2014 ANZ Championship season

The 2014 ANZ Championship season was the seventh season of the ANZ Championship. The 2014 season began on 1 March and concluded on 22 June.^[1] With a team coached by Simone McKinnis, captained by Bianca Chatfield and also featuring Tegan Caldwell, Geva Mentor, Madison Robinson and Catherine Cox, Melbourne Vixens won both the minor premiership and the overall championship. Vixens defeated Queensland Firebirds in both the major semi-final and the grand final as they won their second premiership. They won their first in 2009.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

2014 ANZ Championship season
League	ANZ Championship
Sport	Netball
Duration	1 March – 22 June
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Australia) Sky Sport (New Zealand) SBS 2 Te Reo NITV
Champions	Melbourne Vixens
Runners-up	Queensland Firebirds
Minor premiers	Melbourne Vixens
Season MVP	Kimberlee Green (Swifts) Joanne Harten (Magic)
Top scorer	Mwai Kumwenda (Tactix)

Transfers

Player	2013 team	2014 team
Andrea Gilmore[10]	West Coast Fever [11]	Adelaide Thunderbirds
Wendy Jacobsen	Boroondara Genesis[12]	Adelaide Thunderbirds
Cody Lange	Australian Institute of Sport[13]	Adelaide Thunderbirds
Maddy Proud	Australian Institute of Sport[13]	Adelaide Thunderbirds
Catherine Cox[14]	West Coast Fever	Melbourne Vixens
Caitlyn Strachan[15]	Victorian Fury[16]	Melbourne Vixens
Elizabeth Watson	Victorian Flames[16]	Melbourne Vixens
Joanna Weston	Australian Institute of Sport[13]	Melbourne Vixens
Taylah Davies	NNSW Waratahs[17]	New South Wales Swifts
Maddie Hay	NNSW Blues[17]	New South Wales Swifts
Sharni Layton[18]	Adelaide Thunderbirds	New South Wales Swifts
Abbey McCulloch[19]	Queensland Firebirds	New South Wales Swifts
Gretel Tippett[18]	Queensland Firebirds	New South Wales Swifts
Caitlin Thwaites[20]	Central Pulse	New South Wales Swifts
Sarah Wall	(Note 1)	New South Wales Swifts
Micaela Wilson	Melbourne Vixens	New South Wales Swifts
Verity Simmons[21][22]	West Coast Fever	Queensland Firebirds
Amorette Wild[23][24]	New South Wales Swifts	Queensland Firebirds
Natalie Medhurst[23][25][26]	Queensland Firebirds	West Coast Fever
Chelsea Pitman[26]	Queensland Firebirds	West Coast Fever
Ama Agbeze[27][28][29]	Territory Storm[30]	Central Pulse
Irene van Dyk[29]	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Central Pulse
Laura Langman[31][32]	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Northern Mystics
Mwai Kumwenda[33][34][35][36]	Victorian Fury	Mainland Tactix
Jessica Moulds[37]	Northern Mystics	Mainland Tactix
Hayley Saunders[37]	Northern Mystics	Mainland Tactix
Erena Mikaere[38][39]	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Southern Steel
Courtney Tairi[40]	Southern Steel	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
Elizabeth Manu[41]	(Note 2)	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

Notes

• ^1 Sarah Wall previously played for Melbourne Vixens and Queensland Firebirds.
• ^2 Elizabeth Manu previously played for Canterbury Tactix and Central Pulse.

