The 2012 Netball Quad Series was the inaugural
Netball Quad Series
The Netball Quad Series, also referred to as the SANZEA Netball Quad Series, is an international netball series. The series traditionally features Australia national netball team, Australia, England national netball team, England, New Zealand nati ...
series. It was co-hosted by
Netball Australia
Netball Australia is the main governing body for netball in Australia. It is affiliated to World Netball. It is responsible for organising and administering the Australia national netball team, Suncorp Super Netball, Australian National Netba ...
and
Netball New Zealand
Netball New Zealand is the national body which oversees, promotes and manages netball in New Zealand, including the Silver Ferns.
In 2019, 137,713 players were registered with Netball New Zealand, the governing body for organised netball in th ...
. It featured
Australia
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,
England
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,
New Zealand
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and
South Africa
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playing each other in a series of twelve
netball test matches in October and November 2012. The series featured six double headers with three played in Australia and three played in New Zealand. The three in Australia were also known as the Holden International Quad-Series, while the three in New Zealand were also known as the New World Quad Series.
With a team coached by
Lisa Alexander and
captained by
Natalie von Bertouch, Australia won the inaugural series.
It would be
2016
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, before the next Netball Quad Series was organised.
The series was broadcast live on
Fox Sports in Australia, on
Sky Sport in New Zealand and on
SuperSport (South Africa).
Squads
Debuts
* On 14 October 2012,
Bailey Mes made her senior debut for
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
against
South Africa
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.
* On 17 October 2012, Chanel Gomes made her senior debut for
Australia
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against
South Africa
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.
* On 25 October 2012,
Caitlin Thwaites
Caitlin Thwaites (born 29 December 1986) is a former Australian netball player and volleyballer.
Career
Caitlin Thwaites was born in Bendigo, Australia. Thwaites began her career at for the Melbourne Kestrels of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy a ...
made her senior debut for
Australia
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against
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
.
Holden International Quad-Series
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
New World Quad Series
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Final table
References
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2012
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2012 in netball
International netball competitions hosted by Australia
International netball competitions hosted by New Zealand
2012 in Australian netball
2012 in New Zealand netball
2012 in English netball
2012 in South African netball
October 2012 sports events in Australia
October 2012 sports events in New Zealand
November 2012 sports events in New Zealand