2018 Constellation Cup

The 2018 Constellation Cup was the 9th Constellation Cup series played between Australia and New Zealand. The series featured four netball test matches, played in October 2018.^[1][2][3][4] The Australia team was coached by Lisa Alexander and captained by Caitlin Bassett. New Zealand were coached by Noeline Taurua and captained by Laura Langman.^[5][6][7] Australia won the series 3–1.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

2018 Constellation Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Australia  New Zealand
Dates	7–18 October 2018
Final positions
Champions	Australia (8th title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Top scorer(s)	Maria Folau  125/142 (88%)
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Squads

Australia

Australia roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Caitlin Bassett (c) GS (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 30) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Giants Netball April Brandley GK, GD (1990-04-19)19 April 1990 (aged 28) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Collingwood Magpies Kelsey Browne WA, C (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 (aged 26) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Collingwood Magpies Courtney Bruce GD, GA (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 24) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) West Coast Fever Emily Mannix GK, GD (1994-04-16)16 April 1994 (aged 24) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Vixens Kate Moloney C, WD (1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 25) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Melbourne Vixens Jamie-Lee Price WD, C (1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 22) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Giants Netball Gabi Simpson (vc) WD, GD, C (1992-10-17)17 October 1992 (aged 25) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Queensland Firebirds Caitlin Thwaites GS, GA (1986-12-29)29 December 1986 (aged 31) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Collingwood Magpies Gretel Tippett GA,GS (1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (aged 25) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Queensland Firebirds Liz Watson C, WA (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 (aged 24) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Melbourne Vixens Jo Weston GD, WD, GK (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (aged 24) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Melbourne Vixens Stephanie Wood GA, WA (1991-11-28)28 November 1991 (aged 26) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Sunshine Coast Lightning	Head coach Lisa Alexander Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain   – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:^{[1][5][6][13][14]}

New Zealand

New Zealand roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Gina Crampton WA, C (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 26) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Southern Steel Aliyah Dunn GS, GA (1999-10-19)19 October 1999 (aged 18) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Central Pulse Sulu Fitzpatrick GD, GK (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 26) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Central Pulse Maria Folau GA, GS (1987-02-18)18 February 1987 (aged 31) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Mystics Katrina Grant GK, GD, WD (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 (aged 31) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Central Pulse Laura Langman (c) C, WD (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 32) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Sunshine Coast Lightning Erikana Pedersen C, WA, WD (1994-07-28)28 July 1994 (aged 24) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Mainland Tactix Samantha Sinclair C, WA, WD (1995-06-05)5 June 1995 (aged 23) 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Te Paea Selby-Rickit GS, GA (1992-01-14)14 January 1992 (aged 26) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Southern Steel Michaela Sokolich-Beatson GD, WD (1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 22) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Northern Mystics Jane Watson GK, GD, WD (1990-03-07)7 March 1990 (aged 28) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Mainland Tactix Maia Wilson GS (1997-09-21)21 September 1997 (aged 21) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Stars	Head coach Noeline Taurua Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain   – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Debuts

• Erikana Pedersen made her senior debut for New Zealand in the third test on 14 October 2018.^[15][16]

Sources:^{[1][7][6][13][14]}

Matches

First test

7 October 2018 13.00 AEDST	Stats	Australia	57–42	New Zealand		Brisbane Entertainment Centre Attendance: 7,425	Nine
		Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 24–16, 44–27, 57–42
		Caitlin Thwaites   21/21 (100%) Caitlin Bassett   17/21 (81%) Gretel Tippett   12/12 (100%) Stephanie Wood   7/11 (64%)		Maria Folau   26/29 (90%) Maia Wilson   7/10 (70%) Aliyah Dunn   5/6 (83%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit   4/6 (67%)

Sources:^[2][13][17]

Second test

10 October 2018 19.30 AEDST	Stats	Australia	56–47	New Zealand		Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre Attendance: 4,374	9Gem
		Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 29–24, 41–37, 56–47
		Caitlin Bassett   37/38 (97%) Gretel Tippett   12/12 (100%) Stephanie Wood   7/9 (78%)		Maria Folau   32/38 (84%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit   15/20 (75%)

Sources:^[2][18][19]

Third test

14 October 2018	Stats	New Zealand	55–44	Australia		Claudelands Arena	Nine
		Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 26–30, 41–36, 55–44
		Maria Folau   40/41 (98%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit   15/22 (68%)		Caitlin Bassett   20/23 (87%) Gretel Tippett   16/17 (94%) Caitlin Thwaites   5/7 (71%) Stephanie Wood   3/6 (50%)

Sources:^{[2][6][16][20]}

Fourth test

18 October 2018	Stats	New Zealand	47–58	Australia		TSB Arena	9Gem
		Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 24–32, 33–46, 47–58
		Maria Folau   27/34 (79%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit   13/19 (68%) Maia Wilson   4/8 (50%) Aliyah Dunn   3/4 (75%)		Caitlin Bassett   37/43 (86%) Gretel Tippett   21/25 (84%)

Sources:^{[2][9][10][11][12][14]}

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