Sources:^{[2][42][43][44][45]}

Head coaches and captains

Team	Head coach	Captain
Adelaide Thunderbirds [43]	Jane Woodlands-Thompson	Renae Hallinan
Melbourne Vixens [2]	Simone McKinnis	Bianca Chatfield
New South Wales Swifts [46][45]	Robert Wright [47][48]	Kimberlee Green
Queensland Firebirds [3]	Roselee Jencke	Laura Geitz
West Coast Fever	Norma Plummer	Natalie Medhurst
Central Pulse [29]	Robyn Broughton[49]	Katrina Grant
Mainland Tactix[37]	Leigh Gibbs	Anna Thompson
Northern Mystics	Debbie Fuller	Maria Tutaia
Southern Steel	Janine Southby[50]	Jodi Brown
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Julie Fitzgerald[41][51][52]	Casey Kopua

Sources:^[27]

Regular season

Round 1

Saturday 1 March	Mainland Tactix	46 – 70	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	CBS Canterbury Arena
4:20pm	Mwai Kumwenda  29/30 (97%) Julianna Naoupu  5/7 (71%) Sophia Fenwick  12/20 (60%)	Report Stats	Joanne Harten  41/42 (98%) Ellen Halpenny  29/32 (91%)

Sunday 2 March	New South Wales Swifts	54 – 51	West Coast Fever	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
12:18pm	Susan Pratley  30/33 (91%) Caitlin Thwaites  24/28 (86%)	Report	Caitlin Bassett  42/50 (84%) Natalie Medhurst  9/12 (75%)

Sunday 2 March	Melbourne Vixens	58 – 34	Northern Mystics	Hisense Arena
2:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  21/28 (75%) Karyn Bailey  28/33 (85%) Catherine Cox  9/14 (64%)	Report Stats	Maria Tutaia  16/27 (59%) Cathrine Latu  15/20 (75%) Bailey Mes  3/10 (30%)

Sunday 2 March	Southern Steel	44 – 60	Queensland Firebirds	Stadium Southland Velodrome
7:20pm	Jodi Brown  11/17 (65%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  20/22 (91%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  13/16 (81%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  35/44 (80%) Amy Wild  25/31 (81%)

Monday 3 March	Central Pulse	44 – 45	Adelaide Thunderbirds	TSB Bank Arena
7:40pm	Donna Wilkins  25/28 (89%) Irene van Dyk  19/23 (83%)	Report	Carla Borrego  32/37 (86%) Erin Bell  13/17 (76%)

Round 2

Saturday 8 March	Central Pulse	67 – 56	Southern Steel	TSB Bank Arena
4:20pm	Donna Wilkins  28/29 (97%) Irene van Dyk  39/41 (95%)	Report Stats	Jodi Brown  15/19 (79%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  41/44 (93%)

Sunday 9 March	West Coast Fever	56 – 65	Melbourne Vixens	Challenge Stadium
9:18am	Caitlin Bassett  16/19 (84%) Natalie Medhurst  28/31 (90%) Kate Beveridge  ?	Report Stats	Tegan Caldwell  25/28 (89%) Karyn Bailey  35/42 (83%)

Sunday 9 March	Queensland Firebirds	48 – 55	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
1:18am	Romelda Aiken  ? Amy Wild  18 Ameliaranne Wells  ?	Report Stats	Carla Borrego  29 Erin Bell  26/31 (84%)  ?  ?

Sunday 9 March	Mainland Tactix	57 – 68	New South Wales Swifts	CBS Canterbury Arena
7:20pm	Mwai Kumwenda  46/49 (94%) Sophia Fenwick  11/22 (50%)	Report	Caitlin Thwaites  24/26 (92%) Carla Dziwoki  15/18 (83%) Susan Pratley  29/35 (83%)

Monday 10 March	Northern Mystics	36 – 50	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena
7:40pm	Maria Tutaia  13/22 (59%) Cathrine Latu  8/11 (73%) Bailey Mes  15/23 (65%)	Report	Joanne Harten  30/31 (97%) Ellen Halpenny  20/27 (74%)

Round 3

Sunday 16 March	West Coast Fever	79 – 43	Mainland Tactix	Challenge Stadium
11:18am	Caitlin Bassett  57/63 (90%) Natalie Medhurst  22/28 (79%)	Report Stats	Mwai Kumwenda  19/21 (90%) Julianna Naoupu  18/28 (64%) Sophia Fenwick  6/10 (60%)

Sunday 16 March	Melbourne Vixens	47 – 48	Queensland Firebirds	Hisense Arena
12:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  18/22 (82%) Karyn Bailey  29/37 (78%)	Report Stats	Romelda Aiken  38/46 (83%) Amy Wild  10/16 (63%)

