2023 Central Pulse season

Central Pulse
2023 season
Head coach	Yvette McCausland-Durie
Asst. coach	Anna Andrews-Tasola
Co-captains	Kelly Jury Tiana Metuarau
Main venue	TSB Bank Arena
Season results
Wins–losses	10–6
Regular season	2nd
Finals placing	3rd
Team colours

The 2023 Central Pulse season saw the Central Pulse netball team compete in the 2023 ANZ Premiership.[1][2] With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, co-captained by Kelly Jury and Tiana Metuarau and featuring Maddy Gordon, Whitney Souness and Amelia Walmsley, Central Pulse, finished the regular season in second place behind Northern Mystics. Overall, Pulse finished third after losing 53–52 to Northern Stars and in the Elimination final.[3][4]

Players

Player movements

Gains and losses

Gains	Losses
Fa'amu Ioane[5] (Northern Mystics) Joyce Mvula[6][7][8] (Manchester Thunder) Paris Mason (Central Manawa) Ainsleyana Puleiata (Central Manawa)	Aliyah Dunn[9][10][11] (Mainland Tactix) Courtney Elliott (Southern Steel) Binnian Hunt (injury) Paris Lokotui (injury) Renee Matoe Erikana Pedersen (retirement)

Sources:[1][2][12]

2023 roster

2023 Central Pulse roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Maddy Gordon C, WA, WD (2000-01-16)16 January 2000 (aged 23) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Fa'amu Ioane WD,C (1996-03-11)11 March 1996 (aged 26) 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Kelly Jury (cc) GK, GD (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 26) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Kristiana Manu'a GK, GD, WD (1995-09-03)3 September 1995 (aged 27) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Paris Mason GK, GD, WD (2002-12-13)13 December 2002 (aged 20) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Tiana Metuarau (cc) GA, WA, GS (2001-01-15)15 January 2001 (aged 22) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Joyce Mvula GS (1994-04-14)14 April 1994 (aged 28) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Ainsleyana Puleiata^1  C, WD, WA (2000-07-27)27 July 2000 (aged 22) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Katrina Rore^1 (TRP) GK, GD, WD (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 (aged 35) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Jazz Scott^1 (TRP) WD – Whitney Souness C, WA (1995-11-12)12 November 1995 (aged 27) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Amelia Walmsley GS, GA (2004-01-31)31 January 2004 (aged 19) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Head coach Yvette McCausland-Durie Assistant coach Anna Andrews-Tasola[13] Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:[1][2][12]

Notes

• ^1 Katrina Rore and Jazz Scott were added to the roster after Ainsleyana Puleiata was injured while playing for Central Manawa in the National Netball League.[14][15] Rore made a fourth-quarter cameo for Pulse in the Round 5 match against Northern Mystics.[16]

Pre-season

Otaki tournament

Central Pulse hosted the official ANZ Premiership tournament at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Ōtaki between 17 and 19 February. All six ANZ Premiership teams took part. It was the sixth edition of the tournament.[17]

Fri Feb 17	Central Pulse	47–48	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
09:00am

Fri Feb 17	Central Pulse	39–41	Mainland Tactix	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
6.00pm

Sat Feb 18	Central Pulse	48–44	Southern Steel	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
9:00am

Sat Feb 18	Central Pulse	50–54	Northern Mystics	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
6:00pm

Sun Feb 19	Central Pulse	46–48	Northern Stars	Te Wānanga o Raukawa
12:00pm

Sources:[18][19][20]

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Sun 5 Mar	Central Pulse	53–52	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Fly Palmy Arena
4:00 PM	Amelia Walmsley  36/39 (92%) Tiana Metuarau  17/19 (89%)	Report Stats	Ameliaranne Ekenasio  27/31 (87%) Bailey Mes  25/30 (83%)

Round 2

Sat 11 Mar	Central Pulse	57–37	Southern Steel	TSB Bank Arena
7:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  42/45 (93%) Tiana Metuarau  13/15 (87%) Joyce Mvula  2/3 (67%)	Report Stats	Georgia Heffernan  20/22 (91%) Jess Allan  13/22 (59%) Meleitia Taupu  4/7 (57%)

Round 3

Sun 19 Mar	Northern Stars	59–51	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
2:00PM	Maia Wilson  41/45 (91%) Jamie Hume  18/24 (75%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  32/37 (86%) Tiana Metuarau  17/20 (85%) Joyce Mvula  2/3 (67%)

Round 4

Sun 26 Mar	Mainland Tactix	50–49	Central Pulse	MainPower Stadium
2:00PM	Aliyah Dunn  33/37 (89%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/20 (85%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  40/45 (89%) Tiana Metuarau  9/12 (75%)

