson  47/49 (96%) Amorangi Malesala  14/20 (70%) Jamie Hume  0/1 (0%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  30/36 (83%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  25/27 (93%)

Mon 1 May	Mainland Tactix	45–54	Central Pulse	Christchurch Arena
7:00PM	Aliyah Dunn  18/20 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  27/27 (100%) Vika Koloto  0/1 (0%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  45/54 (83%) Tiana Metuarau  9/11 (82%)

Round 10

Sat 6 May	Northern Mystics	65–55	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena
7:00PM	Grace Nweke  53/58 (91%) Filda Vui  12/16 (75%)	Report Stats	Saviour Tui  41/51 (80%) Georgia Heffernan  12/17 (71%) Jess Allan  2/3 (67%)

Sun 7 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	49–50	Central Pulse	Globox Arena
2:00PM	Bailey Mes  25/30 (83%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  24/25 (96%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  37/39 (95%) Tiana Metuarau  13/15 (87%)

Sun 7 May	Mainland Tactix	50–57	Northern Stars	Christchurch Arena
4:00PM	Aliyah Dunn  32/36 (89%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  18/22 (82%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  34/37 (92%) Amorangi Malesala  23/28 (82%)

Mon 8 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	52–45	Southern Steel	Globox Arena
7:00 PM	Bailey Mes  26/28 (93%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  26/28 (93%)	Report Stats	Saviour Tui  34/37 (92%) Georgia Heffernan  9/13 (69%) Jess Allan  2/2 (100%)

Round 11

Sat 13 May	Mainland Tactix	65–56	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	MainPower Stadium
7:00PM	Aliyah Dunn  39/40 (98%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  26/27 (96%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  34/36 (94%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  22/22 (100%)

Sun 14 May	Central Pulse	62–56	Northern Mystics	TSB Bank Arena
4:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  47/57 (82%) Tiana Metuarau  15/15 (100%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  46/51 (90%) Filda Vui  10/15 (67%)

Mon 15 May	Southern Steel	47–58	Northern Stars	Stadium Southland
7:00 PM	Saviour Tui  35/41 (85%) Georgia Heffernan  12/16 (75%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  42/43 (98%) Amorangi Malesala  13/20 (65%) Jamie Hume  3/5 (60%)

Round 12

Sat 20 May	Central Pulse	45–54	Mainland Tactix	TSB Bank Arena
7:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  40/47 (85%) Tiana Metuarau  5/5 (100%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  37/40 (93%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/23 (74%)

Sun 21 May	Northern Stars	63–58	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena
2:00PM	Maia Wilson  33/36 (92%) Amorangi Malesala  25/29 (86%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  52/56 (93%) Filda Vui  11/13 (85%)

Sun 21 May	Southern Steel	52–53	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Stadium Southland
4:00PM	Saviour Tui  41/46 (89%) Georgia Heffernan  11/15 (73%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  23/27 (85%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  30/32 (94%)

Mon 22 May	Northern Mystics	64–61	Mainland Tactix	Eventfinda Stadium
7:00PM	Grace Nweke  59/69 (86%) Filda Vui  5/9 (56%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  32/33 (97%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  29/33 (88%)

Source:^[54]

Final standings

2023 ANZ Premiership ladder v t e
Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
1	Northern Mystics	15	11	4	930	828	102	112.3%	3	36
2	Central Pulse	15	10	5	802	746	56	107.5%	3	33
3	Northern Stars	15	9	6	889	835	54	106.5%	3	30
4	Mainland Tactix	15	9	6	793	760	33	104.3%	1	28
5	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	6	9	791	830	-39	95.3%	4	22
6	Southern Steel	15	0	15	653	859	-206	76.0%	4	4
Last updated: 7 August 2023

  Qualified for Grand final
  Qualified for Elimination final

Source:^[55]

Finals series

Elimination final

28 May 2023		Central Pulse	52–53	Northern Stars		Te Rauparaha Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 29–25, 37–41, 52–53
		Amelia Walmsley  41/45 (91%) Tiana Metuarau  11/13 (85%)		Maia Wilson  36/38 (95%) Amorangi Malesala  17/21 (81%)

Source:^[9][10]

Grand final

4 June 2023		Northern Mystics	74–56	Northern Stars		Globox Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 38–29, 54–45, 74–56
		Grace Nweke  70/73 (96%) Filda Vui  3/5 (60%) Danielle Binks  1/1 (100%)		Maia Wilson  38/42 (90%) Amorangi Malesala  17/21 (81%) Jamie Hume  1/3 (33%)

Source:^[3][4][5]

Awards

New Zealand Netball Awards

Award	Winner	Team
Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award	Kelly Jackson	Central Pulse
ANZ Premiership Coach of the Year	Tia Winikerei	Northern Mystics
ANZ Premiership Player of the Year	Maddy Gordon	Central Pulse
Te Rau Mataaho – ANZ Premiership Players’ Award	Peta Toeava	Northern Mystics
ANZ Premiership Umpire of the Year	Gareth Fowler

Source:^[56]

ANZ Premiership Awards

Award	Winner	Team
Grand Final MVP[6]	Grace Nweke	Northern Mystics

Team of the season

Brendon Egan selected Stuff's team of the season.

