Final League Table
Netball Ireland Women's Senior League Division 1 2022-23
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cork Rebels | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 644 | 363 | 281 | 1 | 82 |
| 2 |  St. Anne's Dragons | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 692 | 418 | 274 | 2 | 77 |
| 3 |  Leinster Leopards | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 566 | 488 | 78 | 9 | 59 |
| 4 |  Belfield Bluejays | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 516 | 527 | -11 | 3 | 56 |
| 5 |  Galway Netball Club | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 526 | 504 | 22 | 9 | 52 |
| 6 |  Trinity Netball Club | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 335 | 649 | -314 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | St. Anne's Phoenix | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 320 | 650 | -330 | 7 | 12 |
Table Compiled from Results in Reference [1] – For Official Netball Ireland League Table please visit the Netball Ireland website at: http://www.netballireland.com/league-results/division-1-fixtures/ [Last Accessed 30 October 2022]
Points: 5 Pts Win. 3 Pts Draw. 2 Pts Loss within 5 Goals of winning team. 1 Pt Loss with a score of 50% or more of winning team. 0 Pts All Other Losses. [References: A-2]
Playoff Results
| Match Day Semi-Finals |
|---|
34 - 30St. Anne's Dragons vs Leinster Leopards |
50 - 28Cork Rebels vs Belfield Bluejays |
| Match Day Division 1 Final |
36 - 42Cork Rebels vs St. Anne's Dragons |
For Official Results please visit the Netball Ireland website and Netball Ireland Facebook Pages at [References: S-1 to S-4]
League Results
Table Compiled from Results in Reference [1] – For Official Netball Ireland League Table please visit the Netball Ireland website at: http://www.netballireland.com/league-results/division-1-fixtures/ [Last Accessed 30 October 2022]
Weekly Reports
Week 1 (8 October 2022)
The 2022-23 Netball Ireland Women’s Senior League Division 1 tipped off with Cork Rebels and Galway Netball Club both making the trip up to Dublin to play St. Anne’s Dragons and Belfield Bluejays in Wesley College. Cork Rebels came away with two wins (27-18 versus St. Anne’s Dragons and 49-23 versus Belfield Bluejays) depriving both teams of losing bonus points in the process. Galway Netball Club meanwhile had to face the long journey back to Galway after losing both games (40-28 to St. Anne’s Dragons and 44-29 to Belfield Bluejays) picking up bonus points in the Dragons game. [References: S1]
Week 2 (12 October 2022)
Midweek in Wesley College saw four Dublin teams play a game each with Belfield Bluejays getting the win over St. Anne’s Dragons in the first game (34-25) and Leinster Leopards getting their season started with a great 43-17 victory over St. Anne’s Phoenix. Dragons picked up bonus points in their loss. [References: S1]
Week 4 (26 October 2022)
A second round of midweek games in Wesley College between four Dublin clubs saw Trinity Netball Club go down 15-58 in a difficult opening game for them against St. Anne’s Dragons. In the second fixture of the day Belfield Bluejays defeated Leinster Leopards 27-23 in the closest game of the season so far, only four goals separating the students from their South Dublin neighbours. The results put Belfield Bluejays top of the table on 15 points from four games, followed by St. Anne’s Dragons on 12 points, Cork Rebels on 10, Leinster Leopards on 7 and Galway Netball Club on 2 points. Belfield and Dragons had however played two more games than their competitors. In sixth and seventh place on no points were St. Anne’s Phoenix and Trinity Netball Club, however both had played only one game. [References: S1]
Week 5 Midweek (2 November 2022)
St. Anne’s Dragons defeated Leinster Leopards 34-27 to move to 17 points as Leinster Leopards picked up two losing bonus points to go to nine points. [References: S1]
Week 5 Weekend (6 November 2022)
Galway Netball Club travelled up to Wesley College in Dundrum, Dublin, and won both games against teams which were also looking for a first win: 39-30 at Trinity Netball Club and 30-29 at St. Anne’s Phoenix in a game that could not have been closer. Both losing teams picked up the losing bonus points. Meanwhile Cork Rebels also won both games at the same venue versus Trinity Netball Club 45-15 and St. Anne’s Phoenix 32-21 [References: S1]
Week 6 Midweek (9 November 2022)
St. Anne’s Dragons had a big 56-14 win at Wesley versus St. Anne’s Dragons and Leinster Leopards had an important 41-29 win at the same venue later on in the evening versus Belfield Bluejays. Meanwhile at the other end of the table winless Trinity Netball Club and St. Anne’s Phoenix also met at Wesley College with Trinity Netball Club gaining their first victory of the season by a 33-22 scoreline withy St. Anne’s Phoenix picking up the bonus points. [References: S1]
Week 7 Midweek (16 November 2022)
Leinster Leopards moved within touching distance of the leaders with a 39-18 victory at Beaumont over Trinity Netball Club as Belfield Bluejays defeated St. Anne’s Phoenix 46-16 to move joint top with St. Anne’s Dragons as Cork Rebels and Leinster Leopards hover close behind with games in hand. [References: S1]
