Draft:2025 Netball Superleague season


2025 Netball Super League season
LeagueNetball Superleague
SportNetball
Duration14 March 2025 – 6 July 2025
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)BBC & Sky Sports
Regular Season
Finals Series
Seasons
2026 →

The 2025 Netball Superleague season was the twentieth season of the Netball Superleague, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. Loughborough Lightning were the defending champions, as they won the 2024 Grand final for their second consecutive title and third in four years. [1]

Format

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The league was revamped for the 2025 season in an effort to fully professionalise the league. The number of teams was decreased from ten to eight with Severn Stars, Strathclyde Sirens Surrey Storm and Team Bath dropping out to be replaced by newcomers Birmingham Panthers and Nottingham Forest.[1]

In the regular season all eight teams are to play each other twice, home and away. The teams that finish in the top four of the regular season qualify for the semi-finals. The first and second placed teams qualify for the major semi-final where the winner progresses directly to the final. The third and fourth placed teams qualify for the minor semi-final where the winner will face the loser of the major semi-final for a place in the Grand Final.[1]

There were new rules introduced for this season:

Teams

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Team Home court(s) Coach Captain(s) Ref.
  Birmingham Panthers bp pulse LIVE
Worcester Arena
Coventry Skydome
Utilita Arena Birmingham
Jo Trip Gabriella Marshall (c)
Betsy Creak (vc)
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  Cardiff Dragons Cardiff City House of Sport
Utilita Arena Cardiff
Reinga Bloxham Jacqueline Newton (c)
Elle McDonald (vc)
Leah Middleton (vc)
[4][6]
  Leeds Rhinos Canon Medical Arena
First Direct Arena
Lauren Palmer Bethany Brittain (c)
Rosie Harris (vc)
Geva Mentor (vc)
Joyce Mvula (vc)
[4][7]
  London Mavericks Brentwood Centre
Brighton Centre
Hertfordshire Sports Village
OVO Arena Wembley
Camilla Buchanan Ellie Rattu (c)
Vicki Oyesola (vc)
Emma Thacker (vc)
[4][8]
  London Pulse Copper Box Arena Sam Bird Zara Everitt (c)
Halimat Adio (vc)
[4][9]
  Loughborough Lightning Sir David Wallace Arena
Motorpoint Arena
Victoria Burgess Natalie Panagarry (c)
Beth Cobden (vc)
Hannah Joseph (vc)
[4][10]
  Manchester Thunder AO Arena
Belle Vue Arena
M&S Bank Arena
Karen Greig Amy Carter (c)
Josie Huckle (vc)
Taylor McKevitt (vc)
[4][11]
  Nottingham Forest Motorpoint Arena Chelsea Pitman Niamh Cooper (c)
Natasha Pavelin (vc)
[4][12]

Squads

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The 2025 signing window gave all eight clubs the opportunity to make signings and finalise their squads before the season began. The signing window opened on Monday 1 July 2024 and clubs were given until 5pm on Friday 23 August 2024 to register 10 players. This is different than the 2024 season where each team could register 12 players plus 3 training partners. Also new to the 2025 season is the creation of the Under 23 competiton (NXT Gen). Each Super League club also has a Under 23 team in the newly formed Under 23 competition from which they can draw Temporary Replacement Players. Permanent Replacement Players can be drawn from any squad in the league. [13]

Table

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2025 Netball Superleague table
Pos Team Pld W CW CL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 London Pulse 4 4 0 0 0 289 191 +98 12 Qualifying for the Finals Series
2 Manchester Thunder 3 2 0 0 1 210 178 +32 6
3 Loughborough Lightning 3 2 0 0 1 189 187 +2 6
4 London Mavericks 3 1 1 0 1 155 176 −21 6
5 Leeds Rhinos 4 1 0 1 2 235 261 −26 4
6 Nottingham Forest 3 1 0 0 2 186 208 −22 3
7 Cardiff Dragons 2 0 0 0 2 110 135 −25 0
8 Birmingham Panthers 2 0 0 0 2 110 148 −38 0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2025. Source: Netball Superleague

