2018 Constellation Cup

{{Infobox Netball Quad Series

| title = Constellation Cup

| year = 2018

| image =

| caption =

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| host_country = Australia

| host_country1 = New Zealand

| dates = {{nowrap|7–18 October 2018}}

| winners = Australia

| count = 8

| second = New Zealand

| scoring_leader = Maria Folau
{{nb-goal|125|142}}

| matches = 4

| prev_season = 2017

| next_season = 2019

}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://netball.sport/archives/14996|title=Constellation Cup 2018|work=World Netball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021181929/https://netball.sport/archives/14996|archive-date=21 October 2020|date=4 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/10/constellation-cup-2018-guide.html|title=Constellation Cup 2018: guide|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005132141/https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/10/constellation-cup-2018-guide.html|archive-date=5 October 2018|date=5 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/news/tags/constellation-cup-2018?page=1|title=Constellation Cup 2018 (page 2) |publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|date=7 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/news/tags/constellation-cup-2018|title=Constellation Cup 2018 (page 1) |publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|date=18 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/netball/kelsey-browne-in-diamonds-netball-call-up-ng-s-1888446|title=Kelsey Browne in Diamonds netball call-up|publisher=thewest.com.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831113029/https://thewest.com.au/sport/netball/kelsey-browne-in-diamonds-netball-call-up-ng-s-1888446|archive-date=31 August 2018|date=31 August 2018|accessdate=1 April 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/oct/14/new-zealand-v-australia-constellation-cup-netball-live|title=Netball: New Zealand end the drought and beat Australia in the Constellation Cup|publisher=www.theguardian.com|date=14 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/news/latest-news/combinations-key-for-constellation-cup.html|title=Combinations key for Constellation Cup|publisher=www.silverferns.co.nz|date=4 October 2018|accessdate=1 April 2022}} Australia won the series 3–1.{{Cite web|url=https://netball.sport/archives/15067|title=Australia Diamonds Crowned Constellation Cup Winners 2018|work=World Netball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021192637/https://netball.sport/archives/15067|archive-date=21 October 2020|date=18 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/oct/18/new-zealand-v-australia-netballs-constellation-cup-finale-live|title=Australia beat New Zealand to retain netball's Constellation Cup - as it happened|publisher=www.theguardian.com|date=18 October 2018|accessdate=10 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/netball-australia-claim-constellation-cup-with-58-47-win-over-the-silver-ferns/QWV4XKPP7Z4GM4UUI7DU27BJFY/|title=Netball: Australia claim Constellation Cup with 58-47 win over the Silver Ferns|publisher=www.nzherald.co.nz|date=18 October 2018|accessdate=10 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-18/diamonds-turn-on-the-class-to-defeat-new-zealand/10393450|title=Diamonds turn on the class to defeat New Zealand in Constellation Cup finale|publisher=www.abc.net.au|date=18 October 2018|accessdate=10 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/news/australia-win-sixth-consecutive-constellation-cup|title=Australia win a sixth consecutive Constellation Cup|publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|date=18 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}

Squads

=Australia=

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{{INF roster player|name=Caitlin Bassett|pos=GS|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1988|05|23}} |height=1.96|club=Giants Netball|capt=yes}}

{{INF roster player|name=April Brandley|pos=GK, GD|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1990|04|19}}|height=1.85|club=Collingwood Magpies}}

{{INF roster player|name=Kelsey Browne|pos=WA, C|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1992|01|17}}|height=1.68|club=Collingwood Magpies}}

{{INF roster player|name=Courtney Bruce|pos=GD, GA|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1993|12|08}}|height=1.90|club=West Coast Fever}}

{{INF roster player|name=Emily Mannix|pos=GK, GD|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1994|04|16}}|height=1.88|club=Melbourne Vixens}}

{{INF roster player|name=Kate Moloney|pos=C, WD|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1993|01|08}}|height=1.76|club=Melbourne Vixens}}

{{INF roster player|name=Jamie-Lee Price|pos=WD, C|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1996|01|10}}|height=1.79|club=Giants Netball}}

{{INF roster player|name=Gabi Simpson |pos=WD, GD, C |dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1992|10|17}}|height=1.76|club=Queensland Firebirds|vc=yes}}

{{INF roster player|name=Caitlin Thwaites|pos=GS, GA|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1986|12|29}}|height=1.88|club=Collingwood Magpies}}

{{INF roster player|name=Gretel Tippett|pos=GA,GS |dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1993|07|03}}|height=1.91|club=Queensland Firebirds}}

{{INF roster player|name=Liz Watson|pos=C, WA|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1994|03|30}}|height=1.78|club=Melbourne Vixens}}

{{INF roster player|name=Jo Weston|pos=GD, WD, GK|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1994|02|14}}|height=1.88|club=Melbourne Vixens}}

{{INF roster player|name=Stephanie Wood|pos=GA, WA|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1991|11|28}}|height=1.75|club=Sunshine Coast Lightning}}

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| head_coach = Lisa Alexander

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| archive = yes

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{{small|Sources:{{cite web|url=https://mc.championdata.com/netball_nz/index.html?competitionid=10564&matchid=105640101|title=Constellation Cup – Australia 57–42 New Zealand|publisher=mc.championdata.com|date=7 October 2018|access-date=30 March 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://mc.championdata.com/netball_nz/index.html?competitionid=10564&matchid=105640104|title=Constellation Cup – New Zealand 47–58 Australia|publisher=mc.championdata.com|date=18 October 2018|access-date=30 March 2022}}}}

=New Zealand=

{{INF roster header|team=New Zealand

| color1 = white| bg1 = black| color2 = white| bg2 = black}}

{{INF roster player|name=Gina Crampton|pos=WA, C|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1991|12|07}}|height=1.74|club=Southern Steel}}

