This weekend saw the conclusion of the Suncorp Super Netball Season with the Grand Final held between New South Wales (NSW) Swifts and Sunshine Coast Lightning, both battling it out to become champions. The final was packed with Netball World Cup 2019 stars including Sam Wallace who was named Nissan Player of the Match, producing 91% Shooting statistics, who alongside Helen Housby, Nat Haythornthwaite, Paige Hadley, Katrina Rore, Maddy Turner and Sarah Klau helped Swifts to glory.
Despite being knocked down in the Semi-Final by Lightning, NSW Swifts came back to produce their best performance of the season to take the title from the back-to-back winners by 64 to 47 goals. Lightning were persistent, continuously pushing harder each quarter but NSW Swifts produced an incredibly fast, sharp and well-executed game to take the title with a convincing win. The game saw an incredible fight from both teams, but leading by 10 goals in the fourth quarter, Swifts pushed on scoring an astounding 18 goals in the final 15 minutes to be crowned Suncorp Super Netball Champions 2019.
To find out more about the result visit https://supernetball.com.au/.