The 2016 Netball Quad Series was the second Netball Quad Series series. It was co-hosted by Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand. After the one off 2012 Netball Quad Series, the series was relaunched in 2016. It was initially referred to as the International Netball Super Series. It featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa playing each other in a series of six netball test matches in August and September 2016.[1][2][3] With a team coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Clare McMeniman, Australia won the series, securing the title with a 60–55 win against New Zealand.[4][5][6][7][8][9] The series was broadcast live on Fox Sports in Australia, on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, on Sky Sport in New Zealand and on SuperSport (South Africa).[10][11][12][13][14]

Squads

Participating teams and rosters
 Australia[15]  England[14][16][17]  New Zealand[15][17][18]  South Africa[18][19][20]
Caitlin Bassett
April Brandley
Sharni Layton
Kristiana Manu'a
Clare McMeniman (c)
Natalie Medhurst
Kim Ravaillion
Madi Robinson
Gabi Simpson
Caitlin Thwaites
Liz Watson
Steph Wood 		Ama Agbeze (c)
Summer Artman
Eleanor Cardwell
Jade Clarke
Beth Cobden
Kadeen Corbin
Stacey Francis
Jodie Gibson
Serena Guthrie
Jo Harten
Helen Housby
Hannah Joseph
Laura Malcolm
Geva Mentor
Natalie Panagarry 		Kayla Cullen
Ameliaranne Ekenasio
Shannon Francois
Katrina Grant (c)
Phoenix Karaka
Laura Langman
Bailey Mes
Storm Purvis
Grace Rasmussen
Te Paea Selby-Rickit
Jane Watson
Maia Wilson 		Erin Burger
Sigrid Burger
Lindie Lombard
Izette Lubbe
Phumza Maweni
Karla Mostert (vc)
Bongiwe Msomi (c)
Precious Mthembu
Lenize Potgieter
Renske Juanitta Steyn
Renske Stoltz
Zanele Vimbela
Coach: Lisa Alexander Coach: Tracey Neville Coach: Janine Southby[21] Coach: Norma Plummer
Assistant coach:
Nicole Cusack

Debuts and milestones

Matches

Round 1

27 August 2016  Australia 68–43  South Africa Vector Arena  
5:00 PM Caitlin Bassett Goals scored 28/30 (93%)
Caitlin Thwaites Goals scored 23/23 (100%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 12/16 (75%)
Steph Wood Goals scored 5/6 (83%) 		Stats Lenize Potgieter Goals scored 30/37 (81%)
Renske Stoltz Goals scored 7/11 (64%)
Lindie Lombard Goals scored 6/9 (67%)

Sources:[23][24]

27 August 2016  New Zealand 65–39  England Vector Arena  
7:00 PM Bailey Mes Goals scored 40/43 (93%)
Ameliaranne Ekenasio Goals scored 23/31 (74%)
Te Paea Selby-Rickit Goals scored 2/3 (67%) 		Jo Harten Goals scored 25/31 (81%)
Eleanor Cardwell Goals scored 5/11 (45%)
Kadeen Corbin Goals scored 6/10 (60%)
Helen Housby Goals scored 3/5 (60%)

Sources:[13][17][21][28][34]

Round 2

31 August 2016  New Zealand 65–46  South Africa Claudelands Arena  
7:00 PM Ameliaranne Ekenasio Goals scored 35/40 (88%)
Bailey Mes Goals scored 30/35 (86%) 		Lenize Potgieter Goals scored 33/38 (87%)
Renske Stoltz Goals scored 11/14 (79%)
Lindie Lombard Goals scored 2/2 (100%)

Sources:[18][35]

31 August 2016  Australia 66–46  England Adelaide Entertainment Centre  
8:00pm AEST Caitlin Bassett Goals scored 46/51 (90%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 11/13 (85%)
Caitlin Thwaites Goals scored 6/7 (86%)
Steph Wood Goals scored 3/4 (75%) 		Stats Jo Harten Goals scored 28/34 (82%)
Kadeen Corbin Goals scored 10/14 (71%)
Helen Housby Goals scored 5/6 (83%)
Eleanor Cardwell Goals scored 3/5 (60%)

Sources:[30][31][36]

Round 3

4 September 2016  England 57–44  South Africa Margaret Court Arena  
5:00 PM Jo Harten Goals scored 38/42 (90%)
Kadeen Corbin Goals scored 18/24 (75%)
Helen Housby Goals scored 1/1 (100%) 		Stats Lenize Potgieter Goals scored 24/31 (77%)
Renske Stoltz Goals scored 18/26 (69%)
Sigrid Burger Goals scored 2/4 (50%)

Sources:[20][32][33][37]

4 September 2016  Australia 60–55  New Zealand Margaret Court Arena  
7:00 PM Caitlin Bassett Goals scored 53/60 (88%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 7/8 (88%) 		Ameliaranne Ekenasio Goals scored 32/37 (86%)
Bailey Mes Goals scored 23/34 (68%)

Sources:[5][6][7][8][15]

Final table

Pos Team P W L D GF GA GD  % Pts
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 194 144 +50 134.72% 6
2  New Zealand 3 2 1 0 185 145 +40 127.59% 4
3  England 3 1 2 0 142 175 –33 81.14% 2
4  South Africa 3 0 3 0 133 190 –57 70.00% 0

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