2024 Netball Super League season
2024 Netball Super League season | |
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League | Netball Super League |
Sport | Netball |
Duration | 17 February – 29 June 2024 |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | Sky Sports & BBC |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | Lois Pearson[1] |
Top scorer | Mary Cholhok[1] |
Grand Finals | |
Date | 29 June 2024 |
Venue | Resorts World Arena |
Champions | Loughborough Lightning |
Runners-up | Manchester Thunder |
The 2024 Netball Super League season was the nineteenth season of the Netball Super League, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. Loughborough Lightning were the defending champions, as they won the 2023 Grand final. The season began on 17 February and ended with the Grand Final on 29 June.
Loughborough Lightning won the competition, beating Manchester Thunder in the final to claim their second consecutive and third Super League title in four years.[2]
Format
The season featured 10 teams and was the last using this format before relaunching as a professional 8 team league in 2025. Fixtures were played home and away across 18 rounds before the top four progressed to the semi-finals. The first round of fixtures were all held at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham.[3]
It would be the final Netball Super League season to feature Severn Stars, Strathclyde Sirens, Surrey Storm and Team Bath.[4]
Teams
Squads
Transfers
For the 2024 season, the signing window opened on Monday 19 June 2023 and clubs were given until 5pm on Friday 14 July 2023 to register a minimum of 10 of their registered 12 players. Any remaining registrations (a maximum of 2 Registered Players and up to 3 Training Partners) must have been registered by the deadline of 5pm on 25 August 2023.
The following table is a list of players who moved clubs into or out of the Netball Superleague, or were elevated to a permanent position in the senior team during the off-season. It does not include contracted players who were re-signed by their original Netball Superleague clubs.
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Manchester Thunder (Q) | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1200 | 844 | +356 | 51 | Qualifying for the Finals series |
2 | Loughborough Lightning (Q) | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1217 | 951 | +266 | 45 | |
3 | London Pulse (Q) | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1024 | 876 | +148 | 43 | |
4 | Severn Stars (Q) | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1062 | 968 | +94 | 36 | |
5 | Leeds Rhinos | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 969 | 982 | −13 | 24 | |
6 | Surrey Storm | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 998 | 1100 | −102 | 21 | |
7 | Saracens Mavericks | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 965 | 992 | −27 | 20 | |
8 | Cardiff Dragons | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 900 | 983 | −83 | 20 | |
9 | Strathclyde Sirens | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 841 | 1146 | −305 | 4 | |
10 | Team Bath | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 872 | 1206 | −334 | 3 |
Finals series
Semi-finals
22 June 2024 | Manchester Thunder | 63-54 | Severn Stars | Belle Vue Arena | |
22 June 2024 | Loughborough Lightning | 59-47 | London Pulse | David Wallace Sports Hall | |
Third-place play-off
29 June 2024 | Severn Stars | 48-52 | London Pulse | Resorts World Arena | |
14:00 |
Grand final
29 June 2024 | Manchester Thunder | 54-70 | Loughborough Lightning | Resorts World Arena | |
16:30 |
Awards
Award | Name | Team |
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Players Player of the Season | Lois Pearson | Manchester Thunder |
Young Player of the Season | Izzi Phillips | London Pulse |
Coach of the Season | Jo Trip | Severn Stars |
Fans Player of the Season | Funmi Fadoju | London Pulse |
Top Scorer | Mary Cholhok Nuba | Loughborough Lightning |
Umpire of the Year | Gary Burgess | |
All Star VII | ||
GS | Mary Cholhok Nuba | Loughborough Lightning |
GA | Lois Pearson | Manchester Thunder |
WA | Jess Shaw | Severn Stars |
C | Natalie Panagarry | Loughborough Lightning |
WD | Imogen Allison | Manchester Thunder |
GD | Funmi Fadoju | London Pulse |
GK | Jas Brown | Severn Stars |
References
- ^ a b "Vitality and Future Roses scoop 2024 Netball Super League awards". England Netball. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Lightning beat Thunder to win second title in a row". BBC Sport. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "Netball Super League 2024: Everything you need to know". BBC Sport. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "No Team Bath in relaunched Netball Super League". BBC Sport. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "NS Preview: 2024 Netball Super League". Netball Scoop. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Nia Jones Named as new Cardiff Dragons Captain, with Laura Rudland as Vice-Captain". Cardiff Dragons. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Mentor named Rhinos Netball captain". Leeds Rhinos. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Leading the Way, The Pulse Way". London Pulse. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Lightning reveal star-studded squad ahead of new campaign". Loughborough Lightning. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Introducing the Thunder 2023 Leadership Team". Manchester Thunder. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Saracens Mavericks confirm Captain and Vice-Captain for 2024 Season". Saracens Mavericks. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ @SevernStars (11 December 2023). "Introducing our 2024 Vice Captain" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 March 2025 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Introducing Our Captains". Strathclyde Sirens. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ @SurreyStorm (20 February 2024). "Following the injury to Amy Flanagan" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 March 2025 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Bethan Dyke says captaincy role is "truly special" as Team Bath announce leadership group for 2024 Netball Super League season". Team Bath. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "Preview: 2023 Netball Super League". Netball Scoop. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ "2024 season". Team Bath. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ Marshall, Charlotte (5 July 2024). "Vitality and Future Roses scoop 2024 Netball Super League awards". England Netball. Retrieved 23 May 2025.