2023 Constellation Cup

The 2023 Constellation Cup was the 13th Constellation Cup series between Australia and New Zealand. It featured four netball test matches, played in October 2023.^[1][2][3] The Australia team were coached by Stacey Marinkovich^[4][5] and captained by Liz Watson.^[6][7][8] The New Zealand team were coached by Noeline Taurua and captained by Ameliaranne Ekenasio.^[9][10] The second test was Australia's 500th international test match.^[4][5][11] Australia won the first two tests and led 2–0 going into the third test. However, New Zealand won the third and fourth tests to level the series at 2–2. Australia were declared the series winners and retained the Constellation Cup based on aggregate score.^{[8][12][13][14]}

2023 Constellation Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Australia  New Zealand
Dates	12–23 October 2023
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport (New Zealand) Foxtel
Final positions
Champions	Australia (11th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Top scorer(s)	Grace Nweke  98/105 (93%)
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Squads

Australia

Australia roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Sunday Aryang GD (2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 22) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) West Coast Fever Kiera Austin GS, GA, WA (1997-08-26)26 August 1997 (aged 26) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Melbourne Vixens Courtney Bruce GK, GD (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 29) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) West Coast Fever Sophie Dwyer GA (2001-12-05)5 December 2001 (aged 21) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Giants Netball Sophie Garbin GS, GA (1997-04-06)6 April 1997 (aged 26) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Collingwood Magpies Paige Hadley (vc) C, WA, WD (1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 31) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) New South Wales Swifts Sarah Klau GK, GD (1994-09-30)30 September 1994 (aged 29) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) New South Wales Swifts Cara Koenen GS, GA (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 27) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sunshine Coast Lightning Kate Moloney WD, C, WA (1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 30) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Melbourne Vixens Jamie-Lee Price WD, C (1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 27) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Giants Netball Liz Watson (c) WA, C (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 (aged 29) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Melbourne Vixens Joanna Weston GD, WD, GK (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (aged 29) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Vixens	Head coach Stacey Marinkovich Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:^{[4][6][5][15]}

Milestones

• On 15 October 2023, during the second test, Paige Hadley made her 50th senior international appearance for Australia.^[11][5]

New Zealand

New Zealand roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Karin Burger WD, GD, GK (1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 30) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Mainland Tactix Kate Burley GD, GK (1997-04-23)23 April 1997 (aged 26) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Southern Steel Ameliaranne Ekenasio (c) GA, GS (1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 32) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Maddy Gordon C, WA, WD (2000-01-16)16 January 2000 (aged 23) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Central Pulse Kate Heffernan WD, C, WA (1999-10-07)7 October 1999 (aged 24) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Southern Steel Kelly Jury GK, GD (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 26) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Central Pulse Phoenix Karaka (vc) GK, GD (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 29) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Northern Mystics Tiana Metuarau GA, WA, GS (2001-01-15)15 January 2001 (aged 22) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Central Pulse Grace Nweke GS (2002-02-07)7 February 2002 (aged 21) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Northern Mystics Mila Reuelu-Buchanan WA, C (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 25) 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Northern Stars Whitney Souness C, WA (1995-11-12)12 November 1995 (aged 27) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Central Pulse Amelia Walmsley GS, GA (2004-01-31)31 January 2004 (aged 19) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Central Pulse Jane Watson GK, GD (1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 33) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Mainland Tactix Maia Wilson GS, GA (1997-09-21)21 September 1997 (aged 26) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Stars	Head coach Noeline Taurua Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:^[10][15][16]

Match officials

Umpires

Umpire	Association
Gary Burgess	England
Louise Travis	England
Alison Harrison	Wales

Umpire Appointments Panel

Umpire	Association
Jacqui Jashari	Australia
Kirsten Lloyd	New Zealand
Fay Meiklejohn	New Zealand

Source:^[1]

Matches

First test

12 October 2023 7:30pm AEDT (UTC+11)	Stats	Australia	50–40	New Zealand		John Cain Arena Attendance: 9,043[17]
		Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 29–20, 40–34, 50–40
		Cara Koenen  27/31 (87%) Kiera Austin  22/27 (81%) Sophie Garbin  1/1 (100%)		Amelia Walmsley  21/25 (84%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  17/20 (85%) Maia Wilson  2/2 (100%)

Sources:^{[7][18][19][20][21]}

Second test

15 October 2023 6:30pm AEST (UTC+10)	Stats	Australia	55–46	New Zealand		Brisbane Entertainment Centre Attendance: 9,177
		Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 28–23, 41–32, 55–46
		Cara Koenen  33/33 (100%) Kiera Austin  21/26 (81%) Sophie Dwyer  1/1 (100%)		Grace Nweke  21/24 (88%) Amelia Walmsley  17/19 (89%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  6/9 (67%) Tiana Metuarau  2/2 (100%)

Notes

• ^1 The second test was Australia's 500th international test match.^[4][5][11]

Sources:^{[5][11][22][23]}

Third test

19 October 2023 7:30pm NZDST (UTC+13:00)	Stats	New Zealand	56–53	Australia		Robyn Broughton Stadium 2 Attendance: 3,000[24]
		Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 28–24, 38–40, 56–53
		Grace Nweke  34/36 (94%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  12/14 (86%) Amelia Walmsley  8/10 (80%) Tiana Metuarau  2/4 (50%)		Sophie Garbin  21/22 (95%) Kiera Austin  16/23 (70%) Cara Koenen  16/18 (89%)

Notes

• ^2 ILT Stadium Southland was renamed Robyn Broughton Stadium for this match in honour of the former coach, Robyn Broughton who had died on 6 September 2023.^[25][26][27]

Sources:^{[26][27][28][29]}

Fourth test

23 October 2023 4:00pm NZDST (UTC+13:00)	Stats	New Zealand	53–50	Australia		Spark Arena Attendance: 5,000[30]
		Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 26–28, 38–41, 53–50
		Grace Nweke  43/45 (96%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  10/10 (100%)		Sophie Garbin  37/40 (93%) Kiera Austin  7/9 (78%) Cara Koenen  6/7 (86%)

Sources:^{[8][12][13][14][31]}