2010 ANZ Championship season

Netball league season

Sports season

The 2010 ANZ Championship season was the third season of the ANZ Championship. The 2010 season began on 20 March and concluded on 11 July. New South Wales Swifts went through the entire regular season home and away undefeated, winning 13 consecutive matches and finishing as minor premiers. They were the first team in the history of the ANZ Championship to do this. However they subsequently lost both the major semi-final and the preliminary final to Adelaide Thunderbirds and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic respectively and eventually finished the season in third place. After defeating Swifts in the major semi-final, Thunderbirds defeated Magic 52–42 in the grand final, winning their third premiership.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Transfers

Source:^[2][33]

Head coaches and captains

Pre-season

Notes

• ^1 Other participants included Canterbury Tactix and Eastwood Ryde of the New South Wales Premier League
• ^2 Other participants included Northern Mystics, Central Pulse, Canterbury Tactix, Southern Steel and the Australian Institute of Sport.
• ^3 Other participants included New South Wales Swifts, Melbourne Vixens, Adelaide Thunderbirds, West Coast Fever, Central Pulse and Southern Steel.

Regular season

New South Wales Swifts went through the entire regular season home and away undefeated, winning 13 consecutive matches and finishing as minor premiers. They were the first team in the history of the ANZ Championship to do this.^[2][3][5]

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4: Rivalry Round

Round 4 featured five Australia verses New Zealand matches. Goals scored by Australian and New Zealand teams were added together and the country with the most goals won the Rivalry Round Trophy. After five matches, Australia won the 2010 Rivalry Round 4–1 and by 288–230.^[50]

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Sources:^[1][52]

Final table

  Qualified for Major semi-final
  Qualified for Minor semi-final

• Pld = Games played
• W = Win (2 points)
• L = Loss (0 points)
• GF = Goals For
• GA = Goals Against
• GD = Goals Difference (= GF−GA)
• G% = Goal percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)
• Pts = Points

Source:^[53]

Playoffs

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Major semi-final

Sources:^[54][55]

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Minor semi-final

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Preliminary final

Sources:^{[56][57][58][59]}

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Grand final

Sources:^[6][7]

Season statistics

As of 21 June 2010.^[60]

Award winners

ANZ Championship awards

Australian Netball Awards

Sources:^[4][5][67]

Holden Cruze award

Gallery

• 11 July 2010; Carla Borrego playing for Adelaide Thunderbirds against Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the 2010 ANZ Championship grand final.
• 11 July 2010; Casey Williams playing for Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic against Adelaide Thunderbirds in the 2010 ANZ Championship grand final.

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