The 2022 Northern Stars season saw the

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netball team compete in the 2022 ANZ Premiership. With a team coached by Kiri Wills, captained by

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and featuring Gina Crampton,

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and Kayla Johnson, Stars finished the regular season in second place, behind

Central Pulse Central Pulse are a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Central in the ANZ Premiership. Netball Central is the governing body that ...

and above

Northern Mystics Northern Mystics are a New Zealand netball team based in Auckland. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Northern in the ANZ Premiership. Netball Northern is the governing body t ...

. In the Elimination final, Stars defeated Mystics 63–57. Pulse then defeated Stars 56–37 in the Grand final.

Players

Player movements

2022 roster

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

Matches cancelled

Just like the

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season, the 2022 season was impacted by the

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. Stars' Round 1 match against

was cancelled following a COVID-19 outbreak in the Pulse squad. Further Stars' matches were cancelled throughout the season, most notably in early April when three of their matches were cancelled across Rounds 4 and 5.

Temporary replacement players

* Greer Sinclair, a

training partner, played for four teams during the season. As well as played for Northern Comets in the National Netball League, she also played for Stars,

and

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic are 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-Col ...

in the ANZ Premiership. She played for Stars in the Round 3 match against

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. * Eseta Autagavaia scored for and against Stars during the season. After initially featuring as a replacement player for Stars, she finished the season playing for

. In Round 6 she scored for Stars in a 63–51 win against

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. In Round 9 she played and scored for Magic against Stars. *

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came out of retirement to play for Stars and made her 100th senior league appearance in a Round 10 match against

. *

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partnered Elle Temu in defense in the absence of

, during the Round 10 match against

. De Bruin was making her second league appearance of the 2022 ANZ Premiership after an earlier successful comeback for

Regular season

Fixtures and results

;Round 1 ;Round 2 ;Round 3 ;Round 4 ;Round 5 ;Round 6 ;Rescheduled Round 4 match ;Round 7 ;Round 8 ;Round 9 ;Round 10 ;Round 11 ;Round 12 ;Round 13 ;Rescheduled matches ;Notes * Matches postponed under the

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's COVID-19 Match Postponement Policy.

Final standings

Finals Series

Elimination final

Grand final

Award winners

Team of the season

Five Stars players featured in

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's ''

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s team of the season. ;Stuff Super Seven ;Bench

Robinhood Stars Awards

References

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