Sunday 16 March	Northern Mystics	47 – 53	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
7:20pm	Maria Tutaia  17/24 (71%) Cathrine Latu  30/31 (97%)	Report Stats	Donna Wilkins  28/31 (90%) Irene van Dyk  25/28 (89%)

Monday 17 March	Adelaide Thunderbirds	50 – 49	New South Wales Swifts	Netball SA Stadium
7:18pm	Carla Borrego  ? Erin Bell  ?	Report	Caitlin Thwaites  ? Susan Pratley  ?

Monday 17 March	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	61 – 57	Southern Steel	Claudelands Arena
7:40pm	Joanne Harten  39/42 (93%) Ellen Halpenny  22/29 (76%)	Report	Jodi Brown  18/21 (86%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  39/41 (95%)

Round 4

Saturday 22 March	Southern Steel	66 – 65	West Coast Fever	Stadium Southland Velodrome
4:20pm	Jodi Brown  24/29 (83%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  42/43 (98%)	Report	Caitlin Bassett  50/53 (94%) Natalie Medhurst  15/17 (88%)

Sunday 23 March	New South Wales Swifts	53 – 48	Queensland Firebirds	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
12:18pm	Caitlin Thwaites  29/32 (91%) Susan Pratley  23/30 (77%) Carla Dziwoki  1/1 (100%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  36/50 (72%) Amy Wild  12/14 (86%)

Sunday 23 March	Melbourne Vixens	44 – 49	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Hisense Arena
2:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  16/19 (84%) Karyn Bailey  18/19 (95%) Catherine Cox  10/13 (77%)	Report Stats	Joanne Harten  28/35 (80%) Ellen Halpenny  21/26 (81%)

Sunday 23 March	Central Pulse	53 – 55	Mainland Tactix	Pettigrew Green Arena
7:20pm	Donna Wilkins  14/16 (88%) Irene van Dyk  39/42 (93%)	Report	Mwai Kumwenda  47/52 (90%) Anna Thompson  8/15 (53%)

Monday 24 March	Northern Mystics	71 – 68	Adelaide Thunderbirds	The Trusts Arena
7:40pm	Maria Tutaia  30/37 (81%) Cathrine Latu  56/59 (95%)	Report Stats	Carla Borrego  52/64 (81%) Erin Bell  28/34 (82%)

Round 5

Sunday 30 March	Adelaide Thunderbirds	59 – 61	Southern Steel	Netball SA Stadium
11:48am	Carla Borrego  33/39 (85%) Erin Bell  26/29 (90%)	Report	Jodi Brown  11/12 (92%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  50/59 (85%)

Sunday 30 March	Queensland Firebirds	58 – 50	Northern Mystics	Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
1:18pm	Romelda Aiken  35/41 (85%) Amy Wild  16/22 (73%) Ameliaranne Wells  7/10 (70%)	Report	Maria Tutaia  20/24 (83%) Cathrine Latu  30/30 (100%)

Sunday 30 March	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	65 – 48	West Coast Fever	ASB Arena
7:20pm	Joanne Harten  46/51 (90%) Ellen Halpenny  19/23 (83%)	Report	Caitlin Bassett  26/32 (81%) Natalie Medhurst  15/22 (68%) Kate Beveridge  7/9 (78%)

Monday 31 March	Mainland Tactix	43 – 67	Melbourne Vixens	CBS Canterbury Arena
7:40pm	Mwai Kumwenda  30/38 (79%) Anna Thompson  9/15 (60%) Julianna Naoupu  4/9 (44%)	Report	Tegan Caldwell  24/26 (92%) Karyn Bailey  43/48 (90%)

Monday 31 March	New South Wales Swifts	63 – 45	Central Pulse	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
7:48pm	Caitlin Thwaites  30/36 (83%) Susan Pratley  27/30 (90%) Gretel Tippett  6/11 (55%)	Report	Donna Wilkins  13/16 (81%) Irene van Dyk  32/34 (94%)

