2017 Netball Superleague Grand Final

The 2017 Netball Superleague Grand Final featured Wasps and Loughborough Lightning. Wasps won the Netball Superleague title in their debut season, beating Lightning 55–51 in the grand final. Wasps led by one goal at the start of the final quarter, having dominated Lightning in the mid-court. Wasps centre, Bongiwe Msomi, was subsequently named player of the match. Wasps attacking combination of Rachel Dunn and Natalie Haythornthwaite proved too strong for Lightning.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

2017 Netball Superleague Grand Final

Event	2017 Netball Superleague season
Wasps Loughborough Lightning 55 51
Wasps make their debut grand final appearance and win their first title in their inaugural Netball Superleague season. Lightning make their second grand final appearance.
Date	11 June 2017
Venue	Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham
Player of the Match	Bongiwe Msomi (Wasps)
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Route to the Final

Further information: 2017 Netball Superleague season

Match summary

11 June 2017 17:00 ^[6]		Wasps	55–51	Loughborough Lightning		Barclaycard Arena^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]	Sky Sports
		Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 27–26, 41–40, 55–51
		Rachel Dunn   43/47 (91%) Natalie Haythornthwaite   12/13 (92%)		Peace Proscovia   40/43 (93%) Vanessa Walker   11/16 (69%)

Teams

Head Coach: Tamsin Greenway Starting 7: GS Rachel Dunn GA Natalie Haythornthwaite WA Tamsin Greenway C Bongiwe Msomi WD Amy Flanagan GD Hannah Reid (c) GK Josie Huckle Substitutes: WD Samantha May Squad:^[7] GS, GA George Fisher C, GA, WA Lucy Harris GA, GS Lucy Parize GD, WD Fran Williams

Head Coach: Karen Atkinson Starting 7: GS Peace Proscovia GA Vanessa Walker WA Hannah Joseph C Natalie Panagarry WD Beth Cobden GD Vicky Oyesola GK Joanna Trip Squad:^[8] GA, GS Chloe Essam GD, GK Ella Gibbons C, GA, WD Rosie Harris GS Olivia Mason C, WD Caroline Tarnowski

References

1. "Netball Superleague: Loughborough Lightning and Wasps win to reach final". www.bbc.co.uk. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
2. "FLASHBACK: Wasps Netball's last visit to Arena Birmingham..." www.waspsnetball.co.uk. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
3. "Netball Superleague: Wasps beat Loughborough Lightning in Grand Final". www.bbc.co.uk. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
4. "Wasps Netball beat Loughborough Lightning in Netball Superleague Grand Final". www.skysports.com. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
5. "Wasps Netball topple favourites Loughborough Lightning in Superleague Grand Final". www.coventrytelegraph.net. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
6. "2017 Superleague results". www.scoreboard.com.
7. "Sensational Superleague contest sees Team Bath Netball fend off Wasps to boost top-four hopes". www.teambath.com. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
8. "Team Bath Netball's Grand Final hopes dashed by Lightning strike in Birmingham". www.teambath.com. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2020.