2022 Northern Stars season

Northern Stars
2022 season
Head coach	Kiri Wills
Asst. coach	Paula Smith
Captain	Maia Wilson
Main venue	Pulman Arena
Season results
Wins–losses	12–5
Regular season	2nd
Finals placing	2nd
Team colours
Northern Stars seasons
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The 2022 Northern Stars season saw the Northern Stars netball team compete in the 2022 ANZ Premiership.^[1][2][3] With a team coached by Kiri Wills, captained by Maia Wilson and featuring Gina Crampton, Anna Harrison and Kayla Johnson,^[1][4] Stars finished the regular season in second place, behind Central Pulse and above Northern Mystics.^[5][6][7] In the Elimination final, Stars defeated Mystics 63–57.^[8][9][10] Pulse then defeated Stars 56–37 in the Grand final.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Gains and losses

Gains	Losses
Eseta Autagavaia[15] (Northern Comets) Holly Fowler[16](Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic) Kayla Johnson[16][17][18] Greer Sinclair[19][20][21] (Northern Comets)	Monica Falkner (Northern Mystics) Oceane Maihi[22] (Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic)

Sources:^{[1][2][3][23]}

2022 Northern Stars roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Eseta Autagavaia (TRP) GS, GA (1996-06-14)14 June 1996 (aged 25) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Leana de Bruin (TRP) GD, GK (1977-07-09)9 July 1977 (aged 44) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Gina Crampton WA, C (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 30) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Holly Fowler GD, WD, C (1997-07-18)18 July 1997 (aged 24) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Anna Harrison GK, GD, WD (1983-04-15)15 April 1983 (aged 38) 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Jamie Hume GA, GS (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 25) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Kayla Johnson GD, WD, C (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 30) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Amorangi Malesala GS, GA (1998-07-19)19 July 1998 (aged 23) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Lisa Mather WD, C, WA (1999-07-04)4 July 1999 (aged 22) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Storm Purvis (TRP) GD, GK (1993-04-20)20 April 1993 (aged 28) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Mila Reuelu-Buchanan WA, C (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 23) 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Greer Sinclair (TRP) GK, GD, WD (2000-09-26)26 September 2000 (aged 21) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Elle Temu GK, GD (1999-08-03)3 August 1999 (aged 22) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Maia Wilson (c) GS, GA (1997-09-21)21 September 1997 (aged 24) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Kiri Wills Assistant coach Paula Smith Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:^{[1][2][3][23][24]}

Just like the 2020 season, the 2022 season was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Stars' Round 1 match against Central Pulse was cancelled following a COVID-19 outbreak in the Pulse squad.^[25][26] 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.^[27][28][29]

• Greer Sinclair, a Northern Stars 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, Northern Mystics and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Premiership. She played for Stars in the Round 3 match against Southern Steel.^{[19][20][21][30]}
• 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 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. In Round 6 she scored for Stars in a 63–51 win against Mainland Tactix. In Round 9 she played and scored for Magic against Stars.^[15][31][32]
• Storm Purvis came out of retirement to play for Stars and made her 100th senior league appearance in a Round 10 match against Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.^[33][34]
• Leana de Bruin partnered Elle Temu in defense in the absence of Anna Harrison, during the Round 10 match against Central Pulse. De Bruin was making her second league appearance of the 2022 ANZ Premiership after an earlier successful comeback for Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.^[35][36]

Round 1

Mon 14 Mar	Northern Stars	(Note 2)	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
7.15pm		Report

Round 2

Sun 20 Mar	Mainland Tactix	52–57	Northern Stars	Cowles Stadium, Christchurch
2.10pm	Ellie Bird  34/37 (92%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  18/22 (82%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  34/38 (89%) Jamie Hume  23/30 (77%)

Round 3

Sun 27 Mar	Southern Steel	71–62	Northern Stars	Stadium Southland
4.10pm	George Fisher  51/52 (98%) Saviour Tui  11/14 (79%) Georgia Heffernan  9/10 (90%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  45/49 (92%) Jamie Hume  17/22 (77%) Amorangi Malesala  0/1 (0%)

Round 4

Sat 2 Apr	Northern Stars	(Note 2)	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena
2.10pm		Report

Mon 4 Apr	Northern Stars	(Note 2)	Southern Steel	Pulman Arena
7.15pm		Report

Round 5

Sun 10 Apr	Northern Stars	(Note 2)	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Pulman Arena
4.10pm		Report

Round 6

Sat 16 Apr	Mainland Tactix	51–63	Northern Stars	Christchurch Arena
4.10pm	Ellie Bird  33/35 (94%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  18/23 (78%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  37/44 (84%) Jamie Hume  37/44 (84%) Amorangi Malesala  12/19 (63%) Eseta Autagavaia  2/2 (100%)

Rescheduled Round 4 match

Wed 20 Apr	Northern Stars	56–48	Mainland Tactix	Pulman Arena
7.10pm	Maia Wilson  31/34 (91%) Jamie Hume  17/24 (71%) Amorangi Malesala  8/12 (67%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird  21/24 (88%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/21 (81%) Hannah Glen  10/11 (91%)

Round 7

Wed 27 Apr	Northern Stars	46–56	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
7.15pm	Maia Wilson  26/28 (93%) Jamie Hume  14/20 (70%) Amorangi Malesala  6/9 (67%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  37/39 (95%) Tiana Metuarau  19/25 (76%)

