22-453: Southern Steel may refer to: Southern Steel (netball) , a New Zealand netball team Southern Steel (album) , a 1991 album by Steve Morse Southern Steel (novel) , a 1953 novel by Dymphna Cusack Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Southern Steel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
44-668: A New Zealand netball team based in Hamilton . The team were formed in 1998 , following the merger of Waikato Wildcats and Bay of Plenty Magic . In 1997, Wildcats and Magic had been founder members of the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 1999 and 2007, the new team continued to play in the league. Magic are the only team from the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup era to have retained their original name. Between 2008 and 2016 , they played in
66-598: A New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill . Between 2008 and 2016 , they played in the ANZ Championship . Since 2017 they have represented Netball South in the ANZ Premiership . Netball South is the governing body that represents Southland and Otago . In 2017 they won their first premiership when they were the inaugural ANZ Premiership winners. In 2018 they won their second premiership when they retained
88-522: A 16 match unbeaten season. However, Steel's perfect season was almost derailed on 12 June when a van with six of their players on board was involved in a road traffic accident in Fendalton , Christchurch . Four of the players were injured. Wendy Frew received over seventy stitches and underwent surgery while Te Paea Selby-Rickit suffered a dual fractured rib. Shannon Francois and Jhaniele Fowler-Reid had minor injuries. Just two days later, on 14 June, with
110-606: A team in the National Netball League . They are effectively the reserve team of Southern Steel. They originally played simply as Netball South before becoming known as Southern Blast. In 2016, Netball South won the inaugural NNL title after defeating Central Zone 51–46 in the grand final. At the 2016 New Zealand Netball Awards, Netball South winning the inaugural title was named Moment of the Year. Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Uniform Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic are
132-510: Is Stadium Southland . They also play some home games at Dunedin 's Edgar Centre . During the 2011 , 2012 and 2013 seasons, while Stadium Southland was unavailable following a roof collapse in September 2010, Steel played their Invercargill home games at the ILT Velodrome . Manager : Dayna Kaio Source : Sources : Source : Since 2016, Netball South have entered
154-464: The 2008 season as minor premiers and overall runners-up. During the regular season Magic won 10 of their 13 matches and finished above eventual champions New South Wales Swifts . Magic subsequently lost to Swifts in the major semi–final, defeated Adelaide Thunderbirds in the preliminary final before losing the grand final to Swifts. In 2009 Magic were regular season runners up. In 2010 , Magic were grand finalists once again. They finished
176-671: The ANZ Championship . Since 2017 , Magic have represented Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty in the ANZ Premiership . Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty is the governing body that represents the North Island regions of Waikato and Bay of Plenty . During the National Bank Cup era, Magic were premiers in 2005 and 2006. During the ANZ Championship era, Magic were the most successful New Zealand team. In 2008 they were minor premiers and they were grand finalists in 2008 and 2010 before winning
198-404: The ANZ Premiership . With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham , captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton , Jhaniele Fowler-Reid , Shannon Francois , and Jane Watson , Steel finished the 2017 season as inaugural ANZ Premiership winners. After finishing the regular season unbeaten and as minor premiers, Steel defeated Central Pulse 69–53 in the grand final. This saw Steel complete
220-778: The New Zealand Conference titles. Minor premiers and grand finalists Grand finalists Premiers Source : Since 2017 , Magic have played in the ANZ Premiership . Since 2012 , Magic's main home venue has been Claudelands Arena , now known as the Globox Arena . They also play home matches at Tauranga 's ASB Baypark Stadium and Rotorua 's Energy Events Centre . Between 1998 and 2011 , Mystery Creek Events Centre served as Magic's main Hamilton home venue. During this era they also played their Tauranga matches at
242-431: The premiership . Magic lost their first four matches. However, they subsequently won 12 matches in a row to finish third during the regular season and champions overall. In the minor semi-final they defeated Thunderbirds and in the preliminary final they defeated Northern Mystics after extra time. In the grand final they defeated Melbourne Vixens 41–38. As a result, they became the first, and only, New Zealand team to win
