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The Adelaide Thunderbirds Futures is an Australian netball team that represents
Netball South Australia Netball South Australia is the governing body for netball in South Australia. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the Netball South Australia Premier League as well as numerous other leagues and c ...
in the
Australian Netball League The Australian Netball Championships, formerly the Australian Netball League, is an Australian netball competition. Since 2008, it has served as a second-level competition, initially below the ANZ Championship and later below Suncorp Super Net ...
. In 2008 they were founder members of the ANL. Between 2008 and 2011 they played as South Australia. After rebranding to the Southern Force, the team was ANL champions in 2012 and 2022 and were runners-up in 2015. The Adelaide Thunderbirds Futures are effectively the representative team of the
Netball South Australia Premier League The Netball South Australia Premier League, also referred to as the Netball SA Premier League is a state netball league, organised by Netball South Australia. On a national level, the league is effectively a third level league, below Suncorp Supe ...
and the
reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players who are under contract to a club but who do not regularly play in matches for the club's primary team. Reserve teams usually include players who are part of the larger first-team squad but ...
of
Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds are an netball in Australia, Australian professional netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season, 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 ANZ Championship s ...
.


History


Netball South Australia

Southern Force are effectively the representative team of the
Netball South Australia Premier League The Netball South Australia Premier League, also referred to as the Netball SA Premier League is a state netball league, organised by Netball South Australia. On a national level, the league is effectively a third level league, below Suncorp Supe ...
. They are one of two teams that represent
Netball South Australia Netball South Australia is the governing body for netball in South Australia. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the Netball South Australia Premier League as well as numerous other leagues and c ...
in senior or national leagues. Their senior team,
Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds are an netball in Australia, Australian professional netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season, 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 ANZ Championship s ...
, has represented Netball South Australia in both the
ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...
and
Suncorp Super Netball The Super Netball League (known predominantly by its sponsored name Suncorp Group, Suncorp Super Netball (SSN)) is a professional netball league in Netball in Australia, Australia. It superseded the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship, which also inc ...
. Southern Force are effectively the
reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players who are under contract to a club but who do not regularly play in matches for the club's primary team. Reserve teams usually include players who are part of the larger first-team squad but ...
of Thunderbirds. Between 2008 and 2011, Netball South Australia's ANL team simply played as South Australia. In 2012 they became Southern Force, a name that was first suggested by members of the 2011 ANL squad.


ANL/ANC Grand finals

In 2012 with a squad that included Kelly Altmann, Georgia Beaton,
Cody Lange Cody Lange (born 24 October 1994) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. Lange began her career at the Thunderbirds in 2011 and played at the club for six of the next seven sea ...
,
Maddy Proud Maddy Proud (born 4 December 1993), also known as Madeleine Proud, is an Australian netball player. Between 2011 and 2016, Proud played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017, she has played for New South Wales Swifts in ...
,
Melissa Rowland Melissa Rowland (born 18 May 1989) is a former netball in Australia, Australian netball player. In 2007 Rowland was included in the Melbourne Phoenix Commonwealth Bank Trophy squad. She was also a member of the Adelaide Thunderbirds senior team ...
,
Kate Shimmin Kate Walsh (née Shimmin; born in 1992) is an Australian netball player, most recently in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning. In August 2019, Jess Thirlby the new England Roses Coach announced Shimmin w ...
and
Sheree Wingard Sheree Wingard (born 18 August 1988) is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds are an netball in Australia, Australian professional netball team based in Adelaide, S ...
, Southern Force finished as ANL Champions, defeating
NNSW Waratahs Netball New South Wales Waratahs is an Australian netball team that represents Netball New South Wales in the Australian Netball Championships. In 2008 they were founder members of the ANL/ANC. They were ANL/ANC champions in 2011 and 2024 and h ...
50–36 in the grand final. In 2015, with a squad that saw Lange, Shimmin and Wingard joined by
Sarah Klau Sarah Klau (born 30 September 1994) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the New South Wales Swifts. Career Klau began her netball career for the Adelaide Thunderbirds in 2016, before moving to the New ...
,
Hannah Petty Hannah Petty (born 17 May 1997) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. Petty began playing for the Thunderbirds in 2016 and has played for the South Australian-based team ever ...
,
Samantha Poolman Samantha Poolman (born 4 March 1991), also known as Sam Poolman, is a former Australian netball player. Between 2010 and 2015, Poolman played for NNSW Blues, NNSW Waratahs and Southern Force in the Australian Netball League. Between 2013 and ...
and
Maddy Turner Maddy Turner (born 17 December 1995) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the New South Wales Swifts. Turner was born in Adelaide and her first name is actually Madeleine. She grew up playing netball a ...
, Southern Force reached the grand final for a second time. However on this occasion they lost 58–46 to
Victorian Fury Victorian Fury are an Australian netball team that represents Netball Victoria in the Australian Netball Championships. In 2008 they were both founding members and the inaugural champions of the league. They retained the title in 2009 and compl ...
.


