The 2023 Netball Superleague season was the eighteenth season of the

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, the elite domestic

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competition in the

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were the defending champions, as they won the 2022 Grand final. The season began on 11 February and ended with the Grand Final on 11 June. It featured 10 teams following the removal of

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in November 2022.

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won the competition, beating

London Pulse London Pulse is an English netball team based at the Copper Box Arena in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London. Since 2019 their senior team has played in the Netball Super League, where they have made two grand finals, taking the ti ...

in the final to claim their second Superleague title.

Overview

Format

Originally, the 2023 season was scheduled to have 11 teams. However, in November 2022,

were removed from the league after their

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went into administration, leaving the competition with 10 teams. The season began on 11 February and ended with the Grand Final on 11 June. The original fixture list was announced on 10 October 2022, and was amended in November 2022 to cater for the 10-team season. The first round of fixtures were all held at the

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Teams

Source:

Transfers

The original transfer window closed in October 2022.

Team Bath Team Bath is the University of Bath's sporting organisation. In addition to entering teams in BUCS intervarsity competitions, Team Bath has also entered teams in national leagues and competitions. Team Bath F.C. reached the first round proper o ...

re-signed former player Kadeen Corbin from

Saracens Mavericks London Mavericks is an English netball team based at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield. Their senior team plays in the Netball Super League where they were a founding member in 2005–06. They are two time Super League champions in ...

Celtic Dragons Cardiff Dragons are a Welsh netball team based in Cardiff. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06 they were founder members of the league. Their best performance in the Superleague came in 2013 when they finished as ...

signed Gabby Sinclair from Australian team

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signed

Jade Clarke Jade Bridget Clarke (born 17 October 1983 in Manchester, England) is an English netball player. Primarily a midcourt defender, Clarke was selected for the England national netball team in 2002, making her senior debut the following year against ...

and

Chelsea Pitman Chelsea Pitman (born 8 June 1988) is an Australian-born netball player and coach who represented England and Australia at international level. She won a gold medal with the Australian diamonds at the 2011 World Netball Championships and a histor ...

signed Jasmin Odeogberin and Rhea Dixon. 2022 winners

signed

Lenize Potgieter Lenize Potgieter (born 2 May 1994) is a South African professional netball player who currently plays for Manchester Thunder and the South African national team. Early life Potgieter was born in Polokwane, Limpopo before moving to Pretori ...

. Thunder lost Eleanor Cardwell,

Joyce Mvula Joyce Mvula (born 15 April 1994) is a Malawian netball player and winner of two Netball Superleague titles. Domestic career Mvula started playing netball at age 13 and became the first Malawian to play in the Netball Superleague after she ...

and Laura Malcolm, all of whom chose to play abroad in Australia or New Zealand, as well as Jade Clarke, who transferred to London Pulse for the 2023 season. Saracens Mavericks signed Kira Rothwell from London Pulse.

Strathclyde Sirens Strathclyde Sirens are a Scottish netball team based in Glasgow. Since 2017 their senior team has played in the Netball Superleague. Sirens also played in the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. They were originally known as the S ...

signed Ugandan international Stella Oyella, and Surrey Storm signed

Layla Guscoth Layla Guscoth (born 2 March 1992) is an England netball international. She was a member of the England squad that won a bronze medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup. At club level, Guscoth has played for Loughborough Lightning, Hertfordshire Mav ...

and Sophie Drakeford-Lewis from Team Bath. Following Wasps' removal from the competition, the transfer window was re-opened to allow Wasps players to sign for other teams. Chloe Essam and Rachel Fee signed for Severn Stars, Georgia Lees signed for Saracens Mavericks, Josie Huckle signed for Manchester Thunder and both Lauren Nicholls and Alex Johnson signed for Loughborough Lightning.

Table

League stage

Source:

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Finals series

Semi-finals

Third-place play-off

Grand final

Awards

References

External links

Official Website
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