Round 6

Sunday 6 April	West Coast Fever	53 – 51	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Challenge Stadium
10:18am	Caitlin Bassett  39/48 (81%) Natalie Medhurst  14/17 (82%)	Report	Carla Borrego  23/30 (77%) Erin Bell  28/36 (78%)

Sunday 6 April	Southern Steel	61 – 67	Northern Mystics	Stadium Southland Velodrome
7:20pm	Jodi Brown  14/17 (82%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  47/49 (96%)	Report	Maria Tutaia  21/28 (75%) Cathrine Latu  46/46 (100%)

Monday 7 April	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	53 – 56	Central Pulse	Claudelands Arena
7:40pm	Joanne Harten  26/27 (96%) Ellen Halpenny  27/28 (96%)	Report	Donna Wilkins  24/29 (83%) Irene van Dyk  32/36 (89%)

Monday 7 April	Queensland Firebirds	38 – 50	Melbourne Vixens	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
7:48pm	Romelda Aiken  25/31 (81%) Amy Wild  9/12 (75%)  ?  ?	Report	Tegan Caldwell  28/32 (88%) Karyn Bailey  13/17 (76%)  ?  ?	Attendance: 3,100

BYES:  New South Wales Swifts and Mainland Tactix

Round 7

Sunday 13 April	New South Wales Swifts	50 – 56	Melbourne Vixens	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
12:18pm	Caitlin Thwaites  ? Susan Pratley  28/33 (85%)	Report	Tegan Caldwell  ? Karyn Bailey  ? Catherine Cox  18/19 (95%)

Sunday 13 April	West Coast Fever	48 – 42	Queensland Firebirds	Challenge Stadium
12:18pm	Caitlin Bassett  39/43 (91%) Natalie Medhurst  ? Kate Beveridge  ? Chelsea Pitman  3/7 (43%)	Report Stats	Romelda Aiken  24/33 (73%) Amy Wild  ?	Attendance: 2,700

Sunday 13 April	Northern Mystics	65 – 62	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena
7:20pm	Maria Tutaia  17/19 (89%) Cathrine Latu  48/49 (98%)	Report	Mwai Kumwenda  43/44 (98%) Anna Thompson  19/22 (86%)

Monday 14 April	Southern Steel	54 – 62	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland Velodrome
7:40pm	Jodi Brown  7/11 (64%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  47/49 (96%)	Report	Donna Wilkins  27/30 (90%) Irene van Dyk  35/36 (97%)

BYES:  Adelaide Thunderbirds and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

Round 8

Saturday 19 April	Melbourne Vixens	64 – 26	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Hisense Arena
2:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  12/16 (75%) Karyn Bailey  34/36 (94%) Catherine Cox  18/25 (72%)	Report Stats	Carla Borrego  ? Erin Bell  ? Cody Lange  12/22 (55%)

Sunday 20 April	Queensland Firebirds	55 – 40	New South Wales Swifts	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
12:18pm	Romelda Aiken  36 Ameliaranne Wells  10 Amy Wild  9	Report	Caitlin Thwaites  13 Susan Pratley  24 Gretel Tippett  3	Attendance: 3,000

Sunday 20 April	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	56 – 50	Northern Mystics	Claudelands Arena
7:20pm	Joanne Harten  44/46 (96%) Ellen Halpenny  12/20 (60%)	Report	Maria Tutaia  33/37 (89%) Cathrine Latu  17/20 (85%)

Monday 21 April	Mainland Tactix	61 – 77	Southern Steel	CBS Canterbury Arena
7:40pm	Mwai Kumwenda  49/52 (94%) Anna Thompson  12/20 (60%)	Report	Jodi Brown  16/19 (84%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  60/61 (98%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  1/1 (100%)

