2019 Netball Quad Series

The 2019 Netball Quad Series was the seventh Netball Quad Series series. It was hosted by England Netball. It featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of six netball test matches in January 2019. The first two matches were played at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena while the remaining four were played at London's Copper Box Arena.^[1][2][3][4]

2019 Netball Quad Series

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	Liverpool London
Venue(s)	M&S Bank Arena Copper Box Arena
Dates	13–20 January 2019
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Nine/9Gem (Australia) Sky Sports (UK/Ireland)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (6th title)
Runner-up	England
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Top scorer(s)	Lenize Potgieter  114/124 (92%)
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With a team coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Gabi Simpson and Caitlin Thwaites,^[5] Australia won the series over England on goal difference, having defeated both South Africa and New Zealand. Despite wins over New Zealand and Australia, a loss to South Africa ultimately cost England their first Netball Quad Series title.^[6][7][8][9] The series was broadcast live on Nine/9Gem^[4] in Australia and on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland.^[1][3]

Squads

Participating teams and rosters^[3][4]

Australia[10][11]	England[1]	New Zealand[10][12]	South Africa[12]
Kiera Austin April Brandley Kelsey Browne Courtney Bruce Emily Mannix Jamie-Lee Price Kate Moloney Gabi Simpson (c) Caitlin Thwaites (c) Gretel Tippett Liz Watson Jo Weston Steph Wood	Jade Clarke (vc) Rachel Dunn Layla Guscoth Serena Guthrie (c) Natalie Haythornthwaite Jo Harten Helen Housby Geva Mentor Chelsea Pitman Razia Quashie Eboni Usoro-Brown Fran Williams	Karin Burger Gina Crampton Ameliaranne Ekenasio Maria Folau Casey Kopua Laura Langman (c) Erena Mikaere Kimiora Poi Samantha Sinclair Whitney Souness Jane Watson Maia Wilson	Erin Burger Sigrid Burger Khanyisa Chawane Rome Dreyer Maryka Holtzhausen Phumza Maweni Tshina Mdau Bongiwe Msomi (c) Lenize Potgieter Karla Pretorius (vc) Monique Reyneke Renske Stoltz Shadine van der Merwe Ine-Marí Venter Zanele Vimbela
Coach: Lisa Alexander	Coach: Tracey Neville	Coach: Noeline Taurua	Coach: Norma Plummer

Notes

• ^1 Regular captain, Caitlin Bassett, was unable to play due to injury. Gabi Simpson initially took over on-court captain duties. However, she also became injured and Caitlin Thwaites became on-court captain.^[5][11]

Debuts

• On 13 January 2019, Kimiora Poi and Erena Mikaere made their senior debuts for New Zealand against England.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Matches

Round 1

13 January 2019	Australia	62–45	South Africa	M&S Bank Arena
3:30 pm	Gretel Tippett  30/32 (94%) Caitlin Thwaites  17/18 (94%) Steph Wood  15/18 (83%)	Stats	Lenize Potgieter  35/40 (88%) Ine-Marí Venter  7/9 (78%) Maryka Holtzhausen  3/4 (75%)

Sources:^[17][18]

13 January 2019	England	54–41	New Zealand	M&S Bank Arena
6:00 pm	Jo Harten  27/32 (84%) Helen Housby  25/31 (81%) Natalie Haythornthwaite  2/3 (67%)	Stats	Maria Folau  29/32 (91%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  12/13 (92%)

Sources:^[13][14][19]

Round 2

19 January 2019	Australia	53–50	New Zealand	Copper Box Arena
4:30 pm	Caitlin Thwaites  31/32 (97%) Gretel Tippett  12/12 (100%) Steph Wood  10/17 (59%)		Maria Folau  30/37 (81%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  20/22 (91%)

Sources:^[10][20]

19 January 2019	England	45–48	South Africa	Copper Box Arena
7:00 pm	Helen Housby  27/32 (84%) Jo Harten  18/22 (82%)	Stats	Lenize Potgieter  34/37 (92%) Maryka Holtzhausen  14/16 (88%)

Sources:^[21][22]

Round 3

20 January 2019	New Zealand	62–60	South Africa	Copper Box Arena
3:30 pm	Maria Folau  36/42 (86%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  21/28 (75%) Maia Wilson  5/6 (83%)		Lenize Potgieter  45/47 (96%) Maryka Holtzhausen  15/22 (68%)

Sources:^[12][23][24]

20 January 2019	England	52–49	Australia	Copper Box Arena
6:00 pm	Rachel Dunn  24/25 (96%) Jo Harten  23/26 (88%) Helen Housby  5/6 (83%)	Stats	Gretel Tippett  25/26 (96%) Caitlin Thwaites  16/16 (100%) Steph Wood  9/11 (82%)

Sources:^[6][7][8][9]

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	%	Pts
1	Australia	3	2	1	164	147	+17	111.56%	4
2	England	3	2	1	151	138	+13	109.42%	4
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	153	167	-14	91.62%	2
4	South Africa	3	1	2	153	169	-16	90.53%	2

Source:^[7]

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