2024 Netball Nations Cup

The 2024 Vitality Netball Nations Cup was an international netball series hosted and organised by England Netball. It featured England, Australia, New Zealand and Uganda in a series, played in January 2024. The series was played over two successive weekends. The first weekend was played at London's OVO Arena Wembley while the second weekend was played at Leeds's First Direct Arena.^[1][2][3] With a team coached by Stacey Marinkovich and captained by Liz Watson, Australia won the series after defeating England 69–49 in the final.^[4][5][6][7] Australia finished the series undefeated, winning all four matches, and Paige Hadley was named the series MVP.^[8] The series was broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, on Sky Sport in New Zealand, on Fox Sports in Australia and on YouTube.^[9][10]

2024 Netball Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	London Leeds
Venue(s)	OVO Arena Wembley First Direct Arena
Dates	20–28 January 2024
Teams	4
TV partner(s)	Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) Sky Sport (New Zealand) Fox Sports (Australia)
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	England
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Grace Nweke  191/199 (96%)
← 2023

Head coaches and captains

Team	Head coach	Captain
Australia^[5]^[8]	Stacey Marinkovich	Liz Watson
England	Jess Thirlby^[11]^[12]	Fran Williams^[13]^[14]
New Zealand	Noeline Taurua^[15]^[16]	Phoenix Karaka^[17] Kate Heffernan^[18]^[19]
Uganda	Fred Mugerwa^[20]	Irene Eyaru^[21]

Debuts and milestones

• On 20 January 2024, Georgia Heffernan made her senior debut for New Zealand against Australia. With her sister, Kate Heffernan, already an established member of the team, the Heffernan sisters now became the third set of sisters to play international netball for New Zealand. The first set were their mother and aunt, Annette Heffernan and Maxine Blomquist. However, the Heffernan sisters are the first sisters to actually play in the same team at the same time.^{[22][23][24][25]}
• On 21 January 2024, Helen Housby made her 100th senior appearance for England against Australia.^[26][27][28]
• On 27 January 2024, Sarah Klau made her 50th senior appearance for Australia against Uganda.^[8][29]
• On 27 January 2024, Amorangi Malesala and Tayla Earle made their senior debuts for New Zealand against England.^[30]

Match officials

Umpires

Umpire	Association
Gary Burgess	England
Rhian Edwards	Wales
Gareth Fowler	New Zealand
Alison Harrison	Wales
Anso Kemp	South Africa
Kate Mann	England

Umpire Appointments Panel

Umpire	Association
Cheryl Danson	England
Judith Groves	England

Source:^[3]

Group stage

Round 1

20 January 2024	Australia	63–50	New Zealand	OVO Arena Wembley
3:00PM	Cara Koenen   23/26 (88%) Sophie Garbin   17/18 (94%) Kiera Austin   16/21 (76%) Sophie Dwyer   7/8 (88%)	Stats	Grace Nweke   41/42 (98%) Georgia Heffernan   9/11 (82%)

Sources:^[22][23]

20 January 2024	England	62–56	Uganda	OVO Arena Wembley
5:15PM	Eleanor Cardwell   31/33 (94%) Helen Housby   20/23 (87%) Berri Neil   11/12 (92%)	Stats	Mary Cholhok   38/41 (93%) Irene Eyaru   18/19 (95%)

Sources:^[14][31]

Round 2

21 January 2024	New Zealand	65–60	Uganda	OVO Arena Wembley
2:00PM	Grace Nweke   53/54 (98%) Georgia Heffernan   12/13 (92%)	Stats	Mary Cholhok   46/50 (92%) Irene Eyaru   10/10 (100%) Shadiah Nassanga   4/5 (80%)

Sources:^[18][19]

21 January 2024	England	59–61	Australia	OVO Arena Wembley
4:15PM	Eleanor Cardwell   43/46 (93%) Helen Housby   16/21 (76%)	Stats	Sophie Garbin   26/27 (96%) Cara Koenen   12/13 (92%) Kiera Austin   12/12 (100%) Sophie Dwyer   11/12 (92%)

Sources:^[26][27][32]