Week 8 Midweek (23 November 2022)
Leinster Leopards defeated Trinity Netball Club 35-18 to move closer to the top as Belfield Blue Jays won 45-16 at St. Anne’s Phoenix, the Bluejays second win by a similar scoreline over the Phoenix in a week. [References: S1]
Week 8 Weekend (26 November 2022)
St. Anne’s Dragons and Leinster Leopards travelled to the West Coast to take on Galway Netball Club, and despite losing both games Galway received bonus points in both losses, 29-39 to St. Anne’s Dragons and 20-28 to Leinster Leopards. The Leopards and St. Anne’s Dragons both improve to 5-2 records with Leinster holding a slight 29 to 27 point advantage due to bonus point losses. Meanwhile down in Cork, the league leaders Rebels hosted Trinity Netball Club and Belfield Bluejays, winning both games by a wide margin – 46-14 versus Trinity and 49-13 versus Belfield. Cork Rebels were now on 30 points, Leinster Leopards on 29, and both St. Anne’s Dragons and Belfield Bluejays on 27 points, although Cork (2 games), Leopards and Dragons (1 game each) had games in hand over the students. [References: S1]
Week 9 Midweek (30 November 2022)
St. Anne’s Dragons received a walkover from Belfield Bluejays and Leinster Leopards received a walkover from St. Anne’s Phoenix as both teams overtook Cork Rebels at the top thanks to the walkover wins. [References: S1]
Week 10 Midweek (7 December 2022)
St. Anne’s Dragons defeated Leinster Leopards 36-25 in an important top-of-the-table clash with Leinster picking up the loss bonus. [References: S1]
Week 10 Weekend (10 December 2022)
Galway Netball Club picked up two good wins versus Trinity Netball Club (33-12) and Belfield Bluejays (40-18), the University teams no match for the Westerners in Galway. The victories put Galway one point behind Belfield with two games in hand and only 11 points behind leaders St. Anne’s Phoenix with one game in hand. With wins worth five points the Connacht side could still not be counted out of the race. [References: S1-S2]
Week 11 Midweek (11 January 2023)
St. Anne’s Dragons defeated fellow St. Anne’s team, the Phoenix 52-20 to go six points clear at the top of the table. Belfield Bluejays meanwhile received a walkover win from Trinity Netball Club to move into third place on 32 points, 10 behind Dragons and four behind Leinster Leopards. Undefeated Cork Rebels are in fourth place having only played six games thus far. References: S1-S2]
Weeks 14-17 (February 2023)
During February, Cork Rebels were defeated 41-28 by St. Anne’s Dragons on 11 February 2023, the Rebels first loss of the season. Cork bounced back to win 50-37 at Leinster Leopards the same weekend before gaining revenge on the Dragons the following weekend, winning 51-22 down in Cork. The Rebels prevented St. Anne’s getting the Bonus Points in the process. Cork then went on to put up over 50 goals yet again versus Leinster Leopards and were then victorious 41-26 versus Galway Netball Club on 25 February, leaving the Rebels needing two wins in their final two games in March versus Trinity Netball Club and Leinster Leopards to take the League Title.
Cork’s main rivals for the league title, St. Anne’s Dragons, meanwhile, started February with victories over Trinity Netball Club (37-12) and Leinster Leopards (38-26) before their crucial win versus Cork Rebels and another defeat of Galway Netball Club (48-30) the same weekend. The Dragons loss to Cork in their penultimate game was a major blow to their title aspirations and they finished up the season in second place after a 43-15 win at fellow St. Anne’s team, the Phoenix (43-18).
Leinster Leopards kept on course for the Semi-Finals with a crucial 39-20 victory over Belfield Bluejays on the first day of February, before losses to league leaders Dragons and Cork Rebels. Another crucial win followed those two defeats as the Leopards won 49-31 versus Galway Netball Club on 11 February and then defeated Trinity Netball Club 37-24 on 15 February. The second last weekend of the league phase saw another Leinster loss to Cork Rebels (52-27) leaving Leinster Leopards needing a win versus Galway Netball Club in their second last fixture in March to reach the Semi-Finals.
Belfield Bluejays loss to Leinster was followed a fortnight later with a 39-26 victory at St. Anne’s Phoenix and a 36-23 victory the following weekend versus Trinity Netball Club. The students finished the season needing help from Cork Rebels in their final two games versus Galway Netball Club and Leinster Leopards on 11 March for progression to the Semi-Finals.
Galway Netball Club lost to Cork Rebels (48-30) and then Leinster Leopards (49-31) on 11 February leaving a long journey back to Galway for the West of Ireland team, knowing they needed two victories from their three remaining games (Cork on 25 February which they lost 41-26) and then on the final weekend in Tallaght (versus Trinity Netball Club and Leinster Leopards) if they were to make the Semi-Finals.
