<P> Suncorp Super Netball (also known non-commercially as the National Netball League) is the premier netball league in Australia . The inaugural season commenced in February 2017 . </P> <P> In 2008, Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand joined forces and created a Trans - Tasman league, the ANZ Championship as a successor to the Commonwealth Bank Trophy in Australia and the National Bank Cup in New Zealand, both of which were retired after 2007 . The ANZ Championship saw netball become a semi-professional sport in both countries, with increased media coverage and player salaries . The 2016 season was the last of the competition, as Netball Australia looked to create a nationally exclusive league with a significantly improved broadcasting and media deal . This instigated the creation of Suncorp Super Netball, announced in May 2016 . The New Zealand successor to the previous ANZ Championship is the ANZ Premiership . </P> <P> The new league consists of the five former Australian ANZ Championship teams; the Adelaide Thunderbirds, Melbourne Vixens, NSW Swifts, Queensland Firebirds and West Coast Fever, in addition to three new teams, the Collingwood Magpies, Giants Netball and Sunshine Coast Lightning . The three new teams are owned and operated by three clubs in the popular Australian Football League and National Rugby League football codes . </P> <P> Expansion teams Sunshine Coast Lightning and Giants Netball met in the Grand Final in the competition's inaugural season, the Lightning winning the match 65--48 before a crowd of 8,999 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre . </P>

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