Round 5

Sun 2 Apr	Central Pulse	47–48	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Te Rauparaha Arena
2:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  31/38 (82%) Tiana Metuarau  13/15 (87%) Joyce Mvula  3/5 (60%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes  30/32 (94%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  18/20 (90%)

Mon 3 Apr	Central Pulse	51–56	Northern Mystics	Te Rauparaha Arena
7:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  27/34 (79%) Tiana Metuarau  17/18 (94%) Joyce Mvula  7/7 (100%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  45/48 (94%) Monica Falkner  11/12 (92%)

Round 6

Sat 8 Apr	Northern Stars	44–58	Central Pulse	Pulman Arena
7:00PM	Maia Wilson  33/35 (94%) Amorangi Malesala  8/10 (80%) Jamie Hume  3/3 (100%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  44/52 (85%) Tiana Metuarau  13/13 (100%) Joyce Mvula  1/1 (100%)

Round 7

Sat 15 Apr	Northern Mystics	53–55	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
4:00PM	Grace Nweke  41/45 (91%) Monica Falkner  11/12 (92%) Filda Vui  1/1 (100%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  36/50 (72%) Tiana Metuarau  17/19 (89%) Joyce Mvula  2/4 (50%)

Mon 17 Apr	Central Pulse	62–38	Southern Steel	TSB Bank Arena
7:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  52/58 (90%) Tiana Metuarau  10/13 (77%)	Report Stats	Saviour Tui  11/13 (85%) Georgia Heffernan  18/23 (78%) Jess Allan  9/10 (90%)

Round 8

Sat 22 Apr	Central Pulse	64–62	Northern Stars	TSB Bank Arena
7:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  53/61 (87%) Tiana Metuarau  11/11 (100%)	Report Stats	Maia Wilson  42/43 (98%) Amorangi Malesala  20

Round 9

Sat 29 Apr	Southern Steel	43–44	Central Pulse	Stadium Southland
7:00PM	Saviour Tui  31/38 (82%) Georgia Heffernan  12/14 (86%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  25/26 (96%) Tiana Metuarau  13/16 (81%) Joyce Mvula  6/7 (86%)

Mon 1 May	Mainland Tactix	45–54	Central Pulse	Christchurch Arena
7:00PM	Aliyah Dunn  18/20 (90%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  27/27 (100%) Vika Koloto  0/1 (0%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  45/54 (83%) Tiana Metuarau  9/11 (82%)

Round 10

Sun 7 May	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	49–50	Central Pulse	Globox Arena
2:00PM	Bailey Mes  25/30 (83%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio  24/25 (96%)	Report Stats	Amelia Walmsley  37/39 (95%) Tiana Metuarau  13/15 (87%)

Round 11

Sun 14 May	Central Pulse	62–56	Northern Mystics	TSB Bank Arena
4:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  47/57 (82%) Tiana Metuarau  15/15 (100%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke  46/51 (90%) Filda Vui  10/15 (67%)

Round 12

Sat 20 May	Central Pulse	45–54	Mainland Tactix	TSB Bank Arena
7:00PM	Amelia Walmsley  40/47 (85%) Tiana Metuarau  5/5 (100%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn  37/40 (93%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit  17/23 (74%)

Final standings

2023 ANZ Premiership ladder v t e
Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
1	Northern Mystics	15	11	4	930	828	102	112.3%	3	36
2	Central Pulse	15	10	5	802	746	56	107.5%	3	33
3	Northern Stars	15	9	6	889	835	54	106.5%	3	30
4	Mainland Tactix	15	9	6	793	760	33	104.3%	1	28
5	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	6	9	791	830	-39	95.3%	4	22
6	Southern Steel	15	0	15	653	859	-206	76.0%	4	4
Last updated: 7 August 2023

  Qualified for Grand final
  Qualified for Elimination final

Source:[21]

Finals Series

Elimination final

28 May 2023		Central Pulse	52–53	Northern Stars		Te Rauparaha Arena	Sky Sport
		Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 29–25, 37–41, 52–53
		Amelia Walmsley  41/45 (91%) Tiana Metuarau  11/13 (85%)		Maia Wilson  36/38 (95%) Amorangi Malesala  17/21 (81%)

Source:[3][4]

National Netball League

With a team featuring Parris Mason, Ainsleyana Puleiata and Jazz Scott, Pulse's reserve team, Central Manawa, won the 2023 National Netball League title after defeating Northern Comets 45–43 in the grand final at TSB Bank Arena.[14][15][22][23]

Awards

Team of the season

Three Central Pulse players were included in Brendon Egan's Stuff's team of the season.

All Star Seven

Position	Player
C	Maddy Gordon
GK	Kelly Jury

Bench

Positions	Player
WA, C	Whitney Souness

Source:[24]

References

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