2022 Constellation Cup

The 2022 Constellation Cup was the 12th Constellation Cup series between Australia and New Zealand. The series was held in October 2022 across four netball test matches, with two matches each held in New Zealand and Australia.^[1][2][3] New Zealand were the defending holders of the cup, having defeated Australia by three games to one in 2021.^[4]

2022 Constellation Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Australia  New Zealand
Dates	12–23 October 2022
Final positions
Champions	Australia (10th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Top scorer(s)	Grace Nweke  146/153 (95%)
← 2021 2023 →

New Zealand won the first two tests and led 2–0 going into the third test. However, Australia won the third and fourth tests to level the series at 2–2. Australia were declared the winners to regain the Constellation Cup for the tenth time because, having scored 215 goals compared to New Zealand's 208, they had a better aggregate score over the series.^[5]

Squads

Australia

Australia roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Sunday Aryang GD (2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 21) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) West Coast Fever 8 Kiera Austin GS, GA, WA (1997-08-26)26 August 1997 (aged 25) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Melbourne Vixens 9 Ruby Bakewell-Doran4 GD (1999-09-21)21 September 1999 (aged 23) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Queensland Firebirds 0 Courtney Bruce GK, GD (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 28) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) West Coast Fever 50 Gretel Bueta1 GA, GS (1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (aged 29) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Queensland Firebirds 47 Sophie Dwyer4 GA (2001-12-05)5 December 2001 (aged 20) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Giants Netball 0 Sophie Garbin2 GS, GA (1997-04-06)6 April 1997 (aged 25) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Collingwood Magpies 3 Sarah Klau GK, GD (1994-09-30)30 September 1994 (aged 28) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) New South Wales Swifts 23 Cara Koenen GS, GA (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 26) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sunshine Coast Lightning 12 Kate Moloney WD, C, WA (1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 29) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Melbourne Vixens 18 Amy Parmenter3 WD (1997-08-01)1 August 1997 (aged 25) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Giants Netball 0 Jamie-Lee Price WD, C (1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 26) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Giants Netball 20 Maddy Proud4 WA, C (1993-12-04)4 December 1993 (aged 28) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) New South Wales Swifts 0 Liz Watson (c) WA, C (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 (aged 28) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Melbourne Vixens 57 Joanna Weston5 GD, WD, GK (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (aged 28) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Vixens 51 Stephanie Wood (vc) GA, GS (1991-11-28)28 November 1991 (aged 30) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Sunshine Coast Lightning 40	Head coach Stacey Marinkovich Assistant coach Nicole Richardson Manager: Kerry Leech Physiotherapist: Alanna Antcliff Strength and conditioning: Tan scott Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:^[6]

Notes

• ^1 Gretel Bueta withdrew from the squad on 4 October 2022 after announcing her pregnancy.^[7]
• ^2 Sophie Garbin was added to the squad on 10 October 2022 to replace Gretel Bueta.
• ^3 Amy Parmenter made her international debut in the first match of this series.
• ^4 Maddy Proud, Sophie Dwyer and Ruby Bakewell-Doran all made their international debuts in the second match of this series.
• ^5 Joanna Weston was added to the squad on 18 October 2022 due to injury to Sunday Aryang.

New Zealand

New Zealand roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Ameliaranne Ekenasio (c) GA, GS (1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 31) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Central Pulse 53 Sulu Tone-Fitzpatrick1 GK, GD, WD (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 30) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Mystics 25 Maddy Gordon2 C, WA, WD (2000-01-16)16 January 2000 (aged 22) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Central Pulse 6 Kate Heffernan WD, C, WA (1999-10-07)7 October 1999 (aged 23) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Southern Steel 11 Kayla Johnson GD, WD, C (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 30) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Northern Stars 61 Kelly Jury GK, GD (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 25) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Central Pulse 43 Phoenix Karaka GK, GD (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 28) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Northern Mystics 47 Grace Nweke GS (2002-02-07)7 February 2002 (aged 20) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Northern Mystics 17 Kimiora Poi2 C, WA (1997-11-01)1 November 1997 (aged 24) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Mainland Tactix 10 Mila Reuelu-Buchanan1 C, WA (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 24) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Northern Stars 3 Te Paea Selby-Rickit GA, GS (1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 30) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Mainland Tactix 58 Whitney Souness WA, C (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 (aged 27) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Central Pulse 27 Peta Toeava1 C, WA (1994-03-10)10 March 1994 (aged 28) 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) Northern Mystics 5 Elle Temu2 GK, GD (1998-08-03)3 August 1998 (aged 24) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Stars 4 Maia Wilson GS, GA (1997-09-21)21 September 1997 (aged 25) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Stars 36	Head coach Noeline Taurua Assistant coach Debbie Fuller Manager: Esther Molloy Physiotherapist: Mark Overington Trainer: Keir Hansen Strength and conditioning: Guy Mothersole Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Source:^[8]

Notes

• ^1 Sulu Tone-Fitzpatrick, Mila Reuelu-Buchanan, and Peta Toeava were only selected for the first two matches played in New Zealand.
• ^2 Maddy Gordon, Kimiora Poi, and Elle Temu were only selected for the final two matches played in Australia.

Match officials

Umpires

Umpire	Association
Gary Burgess	England
Louise Travis	England
Anso Kemp	South Africa
Kate Mann	England

Umpire Appointments Panel

Umpire	Association
Sharon Kelly	Australia
Fay Meiklejohn	New Zealand

Source:^[9]

Matches

First test

12 October 2022 7:30 pm NZDT (UTC+13:00)	Stats	New Zealand	56–48	Australia		Spark Arena	Sky Sport Foxtel
		Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 11–14, 11–13, 14–12
		Grace Nweke  40/42 (95%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  16/19 (84%)		Cara Koenen  21/22 (95%) Stephanie Wood  11/16 (69%) Kiera Austin  9/14 (64%) Sophie Garbin  7/9 (78%)

Sources:^{[10][11][12][13]}

Second test

16 October 2022 7:30 pm NZDT (UTC+13:00)	Stats	New Zealand	52–48	Australia		Trustpower Arena	Sky Sport Foxtel
		Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 12–12, 15–9, 12–13
		Grace Nweke  37/37 (100%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  15/19 (79%)		Cara Koenen  21/25 (84%) Stephanie Wood  21/23 (91%) Sophie Dwyer  6/7 (86%)

Sources:^{[14][15][16][17]}

Third test

19 October 2022 7:30 pm AEDT (UTC+11)	Stats	Australia	62–47	New Zealand		John Cain Arena Attendance: 9,502	Sky Sport Foxtel
		Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 16–11, 15–16, 16–9
		Sophie Garbin  34/38 (89%) Stephanie Wood  28/35 (80%)		Grace Nweke  30/31 (97%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  7/7 (100%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  6/7 (86%) Maia Wilson  4/4 (100%)

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

Fourth test

23 October 2022 6:30 pm AEST (UTC+10)	Stats	Australia	57–53	New Zealand		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre	Sky Sport Foxtel
		Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 12–14, 19–8, 13–15
		Sophie Garbin  36/39 (92%) Stephanie Wood  21/27 (78%)		Grace Nweke  39/43 (91%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  14/15 (93%)

Sources:^{[22][23][24][25]}

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