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#1732855424726264-581: The ANZ Championship era came in 2016 . With a team coached by Noeline Taurua , captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton , Jhaniele Fowler-Reid , Shannon Francois , and Jane Watson , Steel finished the season as minor premiers. However, they subsequently lost the New Zealand Conference Final to Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic and were defeated in the semifinals by Queensland Firebirds . Minor Premiership Source : Since 2017 , Steel have played in
286-549: The Championship. They were also the first and only team to start the season with four defeats and win the title and the first and only team to finish third in the regular season and win the title. In July 2013, Julie Fitzgerald was appointed head coach of Magic. Between 2014 and 2016 , she guided Magic to the ANZ Championship Finals Series every season. In both 2015 and 2016, she guided Magic to
308-492: The final. The run continued into the 2018 season. However after defeating Mystics in their opening match, they were beaten 62–51 by Pulse, ending a 22–match win streak. The streak included 17 ANZ Premiership matches and five Super Club matches. Despite this and despite losing two key players, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid and Jane Watson, Steel went onto to retain their title. In the 2018 grand final they again defeated Pulse. Premierships Steel's main home venue
330-426: The four injured players replaced by four players recruited from their Beko Netball League team, Steel notched up win number 14 of the season against Mainland Tactix . Despite been 41–38 down after three quarters, Steel launched a comeback in the fourth quarter to win 51–46. Steel remained unbeaten as they went onto win the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament, defeating Northern Mystics 79–58 in
352-443: The grand final. Magic are the only team from the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup era to have retained their original name. Winners Source : Between 2008 and 2016 , Magic played in the ANZ Championship . Magic were the most successful New Zealand team during ANZ Championship era. With a team coached by Noeline Taurua , captained by Amigene Metcalfe and featuring Irene van Dyk , Magic finished
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396-478: The overall title in 2012 . They were the only New Zealand team to win the ANZ Championship. In 1998 Waikato Wildcats , featuring Jenny-May Coffin , and Bay of Plenty Magic , with Lyn Gunson as head coach, became founder members of the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. In 1999 these two teams merged to become Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. Gunson became the new team's first coach. Amigene Metcalfe , Tania Nicholson and Cushla Lichtwark were all members of
418-450: The regular season third behind Swifts and Thunderbirds. They subsequently defeated Southern Steel in the minor semi-final and Swifts in the preliminary final but lost to Thunderbirds in the grand final. In 2011 they were again regular season runners up. In 2012 , with a team coached by Taurua, captained by Laura Langman and featuring Leana de Bruin , Irene van Dyk , Julianna Naoupu and Casey Williams , Magic eventually won
440-548: The team's first squad. Between 1999 and 2007, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. During this era, they were coached by three future New Zealand national netball team head coaches – Lyn Gunson , Ruth Aitken and Noeline Taurua . In 2005 and 2006, with a team coached by Taurua and featuring Amigene Metcalfe , Irene van Dyk , Casey Williams , Laura Langman and Joline Henry , Magic won two successive National Bank Cup titles. On both occasions they defeated Southern Sting in
462-475: The title. In 2017 Steel were the inaugural winners of the Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. Southern Steel was formed in 2007 . The new team was effectively a merger of the two former National Bank Cup teams, Southern Sting and Otago Rebels . Steel subsequently became founder members of the ANZ Championship . Ahead of the 2008 ANZ Championship season , Robyn Broughton
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#1732855424726484-407: Was appointed the team's first head coach and Jenny-May Coffin and Megan Hutton were named as co-captains. Between 2008 and 2016 , Southern Steel played in the ANZ Championship . In both 2009 and 2010 , Steel finished 4th during the regular season and qualified for the playoffs. However on both occasions they failed to progress beyond the semifinals. Steel's best performance during
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