Suncorp Super Netball League
Australia’s Suncorp Super Netball League (SSN) will start on Saturday 13th April, and here we have all the information you need to know, including the key international players we think you should look out for this season, where to watch, and more!
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International Player Watch Preview
Each week we will be highlighting across our website and socials just some of the international talent competing in the SSN, with players from Jamaica, England, Trinidad & Tobago, and more involved in the league.
Click the team names below to reveal the players we think you keep an eye on each week.
Let’s start with last season SSN Premiership winners, Thunderbirds.
In 2023, Thunderbirds won the Premiership in extra-time, however this season they will have a new look side with lots of change in all areas of the court.
Despite some international stars, such as Eleanor Cardwell, departing the reigning champions have also brought in some more talent, including Jamaica’s Romelda Aiken-George.
Aiken-George joins fellow Sunshine Girls Latanya Wilson and Shamera Sterling-Humphrey.
All three athletes were part of Jamaica’s Bronze medal winning Netball World Cup 2023 (NWC2023 squad) last summer, with Sterling-Humphrey having a particularly strong tournament making 15 rebounds and 16 interceptions.
Take a look back at Sterling-Humphrey at the NWC2023 here:
We are so excited to see the shooting circle at Giants this year with Australian Diamonds, Sophie Dwyer and retired England Rose, Jo Harten, set to partner up.
Another international player to look out for at Giants this year is Jamaica’s Jodi-Ann Ward, who has joined from Collingwood Magpies.
Ward had a stand-out final season with Magpies, before having a successful NWC2023 with Jamaica where she made 19 deflections and 13 interceptions.
You can catch up on the Jamaica Sunshine Girls NWC2023 matches on NetballPass here.
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Vixens aren’t short of an Australian Diamond in their 2024 squad, with Kiera Austin, Sophie Garbin and Jo Weston, who were all part of the NWC2023 winning squad, signed up for the campaign. Garbin and Austin had fantastic tournaments in the shooting circle, both shooting at 89%, with Garbin finishing Australia’s top goal scorer with 215 goals to her name. At the other end of the court, Weston made 10 interceptions and 7 defensive rebounds. Take a look at this Instagram post to see Garbin doing what she does best in the NWC2023 final:
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When we talk about Swifts, we must start no further than the NWC2023 player of the tournament, Helen Housby.
Housby helped England to their first ever Netball World Cup Final, shooting at 93.6%, scoring 162 goals, whilst also acting as a real play maker receiving 92 centre passes and putting in 106 feeds.
Swifts fell short in the Grand Final last year, losing to Thunderbirds in extra time and will be back firing this year ready to get revenge.
Someone else that is back for Swifts this year is Sam Wallace, who had been out due to injury in the 2023 season and missed out the NWC2023 with Trinidad & Tobago.
Let’s take a look at some of Housby’s best bits from the NWC2023:
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Tonga qualified for their first Netball World Cup since 1999 in 2023, and they were captained by none other than Hulita Veve, who will be in a Firebirds dress this season.
The midcourter finished 3rd in the NWC2023 interceptions charts, with 23 intercepts to her name as the Tala finished in 8th place.
Take a look at just one of those interceptions here:
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The NWC2023’s defender of the tournament, Australia’s Courtney Bruce, has swapped the green of Fever for the yellow Lightning this season, and will certainly be one to look out for as she sets out on a new challenge.
Bruce finished top of the SSN leader board for rebound in 2023, with 39 to her name, whilst she made 103 deflections and 35 intercepts, outing her third in the league for both.
The Diamond then went on to be a key part of the Australia NWC2023 winning squad, where she made a further 36 deflections and 23 interceptions, putting her 1st in the deflections chart and 2nd in the intercepts charts by just 1.
Here is a reminder of Bruce at the NWC2023:
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We can’t wait to see her in new colours this season!
Finally, we have Fever!
Their defence is something we are very excited this season with Australia’s Sunday Aryang, England’s Fran Williams, and Jamaica’s Kadie-Ann Dehaney all secured for 2024.
This will be Williams first season in the SSN, but she joins of the back of a successful 2023 domestic season with Loughborough Lightning in the UK’s Netball Super League, where they won the Grand Final, and a very successful NWC2023 with England too.
Williams was unstoppable in Cape Town, making multiple game changing interceptions and become a super sub.
Here is one we are sure the international Netball Family will want to see again:
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Where to Watch
The Suncorp Super Netball (SSN) League will be available globally for the Netball Family to watch.
Those outside of Australia will be able to watch the league unfold on NetballPass, with a season pass costing £29.99 GPB or a weekly pass costing £2.99 GBP.
You can sign up to NetballPass, here.
Those in the Pacific Islands will be able to watch two games of the SSN every week via PacificAus TV.
You can find out more about PacificAus TV, here.
For those within Australia, the league will be available on Kayo Sports and Foxtel, and you can find out more here.