2012 Netball Quad Series

The 2012 Netball Quad Series was the inaugural Netball Quad Series series. It was co-hosted by Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand. It featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of twelve netball test matches in October and November 2012. The series featured six double headers with three played in Australia and three played in New Zealand. The three in Australia were also known as the Holden International Quad-Series, while the three in New Zealand were also known as the New World Quad Series.^{[1][2][3][4] [5][6]} With a team coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Natalie von Bertouch, Australia won the inaugural series.^[5][7][8] It would be 2016, before the next Netball Quad Series was organised.^[9] The series was broadcast live on Fox Sports in Australia, on Sky Sport in New Zealand and on SuperSport (South Africa).^{[10][11][12][13]}

2012 Netball Quad Series

Tournament details
Host countries	Australia  New Zealand
Dates	14 October–1 November 2012
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Australia) Sky Sport (New Zealand) SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
2016 →

Squads

Participating teams and rosters

Australia[5]	England	New Zealand[4]	South Africa[2][3]
Caitlin Bassett Erin Bell Madison Browne Rebecca Bulley Bianca Chatfield Catherine Cox Mo'onia Gerrard Chanel Gomes Kimberlee Green Renae Hallinan Chelsea Pitman Susan Pratley Caitlin Thwaites Natalie von Bertouch (c)	Ama Agbeze Eboni Beckford-Chambers Pamela Cookey (c) Rachel Dunn Jo Harten	Jodi Brown Kayla Cullen Leana de Bruin Katrina Grant Anna Harrison Laura Langman Cathrine Latu Camilla Lees Bailey Mes Grace Rasmussen Anna Thompson Maria Tutaia Casey Williams (c) Irene van Dyk	Chrisna Bootha Maryka Holtzhausen Melissa Myburgh Lindie Lombard Nadia Uys Bongiwe Msomi Thuli Qegu Zanele Mdodana (vc) Vanes-Mari du Toit Karla Mostert Amanda Mynhardt (c) Adele Niemand
Coach: Lisa Alexander[7][8]	Coach: Anna Mayes[14] Assistant coach: Maggie Jackson[15]	Coach: Waimarama Taumaunu	Coach: Elize Kotze

Debuts

• On 14 October 2012, Bailey Mes made her senior debut for New Zealand against South Africa.^[16][17]
• On 17 October 2012, Chanel Gomes made her senior debut for Australia against South Africa.^[5][18]
• On 25 October 2012, Caitlin Thwaites made her senior debut for Australia against South Africa.^[5]

Holden International Quad-Series

Round 1

14 October 2012	Australia	64–40	England	Adelaide Entertainment Centre
	Susan Pratley  22/25 (88%) Caitlin Bassett  20 Catherine Cox  15 Erin Bell  7	Report	Jo Harten  27 Pamela Cookey  8 Rachel Dunn  5

Source:^[19]

14 October 2012	New Zealand	63–27	South Africa	Adelaide Entertainment Centre
	Irene van Dyk  28/28 (100%) Cathrine Latu  18/20 (90%) Maria Tutaia  10/15 (67%) Anna Thompson  7/13 (54%)		Chrisna Bootha  19/24 (79%) Maryka Holtzhausen  4/5 (80%) Melissa Myburgh  4/5 (80%)

Sources:^[16][20]

Round 2

17 October 2012	New Zealand	61–43	England	Newcastle Entertainment Centre
	Maria Tutaia  31/32 (97%) Irene van Dyk  20/20 (100%) Cathrine Latu  10/11 (91%)		Jo Harten  27/32 (84%) Pamela Cookey  16/18 (89%)

Source:^[21]

17 October 2012	Australia	64–31	South Africa	Newcastle Entertainment Centre
	Caitlin Bassett  25/27 (93%) Catherine Cox  16/17 (94%) Susan Pratley  15/16 (94%) Erin Bell  7/11 (64%)	Report

Sources:^[18][22]

Round 3

21 October 2012	Australia	68–48	New Zealand	Allphones Arena
	Catherine Cox  29/36 (81%) Susan Pratley  29/32 (91%)		Irene van Dyk  29/29 (100%)	Attendance: 13,640

Sources:^[23][24]

21 October 2012	England	62–53	South Africa	Allphones Arena
			Chrisna Bootha  42/44 (95%)

Source:^[25]

New World Quad Series

Round 4

25 October 2012	Australia	68–36	South Africa	TSB Arena

Sources:^[26][27]

25 October 2012	New Zealand	57–46	England	TSB Arena
	Maria Tutaia  19/22 (86%) Irene van Dyk  14/14 (100%) Cathrine Latu  12/14 (86%) Jodi Brown  12/15 (80%)		Jo Harten  34/39 (87%) Pamela Cookey  12/14 (86%)

Sources:^[28]

Round 5

28 October 2012	Australia	57–35	England	TECT Arena
	Catherine Cox  22/28 (79%) Susan Pratley  24/28 (86%)

Source:^[29]

28 October 2012	New Zealand	63–24	South Africa	TECT Arena
	Cathrine Latu  27/27 (100%) Irene van Dyk  21/23 (91%) Maria Tutaia  10/14 (71%) Jodi Brown  5/9 (56%)		Chrisna Bootha  15/24 (63%) Maryka Holtzhausen  5/11 (45%) Melissa Myburgh  4/6 (67%)

Source:^[30][31]

Round 6

1 November 2012	England	56–30	South Africa	Claudelands Arena

Source:^[14]

1 November 2012	New Zealand	48–43	Australia	Claudelands Arena
	Irene van Dyk  28/33 (85%) Maria Tutaia  20/24 (83%)		Catherine Cox  14/19 (74%) Caitlin Bassett  13/14 (93%) Susan Pratley  12/14 (86%) Erin Bell  4/7 (57%)

Sources:^[7][8]

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	6	5	1	0	364	238	+126	10
2	New Zealand	6	5	1	0	340	251	+89	10
3	England	6	2	4	0	282	322	–71	4
4	South Africa	6	0	6	0	201	376	–175	0

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