BYES:  West Coast Fever and Central Pulse

Round 9

Friday 25 April	New South Wales Swifts	65 – 52	Southern Steel	AIS Arena
1:48pm	Caitlin Thwaites  32/35 (91%) Susan Pratley  23/27 (85%) Carla Dziwoki  9/10 (90%) Gretel Tippett  1/3 (33%)	Report Stats	Jodi Brown  8/10 (80%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  42/45 (93%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  2/4 (50%)

Saturday 26 April	Central Pulse	40 – 52	Melbourne Vixens	TSB Bank Arena
4:20pm	Donna Wilkins  18/23 (78%) Irene van Dyk  22/29 (76%)	Report Stats	Tegan Caldwell  22/23 (96%) Karyn Bailey  30/35 (86%)

Sunday 27 April	Queensland Firebirds	50 – 48	West Coast Fever	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
12:18pm	Romelda Aiken  ? Amy Wild  ?		Caitlin Bassett  ? Natalie Medhurst  ?

Sunday 27 April	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	50 – 49	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Energy Events Centre
7:20pm	Joanne Harten  36/41 (88%) Ellen Halpenny  14/19 (74%)	Report	Carla Borrego  23/26 (88%) Erin Bell  26/30 (87%)

Monday 28 April	Mainland Tactix	60 – 61	Northern Mystics	CBS Canterbury Arena
7:40pm	Mwai Kumwenda  53/60 (88%) Anna Thompson  7/12 (58%)	Report	Maria Tutaia  18/23 (78%) Cathrine Latu  43/46 (93%)

Round 10

Saturday 3 May	Adelaide Thunderbirds	57 – 50	West Coast Fever	Netball SA Stadium
1:48pm	Carla Borrego  21 Erin Bell  36	Report	Caitlin Bassett  37 Natalie Medhurst  13

Sunday 4 May	Melbourne Vixens	50 – 54	New South Wales Swifts	Hisense Arena
12:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  22/24 (92%) Karyn Bailey  14/18 (78%) Catherine Cox  14/18 (78%)	Report	Caitlin Thwaites  26/31 (84%) Susan Pratley  28/32 (88%)

Sunday 4 May	Queensland Firebirds	69 – 52	Mainland Tactix	Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
2:18pm	Romelda Aiken  54/57 (95%) Amy Wild  8/12 (67%) Ameliaranne Wells  7/8 (88%)	Report Stats	Mwai Kumwenda  40/45 (89%) Anna Thompson  12/17 (71%)

Sunday 4 May	Northern Mystics	61 – 73	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena
7:20pm	Maria Tutaia  23/29 (79%) Cathrine Latu  34/34 (100%) Bailey Mes  4/4 (100%)	Report	Jodi Brown  25/30 (83%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  46/51 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  2/3 (67%)

Monday 5 May	Central Pulse	54 – 44	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Te Rauparaha Arena
7:40pm	Donna Wilkins  29/34 (85%) Irene van Dyk  24/29 (83%) Paula Griffin  1/1 (100%)	Report	Joanne Harten  30/35 (86%) Ellen Halpenny  9/10 (90%) Malia Paseka  5/8 (63%)

Round 11

Sunday 11 May	Adelaide Thunderbirds	52 – 58	Queensland Firebirds	Netball SA Stadium
11:48am	Carla Borrego  25/30 (83%) Erin Bell  27/31 (87%)	Report Stats	Romelda Aiken  40/48 (83%) Amy Wild  18/21 (86%)

Sunday 11 May	Mainland Tactix	50 – 58	Central Pulse	Saxton Stadium, Nelson
7:20pm	Mwai Kumwenda  42/44 (95%) Anna Thompson  8/14 (57%)	Report Stats	Irene van Dyk  43/45 (96%) Paula Griffin  15/18 (83%)

Monday 12 May	West Coast Fever	47 – 58	New South Wales Swifts	Perth Arena
6:48pm	Caitlin Bassett  31/37 (84%) Natalie Medhurst  16/18 (89%)	Report Stats	Caitlin Thwaites  33/42 (79%) Susan Pratley  25/31 (81%)