Home venue

The Thunderbirds Futures play their home games at the
Netball SA Stadium Netball SA Stadium is an netball in Australia, Australia netball stadium based in Mile End South, South Australia, Mile End South, Adelaide. Due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship and naming rights arrangements, it has also been known as ETSA ...
. They have also played home games at the
Titanium Security Arena Adelaide Arena (known commercially as Adelaide 36ers Arena) is a multipurpose indoor sports stadium located in Findon, an inner western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the former home arena for the Adelaide 36ers of the NBL and ...
.


Notable players


2022 squad

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Internationals

; *
Kate Shimmin Kate Walsh (née Shimmin; born in 1992) is an Australian netball player, most recently in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning. In August 2019, Jess Thirlby the new England Roses Coach announced Shimmin w ...
; *
Samantha Poolman Samantha Poolman (born 4 March 1991), also known as Sam Poolman, is a former Australian netball player. Between 2010 and 2015, Poolman played for NNSW Blues, NNSW Waratahs and Southern Force in the Australian Netball League. Between 2013 and ...
* Lucy Austin * Gerogie Horjus ; *
Beth Cobden Beth Cobden (born 3 February 1993) is an England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won gold medals at the 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. At club level, she was a member of the ...
*
Kate Shimmin Kate Walsh (née Shimmin; born in 1992) is an Australian netball player, most recently in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning. In August 2019, Jess Thirlby the new England Roses Coach announced Shimmin w ...
; *
Cathrine Tuivaiti Cathrine Tuivaiti (née Latu; born 25 October 1986) is a netball international who has played for Samoa, New Zealand and Tonga. She represented Samoa at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 World Netball Championships, New Zealand at the 20 ...
; *
Cathrine Tuivaiti Cathrine Tuivaiti (née Latu; born 25 October 1986) is a netball international who has played for Samoa, New Zealand and Tonga. She represented Samoa at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 World Netball Championships, New Zealand at the 20 ...


New South Wales Swifts

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Maddy Turner Maddy Turner (born 17 December 1995) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the New South Wales Swifts. Turner was born in Adelaide and her first name is actually Madeleine. She grew up playing netball a ...
*
Maddy Proud Maddy Proud (born 4 December 1993), also known as Madeleine Proud, is an Australian netball player. Between 2011 and 2016, Proud played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017, she has played for New South Wales Swifts in ...
*
Sarah Klau Sarah Klau (born 30 September 1994) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the New South Wales Swifts. Career Klau began her netball career for the Adelaide Thunderbirds in 2016, before moving to the New ...


Adelaide Thunderbirds

*Lucy Austin * Georgie Horjus * Sophie Casey *
Hannah Petty Hannah Petty (born 17 May 1997) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. Petty began playing for the Thunderbirds in 2016 and has played for the South Australian-based team ever ...
*
Kate Shimmin Kate Walsh (née Shimmin; born in 1992) is an Australian netball player, most recently in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning. In August 2019, Jess Thirlby the new England Roses Coach announced Shimmin w ...


Sunshine Coast Lightning

*
Kate Shimmin Kate Walsh (née Shimmin; born in 1992) is an Australian netball player, most recently in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning. In August 2019, Jess Thirlby the new England Roses Coach announced Shimmin w ...


ANL MVP

The following Southern Force players were named MVP in the
Australian Netball League The Australian Netball Championships, formerly the Australian Netball League, is an Australian netball competition. Since 2008, it has served as a second-level competition, initially below the ANZ Championship and later below Suncorp Super Net ...
.


Head coaches


Premierships

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Australian Netball League The Australian Netball Championships, formerly the Australian Netball League, is an Australian netball competition. Since 2008, it has served as a second-level competition, initially below the ANZ Championship and later below Suncorp Super Net ...
**''Winners'': 2012: 1 **''Runners up'': 2015: 1


References

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