Netball South Australia Premier League

The Netball South Australia Premier League, also referred to as the Netball SA Premier League is a state netball league, organised by Netball South Australia. On a national level, the league is effectively a third level league, below Suncorp Super Netball and the Australian Netball League. Between 2008 and 2014, when sponsored by Subway the league was known as the Subway Cup. Between 2015 and 2017, when it was sponsored by Nine News, it was known as the Nine News Netball Cup. Previous sponsors include Dairy Farmers and Farmers Union. During the 2010s the league has been dominated by two clubs, Contax and Matrics, who between them have won every Premier Division grand final since 2010.

Netball South Australia Premier League

Country	Australia
Region	South Australia
Divisions	Premier Division Reserves Division
Number of clubs	8
Level on pyramid	3
Current champions	Contax
Most championships	Contax (19)
Website	sa.netball.com.au

History

Contax and Garville rivalry

In 1988, with a team that included Michelle den Dekker and Kathryn Harby, Contax won their fourth premiership, defeating Garville in the grand final. This marked the beginning a rivalry between Contax and Garville. Between 1986 and 1996 Contax and Garville contested every state league grand final. The rivalry saw the two clubs compete in nine consecutive state league grand finals, plus one Mobil Super League final, with both clubs winning five finals each. With a team that included Harby and Julie Nykiel, a former Australia women's basketball international, Contax won their fifth and sixth premierships in 1990 and 1991. Between 1992 and 1995 Garville won four successive state league grand finals before, a Contax team featuring Jacqui Delaney won the club's seventh premiership in 1996.^[1][2][3][4]

Premier League era

In 2011 the state league was renamed the Premier League.^[5][6][7] Since this time, Contax main rival has been Matrics. Between them, Contax and Matrics played in every Premier League grand final during the decade winning 5 Premierships each.^[8][9][10]

Representative team

The Australian Netball League team Southern Force are effectively the representative team of the Netball South Australia Premier League. They are one of two teams that represent Netball South Australia in senior or national leagues. Their senior team, Adelaide Thunderbirds, has represented Netball South Australia in both the ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball. Southern Force are also effectively the reserve team of Thunderbirds.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Clubs

The 2024 league features eight clubs, entering teams in two divisions – the Premier Division and Reserves Division.^[11][15]

Team	Home city/town/suburb	Founded
Contax Netball Club [16]	Woodville	1952
Garville Netball Club [17][4]	Woodville Gardens/Woodville	1952
Matrics Netball Club [18][19]	Elizabeth	1972
Metro Jets [20][21]	Woodville	1995
Newton Jaguars Netball Club [22]	Paradise
Oakdale Netball Club [23][24]	Oaklands/Warradale	1962
South Adelaide Netball Club [25][26]	Blackwood	1999
Tango Netball Club [27][28]	City of Tea Tree Gully	1946

Source:^[11][15]

Grand finals

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue
1951	Tango
1952	Contax		Tango
1957	Tango
1958	Tango
1962	Garville
1963	Garville
1964	Garville
1965	Garville
1966	Garville
1967	Garville
1968	Tango
1969	Tango
1970	Contax		Garville
1972	Tango
1973	Tango		Contax
1981	Tango
1982
1983	Tango
1984	Tango		Contax
1985	Tango
1986	Contax		Tango
1987
1988	Contax		Garville	Apollo Stadium
1989	Garville		Contax
1990	Contax		Garville	Apollo Stadium
1991	Contax		Garville
1992	Garville		Contax
1993	Garville		Contax
1994	Garville		Contax
1995	Garville		Contax
1996	Contax		Garville
1997	Matrics		Contax
1999			Contax
2000 [29]	Contax		Australian Institute of Sport
2001 [30][31]	Australian Institute of Sport		Matrics
2002	Contax
2003	Contax
2004	Contax
2005	Matrics		Contax
2006	Contax
2007			Contax
2008	Contax
2009	Oakdale		Contax
2010 [5]	Contax		Matrics
2011 [6]	Matrics		Newton Jaguars
2012 [13]	Contax		Phoenix
2013 [32][8]	Contax	34–33	Matrics	Netball SA Stadium
2014 [33][34]	Matrics	54–44	Garville	Netball SA Stadium
2015 [35][9]	Contax	51–39	Matrics	Netball SA Stadium
2016 [36][37][38]	Matrics	49–47	Contax	Netball SA Stadium
2017 [14][39][40]	Contax	59–50	Matrics	Netball SA Stadium
2018 [41][10][42]	Contax	73–39	Garville
2019 [43][44]	Matrics	55–47	Contax	Priceline Stadium
2020 [45]	Matrics	60–56	Contax	Priceline Stadium

Source:^{[1][2][4][28][46][47]}

Sponsorship

Sponsors	Seasons
Dairy Farmers[29]	2000
Farmers Union[30]	2001
Subway[5][13][32][33][48][49]	2008–2014
Nine News [14][35][36]	2015–2017