Victorian Fury

Victorian Fury are an Australian netball team that represents Netball Victoria in the Australian Netball Championships. In 2008 they were both founding members and the inaugural champions of the league. They retained the title in 2009 and completed a three in row in 2010. They then won it four times in a row between 2013 and 2016. In 2019 they won their eighth ANL title. They are the most successful team in the ANL. Fury are effectively the representative team of the Victorian Netball League and the reserve team of Melbourne Vixens. ^[1]

Victorian Fury

Founded	2008
Based in	Melbourne
Regions	Victoria, Australia
Home venue	State Netball Hockey Centre
Head coach	Di Honey
Premierships	8 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)
League	Australian Netball League
Website	vic.netball.com.au
Uniform Uniform

History

Netball Victoria

Victorian Fury is effectively the representative team of the Victorian Netball League.^[2][3] They are also one of two teams that represent Netball Victoria in senior or national leagues. Their senior team, Melbourne Vixens, have represented Netball Victoria in both the ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball.^[4][5] In 2013 and 2014 Netball Victoria also entered a second team known as Victorian Flames in the Australian Netball League.^[6][7][8][9]

In 2016 Fury and Vixens began to host double headers against other ANL and ANZ Championship teams. This was part of a process where the relationship between the two leagues became more formalized. As part of this arrangement, a limited number of Vixens players were also eligible to play for Fury.^[10][11][12]

Three in a row

In 2008 Victorian Fury were both founder members and the inaugural champions of the Australian Netball League.^[13] Chelsey Nash captained Fury to their first title.^[14] In 2009 Fury retained the title ^[15][16][17] and in 2010 they completed a three in a row.^[18][19] Other members of the Fury team from this era included Kathleen Knott and Karyn Bailey.^[20][1]

Four in a row

Between 2013 and 2016 Fury completed a four in a row of ANL titles.^[21] Mwai Kumwenda was the top goalscorer for Fury during 2013, finishing the season with a record 461 goals. In the grand final against NSW Waratahs she scored 38 goals with a 97% strike rate. She was subsequently named the ANL's MVP.^[20][22] In 2015 Jo Weston, Kelsey Browne, Alice Teague-Neeld and Elle Bennetts were all members of the Fury team captained by Fiona Themann that won the ANL title for a sixth time.^[21] In 2016 Themann, again captain, and Bennetts were joined by Tayla Honey, Lara Dunkley and Shannon Eagland as Fury won their seventh title.^[23]

ANL Grand finals

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue
2008 [13][24]	Victorian Fury	56–41	Australian Institute of Sport	Sydney
2009 [15][16][17][25]	Victorian Fury	46–32	Australian Institute of Sport	BCEC
2010 [18][19]	Victorian Fury	54–47	NNSW Waratahs	Waverley Netball Centre
2011 [26][27]	NNSW Waratahs	55–46	Victorian Fury	Waverley Netball Centre
2013 [22][28]	Victorian Fury	56–51	NNSW Waratahs	Netball SA Stadium
2014 [29][30]	Victorian Fury	51–49	Queensland Fusion	Waverley Netball Centre
2015 [21]	Victorian Fury	58–46	Southern Force	Waverley Netball Centre
2016 [23]	Victorian Fury	53–46	NNSW Waratahs	Netball Central
2017 [31][32]	Western Sting	63–47	Victorian Fury	Perth State Netball Centre
2019 [33][34][35]	Victorian Fury	54–53	NNSW Waratahs	SNHC

Source:^[20]

Home venues

Victorian Fury play the majority of their home games at the State Netball and Hockey Centre. They have also played home games at Melbourne Arena and the Margaret Court Arena.^{[11][12][36][37]}

Notable players

Internationals

 Australia

• Kelsey Browne
• Kate Moloney
• Caitlyn Nevins
• Tegan Philip
• Jo Weston

 Malawi

• Mwai Kumwenda

 Scotland

• Fiona Themann

Melbourne Vixens

Karyn Bailey Kelsey Browne Lara Dunkley Shannon Eagland Kate Eddy

Tayla Honey Kathleen Knott Mwai Kumwenda Kate Moloney Chelsey Nash

Caitlyn Nevins Alice Teague-Neeld Brooke Thompson Jo Weston

Collingwood Magpies

Melissa Bragg Kelsey Browne Molly Jovic Kelsie Rainbow Alice Teague-Neeld

Source:^[28][38][39]

MVPs

ANL MVP

The following Victorian Fury players were named MVP in the Australian Netball League.

Season	Player
2009	Kathleen Knott
2011	Karyn Bailey
2013	Mwai Kumwenda
2018	Rahni Samason
2019	Emma Ryde

Source:^[20]

Victorian Fury MVP

Season	Player
2010	Kathleen Knott
2011	Karyn Bailey
2012	Kathleen Knott
2013	Mwai Kumwenda
2014	Jo Weston
2015	Kelsey Browne
2016	Ella Bayliss
2017	Kate Thompson
2018	Rahni Samason
2019	Emma Ryde

Source:^[1]

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Cathy Fellows [11][12]	2011–2012
Stacey West [28]	2013
Kristy Keppich-Birrell [38][39]	2014–2015
Cathy Fellows [11][12][23]	2016
Leesa Gallard [40][41]	2017–2018
Di Honey [2][42]	2019–

Premierships

• Australian Netball League
  • Winners: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019: 8
  • Runners up: 2011, 2017: 2