Meanwhile at the foot of the table, Trinity Netball Club had a big 37-30 win at St. Anne’s Phoenix on 8 February, which would be very important in the battle for sixth place. [References: S-1]
Week 18 (22 March 2023)
The Final weekend was held in Tallaght Leisure Centre on 11 March 2023. Trinity Netball Club put up a surprisingly close score to Cork Rebels before falling 6-40 to Galway Netball Club, who were fighting for a place in the Semi-Finals. Leinster Leopards then defeated Galway Netball Club 26-14 before succumbing 21-23 to Cork Rebels, but gaining bonus points in the process and pipping Belfield Bluejays to third place. Galway Netball Club were awarded a 10-10 tie for a game versus Cork Rebels that was not played but the West of Ireland team failed to make the Semi-Finals by just two points as Cork took the League title, and were joined in the Semi-Finals by St. Anne’s Dragons, Leinster Leopards and Belfield Bluejays. [References: S-1]
Playoff Semi-Finals (22-25 March 2023)
On 22 March 2023 at Wesley College in Dundrum, Dublin, St. Anne’s Dragons had to fight hard to see off the challenge of third-placed Leinster Leopards, winning 34-30. Meanwhile, three days later at the same venue Cork Rebels scored 50 goals yet again, triumphing 50-28 versus fourth-placed Belfield Bluejays from UCD. [References: S-1]
Division 1 Final (1 April 2023)
There was only six goals in it at the end as St. Anne’s Dragons inflicted only the second defeat of the season on Cork Rebels, winning 42-36 in a very competitive match. [References: S-2 to S-4]
About Netball Ireland Women’s Senior League Division 1 2022-23
The 2022-23 Netball Ireland Women’s Senior League Division 1 features 7 teams in total: 5 from Dublin – Leinster Leopards based in Wesley College Dundrum, South Dublin, St. Anne’s Dragons and St. Anne’s Phoenix based in Beaumont Artane, North Dublin; Belfield Bluejays based in UCD and Trinity Netball Club based in TCD – plus Cork Rebels from Munster and Galway Netball Club from Connacht. Each team shall play the other three times a season with all games being played at Wesley and Beaumont in Dublin; Cork and Galway.
About Netball Ireland
Netball Ireland is the National Governing Body for Netball in the Republic of Ireland, organising competitions on a National Republic of Ireland level for clubs and schools as well as a Summer Social League in Dublin. Netball Ireland has been affiliated with the International Netball Federation (INF) and Netball Europe (NE). Prior to the Republic of Ireland Senior (National) Leagues being organised there were leagues in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. [References: A-1]
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References
Scoreboard References
[S-1] Netball Ireland (2022) Leagues > Division 1 League Table & > Division 1 Fixtures and Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.netballireland.com/league-results/division-1-fixtures/ [Accessed 30 October 2022][Last Accessed 25 April 2023]
[S-2] Netball Ireland Facebook (2023) Post, April 1, 2023, 9:58am [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/netballireland/posts/pfbid0gvWEYeTVnskqvEVPRHTdTHGTMtjUdpX4dBQPtAHPwnB5FweSRc3pwj3EauGUuj8Al [Accessed April 2023][Last Accessed 27 April 2023]
[S-3] Netball Ireland Facebook (2023) Post, April 1, 2023, 6:16pm [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/netballireland/posts/pfbid0pQwen6S4ghkYxjBGUdN9cRMnkFc4DYZUJCRMFybiXraQQTethH4EdKb4xEu5P4thl [Accessed April 2023][Last Accessed 27 April 2023]
[S-4] Netball Ireland Facebook (2023) Post, April 1, 2023, 6:24pm [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/netballireland/posts/pfbid02BDPPBjMGYS4JSyPvDMTAkXUN2JQBv3VUbRJJRgjpRabVuVM5BBPCKnA6hrbJ9isMl [Accessed April 2023][Last Accessed 27 April 2023]
About References
[A-2] Netball Ireland (2022) About Us [Internet] Available from: http://www.netballireland.com/about/ [Accessed 30 October 2022]
[A-3] Netball Ireland (2022) Netball Ireland Winter League Rules [Internet] Available from: http://www.netballireland.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Netball-Ireland-Winter-League-Rules.pdf [Accessedv 25 April 2023]
LOGO REFERENCES
[NIL-1] UCD AFC Facebook (2022) Profile Picture, January 3, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/UCDAFC/photos/a.436075842228/10154009765492229/ [Accessed 2 March 2022][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/12809784_10154009765492229_5819653587549611131_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=dW0QAgQT0s8AX9FRH36&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT-zMsgHZu2N0DFzVYUghS0pBleaUyuQwt0pW5je7g4kcQ&oe=6243ECFE ][Accessed 2 March 2022]
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[NIL-5] St. Anne’s Netball Team Facebook (2022) Photo, August 26, 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/StAnnesNetball/photos/pb.100063664805302.-2207520000./1121730597921405/?type=3 [Accessed 16 November 2022][Actual Logo Reference: 14089122_1121730597921405_2140039922947861276_n [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/14089122_1121730597921405_2140039922947861276_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_ohc=S5_eRYN2mKoAX-_1SAu&tn=d29r072zRjRTk-sb&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AfDBzIgr2CHzTN04i12AgxJEdJBkkki0KmlYA7ra4h8sAw&oe=639CC2F2 [Accessed 16 November 2022][Cropped and Brush Cleaned]
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to Ruth Foy & Caoimhe Foy
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