All Star Seven

Position	Player	Team
GS	Grace Nweke	Northern Mystics
GA	Ameliaranne Ekenasio	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
WA	Gina Crampton	Northern Stars
C	Maddy Gordon	Central Pulse
WD	Michaela Sokolich-Beatson	Northern Mystics
GD	Karin Burger	Mainland Tactix
GK	Kelly Jury	Central Pulse

Bench

Positions	Player	Team
GS	Maia Wilson	Northern Stars
WA, C	Whitney Souness	Central Pulse
WD, C, WA	Kate Heffernan	Southern Steel
GK, GD	Phoenix Karaka	Northern Mystics
GK, GD	Elle Temu	Northern Stars

Source:^[57]

Season statistics

Goal Shooters (by Goals Scored)
Pos.	Player	Team	Goals (%)
1	Grace Nweke	Northern Mystics	825/894 (92%)
2	Maia Wilson	Northern Stars	669/713 (94%)
3	Amelia Walmsley	Central Pulse	627/727 (86%)
4	Aliyah Dunn	Mainland Tactix	502/542 (93%)
5	Bailey Mes	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	442/504 (88%)
6	Ameliaranne Ekenasio	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	349/385 (91%)
7	Saviour Tui	Southern Steel	302/354 (85%)
8	Te Paea Selby-Rickit	Mainland Tactix	286/337 (85%)
9	Amorangi Malesala	Northern Stars	256/320 (80%)
10	Georgia Heffernan	Southern Steel	214/285 (75%)

Centre Pass Receives
Pos.	Player	Team	CPR
1	Whitney Souness	Central Pulse	471
2	Gina Crampton	Northern Stars	364
3	Simmon Wilbore	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	317
4	Peta Toeava	Northern Mystics	297
5	Te Paea Selby-Rickit	Mainland Tactix	290
6	Amorangi Malesala	Northern Stars	247
7	Filda Vui	Northern Mystics	232
8	Kimiora Poi	Mainland Tactix	232
9	Ameliaranne Ekenasio	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	215
10	Samantha Winders	Southern Steel	201

Circle Feeds
Pos.	Player	Team	CF
1	Gina Crampton	Northern Stars	736
2	Mila Reuelu-Buchanan	Northern Stars	708
3	Peta Toeava	Northern Mystics	600
4	Whitney Souness	Central Pulse	480
5	Kimiora Poi	Mainland Tactix	468
6	Maddy Gordon	Central Pulse	438
7	Simmon Wilbore	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	425
8	Laura Malcolm	Mainland Tactix	366
9	Kate Heffernan	Southern Steel	366
10	Tayla Earle	Northern Mystics	305

Defensive Rebounds
Pos.	Player	Team	DRs.
1	Kelly Jury	Central Pulse	24
2	Phoenix Karaka	Northern Mystics	23
3	Kate Burley	Southern Steel	21
4	Erena Mikaere	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	21
5	Elle Temu	Northern Stars	15
6	Georgia Takarangi	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	13
7	Carys Stythe	Northern Mystics	13
8	Sulu Fitzpatrick	Northern Mystics	12
9	Jane Watson	Mainland Tactix	9
10	Kelera Nawai-Caucau	Northern Stars	8

Deflections
Pos.	Player	Team	Def
1	Kelly Jury	Central Pulse	77
2	Kate Burley	Southern Steel	67
3	Phoenix Karaka	Northern Mystics	65
4	Karin Burger	Mainland Tactix	59
5	Georgia Takarangi	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	55
6	Jane Watson	Mainland Tactix	54
7	Holly Fowler	Northern Stars	49
8	Elle Temu	Northern Stars	49
9	Maddy Gordon	Central Pulse	47
10	Erena Mikaere	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	46

Intercepts
Pos.	Player	Team	Inter.
1	Karin Burger	Mainland Tactix	39
2	Kelly Jury	Central Pulse	34
3	Elle Temu	Northern Stars	27
4	Phoenix Karaka	Northern Mystics	26
5	Kate Heffernan	Southern Steel	26
6	Jane Watson	Mainland Tactix	26
7	Kate Burley	Southern Steel	22
8	Kelera Nawai-Caucau	Northern Stars	18
9	Erena Mikaere	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	17
10	Maddy Gordon	Central Pulse	15

Total Penalties
Pos.	Player	Team	TPs
1	Kelly Jury	Central Pulse	204
2	Georgia Takarangi	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	187
3	Karin Burger	Mainland Tactix	181
4	Kelera Nawai-Caucau	Northern Stars	173
5	Phoenix Karaka	Northern Mystics	170
6	Elle Temu	Northern Stars	163
7	Kristiana Manu'a	Central Pulse	160
8	Fa'amu Ioane	Central Pulse	142
9	Mila Reuelu-Buchanan	Northern Stars	140
10	Kate Burley	Southern Steel	135

Source:^[58][59]