The 2002 Southern Sting season saw the

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netball team compete in the 2002

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league season. With a team coached by Robyn Broughton, captained by

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and featuring Reinga Bloxham, Tania Dalton, Adine Harper, Donna Loffhagen and Lesley Nicol, Sting won their fourth league title. Sting went through the season unbeaten, winning all ten of their matches. In the semi-final, they defeated Capital Shakers 68–49. In the grand final, they defeated Canterbury Flames 54–48.

Players

Player movements

2002 roster

Stats

Sting went through the season unbeaten, winning all ten of their matches. Their dominance was such that Tania Dalton and Donna Loffhagen had the best attacking record of 490 goals for and

and Megan Hutton had the best defensive record of 327 against.

Regular season

Fixtures and results

;Round 1 ;Round 2 ''

received a bye.'' ;Round 3 ;Round 4 ;Round 5 ;Round 6 ;Round 7 ;Round 8 ;Round 9

Finals series

Semi-final

Grand final

References

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2002 in New Zealand netball