Monday 12 May	Southern Steel	62 – 57	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Stadium Southland Velodrome
7:40pm	Jodi Brown  21/26 (81%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  41/42 (98%)	Report	Joanne Harten  31/33 (94%) Ellen Halpenny  26/34 (76%)

BYES:  Melbourne Vixens and Northern Mystics

Round 12

Sunday 18 May	Melbourne Vixens	65 – 46	West Coast Fever	Hisense Arena
12:18pm	Tegan Caldwell  37/43 (86%) Karyn Bailey  20/ 27 (74%) Catherine Cox  8/8 (100%)	Report	Caitlin Bassett  23/30 (77%) Natalie Medhurst  17/23 (74%)

Sunday 18 May	New South Wales Swifts	45 – 42	Adelaide Thunderbirds	Allphones Arena
2:18pm	Caitlin Thwaites  ? Susan Pratley  ?	Report	Carla Borrego  ? Erin Bell  ?	Attendance: 10,118

Sunday 18 May	Central Pulse	49 – 45	Northern Mystics	Arena Manawatu
7:20pm	Donna Wilkins  16/16 (100%) Irene van Dyk  25/28 (89%) Paula Griffin  8/12 (67%)	Report	Maria Tutaia  20/24 (83%) Cathrine Latu  25/26 (96%)

Monday 19 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	74 – 56	Mainland Tactix	ASB Arena
7:40pm	Joanne Harten  40/44 (91%) Ellen Halpenny  34/36 (94%)	Report	Mwai Kumwenda  48/51 (94%) Anna Thompson  8/12 (67%)

BYES:  Queensland Firebirds and Southern Steel

Round 13

Saturday 24 May	Queensland Firebirds	60 – 33	Central Pulse	Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
2:18pm	Romelda Aiken  46/53 (87%) Amy Wild  14/22 (64%)	Report	Donna Wilkins  13/16 (81%) Irene van Dyk  12/13 (92%) Paula Griffin  8/12 (67%)

Sunday 25 May	Adelaide Thunderbirds	43 – 64	Melbourne Vixens	Netball SA Stadium
11:48am	Carla Borrego  22/28 (79%) Erin Bell  21/24 (88%)	Report	Tegan Caldwell  24/34 (71%) Karyn Bailey  26/29 (90%) Catherine Cox  14/16 (88%)

Sunday 25 May	New South Wales Swifts	55 – 43	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
2:18pm	Caitlin Thwaites  25/31 (81%) Susan Pratley  30/38 (79%)	Report Stats	Joanne Harten  22/28 (79%) Ellen Halpenny  12/15 (80%) Malia Paseka  9/13 (69%)

Sunday 25 May	Southern Steel	64 – 60	Mainland Tactix	More FM Arena
7:20pm	Jodi Brown  26/37 (70%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  11/11 (100%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  27/32 (84%)	Report	Mwai Kumwenda  52/58 (90%) Anna Thompson  8/12 (67%)

Monday 26 May	Northern Mystics	63 – 51	West Coast Fever	The Trusts Arena
7:40pm	Maria Tutaia  24/35 (69%) Cathrine Latu  39/43 (91%)	Report	Caitlin Bassett  35/37 (95%) Natalie Medhurst  12/12 (100%) Kate Beveridge  4/6 (67%)

Round 14

Saturday 31 May	Southern Steel	65 – 64	Melbourne Vixens	Stadium Southland Velodrome
4:20pm	Jodi Brown  21/29 (72%) Jhaniele Fowler-Reid  44/48 (92%)	Report Stats	Tegan Caldwell  34/38 (89%) Karyn Bailey  13/13 (100%) Catherine Cox  17/19 (89%)

Sunday 1 June	Adelaide Thunderbirds	66 – 49	Mainland Tactix	Netball SA Stadium
11:48am	Carla Borrego  36/53 (68%) Erin Bell  30/31 (97%)	Report	Mwai Kumwenda  42/47 (89%) Anna Thompson  5/10 (50%) Sophia Fenwick  2/4 (50%)