Round 3

27 January 2024	Australia	63–49	Uganda	First Direct Arena
3:00PM	Donnell Wallam   31/33 (94%) Sophie Garbin   14/15 (93%) Cara Koenen   12/13 (92%) Kiera Austin   6/6 (100%)	Stats	Mary Cholhok   30/35 (86%) Shadiah Nassanga   10/10 (100%) Irene Eyaru   9/9 (100%)

Sources:^[33][34]

27 January 2024	England	58–57	New Zealand	First Direct Arena
5:15PM	Eleanor Cardwell   35/40 (88%) Helen Housby   23/26 (88%)	Stats	Grace Nweke   47/50 (94%) Amorangi Malesala   6/7 (86%) Georgia Heffernan   4/4 (100%)

Sources:^[30][35]

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	187	158	29	6
2	England	3	2	1	0	179	174	5	4
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	0	172	181	–9	2
4	Uganda	3	0	3	0	165	190	–25	0

  Qualified for Grand final
  Qualified for 3rd/4th place match

Playoffs

3rd v 4th Playoff

28 January 2024	New Zealand	62–57	Uganda	First Direct Arena
	Grace Nweke   50/53 (94%) Amorangi Malesala   11/12 (92%) Georgia Heffernan   1/1 (100%)		Mary Cholhok   45/47 (96%) Irene Eyaru   6/8 (75%) Shadiah Nassanga   6/6 (100%)

Teams

Head Coach: Noeline Taurua Specialist coach: Briony Akle Starting 7: GS Grace Nweke (vc) GA Georgia Heffernan WA Whitney Souness C Tayla Earle WD Karin Burger GD Phoenix Karaka (c) GK Kelly Jury Substitutes: WA, C Mila Reuelu-Buchanan GS, GA Amorangi Malesala GD, WD Michaela Sokolich-Beatson Squad: GD, GK Kate Burley C, WA, WD Maddy Gordon WD, C, WA Kate Heffernan (vc) GS, GA Amelia Walmsley

Head Coach: Fred Mugerwa Assistant coach: Peace Proscovia^[20] Starting 7: GS Mary Cholhok GA Shadiah Nassanga WA Irene Eyaru (c) C Margret Baagala WD Sandra Nambirige GD Falidah Kadondi GK Haniisha Muhameed Substitutes: Sarah Nakiyunga Squad: Lillian Achola Florence Adunia Mercy Batamuliza Christine Nakitto

Sources:^{[15][16][21][36][37]}

Grand Final

28 January 2024	England	49–69	Australia	First Direct Arena
4:15PM	Helen Housby   27/30 (90%) Eleanor Cardwell   17/17 (100%) Sasha Glasgow   5/7 (71%)		Sophie Garbin   31/32 (97%) Sophie Dwyer   22/25 (88%) Cara Koenen   10/10 (100%) Kiera Austin   6/7 (86%)

Teams

Head Coach: Jess Thirlby Assistant coach: Liana Leota^[38] Starting 7: GS Eleanor Cardwell GA Helen Housby WA Hannah Joseph C Imogen Allison WD Amy Carter GD Funmi Fadoju GK Fran Williams (c) Substitutes: GS, GA Sasha Glasgow WA, GA Natalie Metcalf C, WD Ellie Rattu GD, GK, WD Halimat Adio GD, GK Razia Quashie Squad: GS, GA Berri Neil^[14]

Head Coach: Stacey Marinkovich Assistant coach: Nicole Richardson^[39] Starting 7: GS Cara Koenen GA Kiera Austin WA Liz Watson (c) C Kate Moloney WD Sunday Aryang GD Sarah Klau GK Courtney Bruce Substitutes: GA Sophie Dwyer GS, GA Sophie Garbin C, WA, WD Paige Hadley (vc) WD, C Jamie-Lee Price GD, GK, WD Jo Weston Squad: GS Donnell Wallam^[33]^[34]

Sources:^{[4][5][6][7][11][40]}

Final Placings

Rank	Team
	Australia
	England
	New Zealand
4	Uganda

Source:^[6]

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