{{INF roster player|name=Aliyah Dunn|pos=GS, GA|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1999|10|19}}|height=1.90|club=Central Pulse}}

{{INF roster player|name=Sulu Fitzpatrick|pos=GD, GK|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1992|08|20}}|height=1.88|club=Central Pulse}}

{{INF roster player|name=Maria Folau|pos=GA, GS|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1987|02|18}}|height=1.88|club=Northern Mystics}}

{{INF roster player|name=Katrina Grant|pos=GK, GD, WD|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1987|05|06}}|height=1.87|club=Central Pulse}}

{{INF roster player|name=Laura Langman|pos=C, WD |dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1986|04|16}}|height=1.73|club=Sunshine Coast Lightning|capt=yes}}

{{INF roster player|name=Erikana Pedersen|pos=C, WA, WD|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1994|07|28}}|height=1.73|club=Mainland Tactix}}

{{INF roster player|name=Samantha Sinclair|pos=C, WA, WD|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1995|06|05}}|height=1.71|club=Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic}}

{{INF roster player|name=Te Paea Selby-Rickit|pos=GS, GA|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1992|01|14}}|height=1.93|club=Southern Steel}}

{{INF roster player|name=Michaela Sokolich-Beatson|pos=GD, WD|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1996|10|02}}|height=1.84|club=Northern Mystics}}

{{INF roster player|name=Jane Watson|pos=GK, GD, WD|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1990|03|07}}|height=1.81|club=Mainland Tactix}}

{{INF roster player|name=Maia Wilson|pos=GS|dob={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2018|10|07|1997|09|21}}|height=1.87|club=Northern Stars}}

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| head_coach = Noeline Taurua

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;Debuts

Erikana Pedersen made her senior debut for New Zealand in the third test on 14 October 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/history/players/erikana-pedersen.html|title=Erikana Pedersen|publisher=www.silverferns.co.nz|accessdate=30 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/news/silver-ferns-come-out-top-against-diamonds|title=Silver Ferns come out on top against the Diamonds|publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|date=14 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}

Matches

=First test=

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| bg = #EEEEEE

| date = 7 October 2018

| stats = https://mc.championdata.com/netball_nz/index.html?competitionid=10564&matchid=105640101

| time = 13.00 AEDST

| team1 = {{nb|Australia}}

| score1 = 57

| team2 = {{nb|New Zealand}}

| score2 = 42

| Q1 = 10–10

| Q2 = 24–16

| Q3 = 44–27

| Q4 = 57–42

| goals1 = Caitlin Thwaites {{nb-goal|21|21}}
Caitlin Bassett {{nb-goal|17|21}}
Gretel Tippett {{nb-goal|12|12}}
Stephanie Wood {{nb-goal|7|11}}

| goals2 = Maria Folau {{nb-goal|26|29}}
Maia Wilson {{nb-goal|7|10}}
Aliyah Dunn {{nb-goal|5|6}}
Te Paea Selby-Rickit {{nb-goal|4|6}}

| venue = Brisbane Entertainment Centre

| attendance = 7,425

| umpires =

| TV = Nine

}}

{{small|Sources:{{Cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/news/diamonds-display-strength-and-depth|title=Diamonds display strength and depth |publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|date=7 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}}}

=Second test=

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| bg = #EEEEEE

| date = 10 October 2018

| stats = https://mc.championdata.com/netball_nz/index.html?competitionid=10564&matchid=105640102

| time = 19.30 AEDST

| team1 = {{nb|Australia}}

| score1 = 56

| team2 = {{nb|New Zealand}}

| score2 = 47

| Q1 = 12–11

| Q2 = 29–24

| Q3 = 41–37

| Q4 = 56–47

| goals1 = Caitlin Bassett {{nb-goal|37|38}}
Gretel Tippett {{nb-goal|12|12}}
Stephanie Wood {{nb-goal|7|9}}

| goals2 = Maria Folau {{nb-goal|32|38}}
Te Paea Selby-Rickit {{nb-goal|15|20}}

| venue = Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre

| attendance = 4,374

| TV = 9Gem

}}

{{small|Sources:{{Cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/news/diamonds-pushed-all-way|title=Diamonds pushed all the way|publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|date=10 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/sport/diamonds-shine-in-townsvilles-landmark-netball-test/news-story/1f983a0732845a158f5e559305e9e1c6|title=Diamonds shine in Townsville's landmark netball Test|publisher=www.townsvillebulletin.com.au|date=11 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}}}

=Third test=

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| date = 14 October 2018

| time =

| stats = https://mc.championdata.com/netball_nz/index.html?competitionid=10564&matchid=105640103

| team1 = {{nb|New Zealand}}

| score1 = 55

| team2 = {{nb|Australia}}

| score2 = 44

| Q1 = 14–13

| Q2 = 26–30

| Q3 = 41–36

| Q4 = 55–44

| goals1 = Maria Folau {{nb-goal|40|41}}
Te Paea Selby-Rickit {{nb-goal|15|22}}

| goals2 = Caitlin Bassett {{nb-goal|20|23}}
Gretel Tippett {{nb-goal|16|17}}
Caitlin Thwaites {{nb-goal|5|7}}
Stephanie Wood {{nb-goal|3|6}}

| venue = Claudelands Arena

| attendance =

| TV = Nine

}}

{{small|Sources:{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-14/australia-loses-to-new-zealand-in-constellation-cup/10375208|title=Australia's Diamonds go down to New Zealand's Silver Ferns in shock Constellation Cup loss|publisher=www.abc.net.au|date=14 October 2018|accessdate=31 March 2022}}}}