Sunday 1 June	Northern Mystics	56 – 53	New South Wales Swifts	The Trusts Arena
7:20pm	Maria Tutaia  24/31 (77%) Cathrine Latu  32/33 (97%)	Report	Caitlin Thwaites  34/40 (85%) Susan Pratley  19/24 (79%)

Monday 2 June	West Coast Fever	51 – 44	Central Pulse	Challenge Stadium
5:48pm	Caitlin Bassett  37/42 (88%) Natalie Medhurst  14/17 (82%)	Report	Donna Wilkins  26/35 (74%) Irene van Dyk  6/7 (86%) Paula Griffin  12/17 (71%)

Monday 2 June	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	55 – 59	Queensland Firebirds	Claudelands Arena
7:40pm	Joanne Harten  29/35 (83%) Ellen Halpenny  26/34 (76%)	Report	Romelda Aiken  40/45 (89%) Amy Wild  19/20 (95%)

Sources:^[1]

Final standings

2014 ANZ Championship ladder v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	Pts
1	Melbourne Vixens	13	9	4	746	592	+154	126.0	18
2	Queensland Firebirds	13	9	4	694	623	+71	111.4	18
3	New South Wales Swifts	13	9	4	707	652	+55	108.4	18
4	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	13	8	5	727	672	+55	108.2	16
5	Southern Steel	13	7	6	792	809	−17	97.9	14
6	Central Pulse	13	7	6	658	675	−17	97.5	14
7	Northern Mystics	13	6	7	706	752	−46	93.9	12
8	Adelaide Thunderbirds	13	5	8	663	706	−43	93.9	10
9	West Coast Fever	13	4	9	689	724	−35	95.2	8
10	Mainland Tactix	13	1	12	694	871	−177	79.7	2
Updated 2 May 2021

  Qualified for Major semi-final
  Qualified for Minor semi-final

• Pld = Games played
• W = Win (2 points)
• L = Loss (0 points)
• GF = Goals For
• GA = Goals Against
• GD = Goals Difference (= GF−GA)
• G% = Goal percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)

Pts = Points

Sources:^[53]

Finals

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Grand final

9 June – Hisense Arena

22 June – Hisense Arena

Melbourne Vixens

52

Melbourne Vixens

53

Queensland Firebirds

47

16 June – Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

Queensland Firebirds

42

Queensland Firebirds

54

8 June – Allphones Arena

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

50

New South Wales Swifts

49

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

50

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Minor semi-final

Sunday 8 June 2:18pm	Stats	New South Wales Swifts	49–50	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic		Allphones Arena Attendance: 5,610	Fox Sports Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 14–25, 12–14, 9–12
		Caitlin Thwaites  24/27 (89%) Susan Pratley  25/29 (86%)		Joanne Harten  28/35 (80%) Ellen Halpenny  22/26 (85%)

Sources:^[54][55][56]

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Major semi-final

Monday 9 June 5:48pm	Stats	Melbourne Vixens	52–47	Queensland Firebirds		Hisense Arena	Fox Sports Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 11-13, 14–13, 11–12
		Tegan Caldwell  27/36 (75%) Karyn Bailey  25/29 (86%)		Romelda Aiken  35/41 (85%) Amy Wild  12/15 (80%)

Sources:^[57]

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Preliminary final

Monday 16 June 7:18pm	Stats	Queensland Firebirds	54–50	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic		Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Attendance: 3,200	Fox Sports Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 15–13, 11–11, 14–13
		Romelda Aiken  36/44 (82%) Amy Wild  18/21 (86%)		Joanne Harten  29/38 (76%) Ellen Halpenny  21/24 (88%)

Sources:^[58][59][60]

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Grand final

Sunday 22 June 2:28pm	Stats	Melbourne Vixens	53–42	Queensland Firebirds		Hisense Arena Attendance: 9,345 [2]	Fox Sports Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 11–11, 13–12, 16–8
		Tegan Caldwell  30/33 (91%) Karyn Bailey  17/22 (77%) Catherine Cox  6/7 (86%)		Romelda Aiken  25/30 (83%) Amy Wild  17/21 (81%)