Results Summary

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Home \ Away BIR CAR LEE MAV PUL LOU MAN NOT
Birmingham Panthers 47–77
Cardiff Dragons 56–65
Leeds Rhinos 71–63 53–72 58–72
London Mavericks 54–53
London Pulse 78–42 73–51
Loughborough Lightning 51–77
Manchester Thunder 52–66 81–65
Nottingham Forest 70–54
Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2025. Source: Netball Superleague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular Season

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Source: [4]

Round 1

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Friday 14 March Cardiff Dragons 56 - 65 London Mavericks Cardiff City House of Sport  
Report
Stats
Friday 14 March Leeds Rhinos 71 - 63 Birmingham Panthers Canon Medical Arena  
Report
Stats
Sunday 16 March London Pulse 73 - 51 Nottingham Forest Copper Box Arena  
Report
Stats
Sunday 16 March Manchester Thunder 52 - 66 Loughborough Lightning AO Arena  
Report
Stats

Round 2

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Friday 21 March Nottingham Forest 70 - 54 Cardiff Dragons Motorpoint Arena  
19:30 GMT Report
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Friday 21 March Birmingham Panthers 47 - 77 Manchester Thunder bp pulse LIVE  
19:30 GMT Report
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Saturday 22 March Loughborough Lightning 51 - 77 London Pulse Sir David Wallace Arena  
18:00 GMT Report
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Sunday 23 March London Mavericks 54 - 53 Leeds Rhinos Brentwood Centre  
16:00 GMT Report
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Round 3

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Friday 28 March London Pulse 78 - 42 London Mavericks Copper Box Arena  
19:00 GMT Report
Stats
Friday 28 March Cardiff Dragons v Birmingham Panthers Cardiff City House of Sport  
19:00 GMT Stats
Saturday 28 March Manchester Thunder 81 - 65 Nottingham Forest Belle Vue Arena  
19:30 GMT Report
Stats
Sunday 30 March Leeds Rhinos 58 - 72 Loughborough Lightning First Direct Arena  
16:00 BST Report
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Round 4

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Friday 4 April Leeds Rhinos 53 - 72 London Pulse Canon Medical Arena  
19:00 BST Stats
Saturday 5 April Nottingham Forest v Loughborough Lightning Motorpoint Arena  
15:00 BST Stats
Saturday 5 April Cardiff Dragons v Manchester Thunder Utilita Arena Cardiff  
19:00 BST Stats
Sunday 6 April London Mavericks v Birmingham Panthers Brighton Centre  
16:00 BST Stats

Finals Series

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "All you need to know about Netball Super League 2025". BBC Sport. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Super shot introduced for 2025 revamped league". BBC Sport. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "No draws, timeouts & more points on offer - NSL introduces new rules". BBC Sport. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Fixtures and Results". Netball Superleague. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Marshall and Creak to lead Panthers in inaugural season". Netball Superleague. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Your 2025 Leadership team, Jacqui Newton as Captain with Elle and Leah as Co Vice-Captains!". Cardiff Dragons. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Bethany Brittain confirmed as captain of NIC Rhinos Netball". Leeds Rhinos. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Ellie Rattu Named Captain as London Mavericks Embark on a New Era". London Mavericks. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  9. ^ "London Pulse Confirm 2025 Leadership Group". The Netball Show. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  10. ^ @lborolightning (4 March 2025). "Introducing your 2025 Loughborough Lightning leadership groups for our NSL and NXT Gen squads". Retrieved 30 March 2025 – via Instagram.
  11. ^ "Introducing Our NSL 2025 Leadership Team". Manchester Thunder. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Forest Netball - Player Profiles". Nottingham Forest. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  13. ^ "2025 Netball Super League signing window explained and squad reveals date confirmed". England Netball. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
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