Otago Rebels

Otago Rebels are a former New Zealand netball team that were based in Dunedin. Between 1998 and 2007, Rebels played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Rebels played in two grand finals. In 1998 they were the league's inaugural champions. In 1999 they were runners up. Ahead of the 2008 season, Rebels merged with Southern Sting to form the new ANZ Championship team, Southern Steel.

Otago Rebels

Founded	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Disbanded	2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Based in	Dunedin
Region	Otago
Home venue	Edgar Centre
League	Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup
Uniform

History

Inaugural champions

In 1998, together with Auckland Diamonds, Bay of Plenty Magic, Capital Shakers, Canterbury Flames, Counties Manukau Cometz, Northern Force, Southern Sting, Waikato Wildcats and Western Flyers, Rebels were founding members of the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league.^[1][2] With a team coached by Georgie Salter, captained by Lesley Nicol and featuring Belinda Blair, Belinda Colling, Victoria Edward, Adine Harper, Anna Rowberry and Jo Steed, Rebels finished the inaugural 1998 season as champions. In the grand-final they defeated Southern Sting 57–50.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} In 1999, Rebels were again grand finalists. However, this time they lost 63–54 to Sting.^[12][13][14]

Merger

Ahead of the 2008 season, Rebels merged with Southern Sting to form the new ANZ Championship team, Southern Steel.^{[15][16][17][18]} Katrina Grant, Jessica Tuki and Debbie White, who were members of the 2007 Otago Rebels squad were all included in the inaugural 2008 Southern Steel team.^[19][20][21]

Stats

Season	Position	Won	Drawn	Lost
1998	1st
1999	2nd
2000	5th
2001	8th
2002	5th
2003[22]	4th
2004	6th
2005	5th
2006[23]	7th
2007	6th

  Winners   Runners Up

Source:^[19]

Grand finals

Coca-Cola Cup

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue
1998[2][5][6]	Otago Rebels	57–50	Southern Sting	Edgar Centre
1999[12][13][14]	Southern Sting	63–54	Otago Rebels	Edgar Centre

Notable former players

Internationals

 New Zealand

Belinda Blair Belinda Colling Victoria Edward Katrina Grant Adine Harper

Angela Mitchell Lesley Nicol Anna Rowberry Anna Scarlett Jo Steed

Jodi Te Huna Anna Thompson Jessica Tuki Debbie White

 Australia

• Demelza Fellowes

 England

• Jo Steed

ANZ Championship players

Stephanie Bond Hannah Broederlow Jenny Ferguson

Phillipa Finch Kahurangi Waititi Angelina Yates

Others

• Alison Shanks, New Zealand track cyclist

Source:^{[8][11][19][24][22][23][25][26]}

Captains

	Years
Lesley Nicol[11]	1998
Megan Parke[24]	2001
Janine Southby[25][27]	2002–2003
Debbie White[26][28]	2004
Anna Scarlett[28]
Angela Mitchell[25]	2005
Jodi Te Huna[23][29]	2007

Coaches

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Georgie Salter	1998–2000
Lois Muir[22][30][31]	2001–2005
Janine Southby[19][23][32][33]	2006–2007

Assistant coaches

Coach	Years
Janine Southby[32][33]	2004–2005

Honours

• Coca-Cola Cup
  • Winners: 1998
  • Runners Up: 1999

Gallery

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  Anna Rowberry was a member of the 1998 Otago Rebels team that were inaugural Coca-Cola Cup champions