Sources:^{[4][5][6][61][62][63]}

Award winners

ANZ Championship awards

Award	Winner	Team
ANZ Championship MVP	Kimberlee Green (Note 4) [27][64][65]	New South Wales Swifts
ANZ Championship MVP	Joanne Harten (Note 4) [27][64][65]	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
ANZ Championship Grand Final MVP	Tegan Caldwell[4][2][66]	Melbourne Vixens
ANZ Championship Best New Talent	Mwai Kumwenda[27][67]	Mainland Tactix

Notes

• ^4 Kimberlee Green and Joanne Harten shared the MVP award.

All Star Team

Position	Player	Team
GS	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid	Southern Steel
GA	Susan Pratley	New South Wales Swifts
WA	Madison Robinson	Melbourne Vixens
C	Kimberlee Green	New South Wales Swifts
WD	Renae Hallinan	Adelaide Thunderbirds
GD	Casey Kopua	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
GK	Geva Mentor	Melbourne Vixens
Coach	Julie Fitzgerald	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

Sources:^[68][69]

Australian Netball Awards

Award	Winner	Team
Australian ANZ Championship Player of the Year	Laura Geitz[3]	Queensland Firebirds
Liz Ellis Diamond	Madison Robinson[70]	Melbourne Vixens
Australian ANZ Championship Coach of the Year	Simone McKinnis	Melbourne Vixens
Joyce Brown Coach of the Year	Roselee Jencke	Queensland Firebirds

Sources:^{[71][72][73][74]}

Golden Bib Award

In 2014 the ANZ Championship introduced the Golden Bib Award which recognised the top attacker, top midcourter and top defender from each round. The award is determined on statistics and players earned two points for a goal assist and a point for centre pass receive.^[75]

Round	Attacker	Midcourter	Defender
1 [76]	Ellen Halpenny (Magic)	Grace Rasmussen (Magic)	Geva Mentor (Vixens)
2 [77]	Mwai Kumwenda (Tactix)	Madison Robinson (Vixens) Brooke Miller (Swifts)	Leana de Bruin (Magic)
3 [78]	Caitlin Bassett (Fever)	Grace Rasmussen (Magic)	Eboni Beckford-Chambers (Fever)
4	Caitlin Bassett (Fever)	Grace Rasmussen (Magic)	Casey Kopua (Magic)
5	Tegan Caldwell (Vixens)	Grace Rasmussen (Magic)	Geva Mentor (Vixens)
6	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (Steel)	Laura Langman (Mystics)	Laura Geitz (Firebirds)
7 [79]	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (Steel)	Madison Robinson (Vixens)	Laura Geitz (Firebirds)
8 [80]	Jhaniele Fowler-Reid (Steel)	Madison Robinson (Vixens)	Geva Mentor (Vixens)
9	Cathrine Latu (Mystics)	Madison Robinson (Vixens)	Katrina Grant (Pulse)
10	Romelda Aiken (Firebirds)	Emily Beaton (Thunderbirds)	Geva Mentor (Vixens)
11	Irene van Dyk (Pulse)	Grace Rasmussen (Magic)	Laura Geitz (Firebirds)
12	Ellen Halpenny (Magic) Joanne Harten (Magic)	Madison Robinson (Vixens)	Bianca Chatfield (Vixens)
13	Romelda Aiken (Firebirds)	Madison Robinson (Vixens)	Casey Kopua (Magic)
14	Erin Bell (Thunderbirds)	Shannon Francois (Steel)	Rebecca Bulley (Thunderbirds)

Media coverage

All 69 matches were broadcast live on Fox Sports (Australia) and Sky Sport (New Zealand).^[27] SBS 2 also broadcast a live match every Sunday and showed weekly highlights of all the matches every Wednesday.^[81] In New Zealand, Māori Television also agreed a deal with Sky which saw Te Reo screen delayed coverage of one game from each round, plus the finals, on Tuesday nights.^[82][83] In Australia, National Indigenous Television broadcast one match per week throughout the season.^[84]

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