Round 8

Sun 1 May	Central Pulse	46–47	Northern Stars	Fly Palmy Arena
4.10pm	Aliyah Dunn  29/31 (94%) Tiana Metuarau  17/21 (81%)	Report Stats	Jamie Hume  24/32 (75%) Maia Wilson  23/29 (79%)

Round 9

Sat 7 May	Northern Stars	47–39	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Pulman Arena
4.10pm	Maia Wilson  31/40 (78%) Jamie Hume  13/22 (59%) Amorangi Malesala  3/4 (75%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  23/24 (96%) Ivana Rowland  11/17 (65%) Eseta Autagavaia  5/7 (71%)

Sun 8 May	Northern Stars	51–54	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena
4.10pm	Maia Wilson  20/28 (71%) Jamie Hume  17/24 (71%) Amorangi Malesala  14/16 (88%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  49/55 (89%) Monica Falkner  3/6 (50%) Filda Vui  2/3 (67%)

Round 10

Sat 14 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	53–67	Northern Stars	Globox Arena
2.10pm	Ameliaranne Ekenasio  31/34 (91%) Bailey Mes  22/27 (81%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  41/43 (95%) Jamie Hume  23/28 (82%) Amorangi Malesala  3/5 (60%)

Sun 15 May	Central Pulse	44–49	Northern Stars	TSB Bank Arena
4.10pm	Aliyah Dunn  28/32 (88%) Tiana Metuarau  16/19 (84%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  36/42 (86%) Amorangi Malesala  8/10 (80%) Jamie Hume  5/9 (56%)

Round 11

Sun 22 May	Northern Stars	59–38	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena
2.10pm	Maia Wilson  37/47 (79%) Jamie Hume  18/28 (64%) Amorangi Malesala  4/7 (57%)	Report Stats	Monica Falkner  14/17 (82%) Filda Vui  14/19 (74%) Grace Namana  9/11 (82%) Phoenix Karaka  1/1 (100%) Danielle Binks  0/1 (0%)

Round 12

Sun 29 May	Southern Steel	60–62	Northern Stars	Stadium Southland
2.10pm	George Fisher  45/46 (98%) Georgia Heffernan  13/15 (87%) Saviour Tui  2/3 (67%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  44/48 (92%) Jamie Hume  18/24 (75%)

Round 13

Rescheduled matches

Wed 1 Jun	Northern Stars	58–54	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Pulman Arena
7.10pm	Maia Wilson  42/47 (89%) Amorangi Malesala  13/18 (72%) Jamie Hume  3/10 (30%)	Report Stats	Ameliaranne Ekenasio  34/41 (83%) Bailey Mes  20/24 (83%)

Thur 2 Jun	Northern Stars	68–49	Southern Steel	Pulman Arena
7.10pm	Maia Wilson  51/55 (93%) Jamie Hume  15/17 (88%) Amorangi Malesala  2/4 (50%)	Report Stats	George Fisher  33/35 (94%) Saviour Tui  9/13 (69%) Georgia Heffernan  7/9 (78%)

Notes

• ^2 Matches postponed under the ANZ Premiership's COVID-19 Match Postponement Policy.

2022 ANZ Premiership ladder v t e
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
1	Central Pulse	15	10	0	5	828	732	96	113.1%	4	34
2	Northern Stars	15	11	0	4	836	783	53	106.8%	1	34
3	Northern Mystics	15	9	0	6	858	807	51	106.3%	4	31
4	Southern Steel	15	6	0	9	853	898	-45	95%	2	20
5	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	4	0	11	733	803	-70	91.3%	4	16
6	Mainland Tactix	15	5	0	10	788	873	-85	90.3%	1	16
Last updated: 12 August 2022

  Qualified for Grand final
  Qualified for Elimination final

Source:^[7]

8 June 2022		Northern Stars	63–57	Northern Mystics		Pulman Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 33–23, 48–43, 63–57
		Maia Wilson  42/44 (95%) Jamie Hume  21/25 (84%)		Grace Nweke  45/49 (92%) Grace Namana  8/8 (100%) Monica Falkner  4/6 (67%)

Source:^[8][9][10]

12 June 2022		Central Pulse	56–37	Northern Stars		TSB Bank Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 26–15, 42–26, 56–37
		Aliyah Dunn  44/47 (94%) Tiana Metuarau  11/13 (85%) Amelia Walmsley  1/2 (50%) Renee Matoe  0/2 (0%)		Maia Wilson  21/25 (84%) Amorangi Malesala  13/17 (76%) Jamie Hume  3/4 (75%)

Source:^[12][13][14]

Five Stars players featured in Brendon Egan's Stuff's team of the season.

Stuff Super Seven

Position	Player
WA	Gina Crampton
C	Mila Reuelu-Buchanan
GD	Elle Temu

Bench

Positions	Player
GS	Maia Wilson
GK, GD, WD	Anna Harrison

Source:^[37]

Award	Winner
Stonz Jewellers Player of the Year	Gina Crampton
Members Choice Player of the Year	Elle Temu
Players Choice Player of the Year	Elle Temu
Emerging Talent Award	Holly Fowler
Matariki Award	Elle Temu

Source:^[38]