2022 Northern Mystics season

Northern Mystics
Northern Mystics
2022 season
Head coach	Helene Wilson
Asst. coach	Rob Wright; Tia Winikerei
Manager	Meghan Robinson
Captain	Sulu Fitzpatrick
Main venue	The Trusts Arena
Season results
Wins–losses	9–7
Regular season	3rd
Finals placing	3rd
	Team colours
Northern Mystics seasons
	← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Northern Mystics season saw Northern Mystics compete in the 2022 ANZ Premiership.^[1]^[2]^[3] With a team coached by Helene Wilson, captained by Sulu Fitzpatrick and featuring Grace Nweke, Elisapeta Toeava and Michaela Sokolich-Beatson, Mystics finished third in the regular season, behind Central Pulse and Northern Stars.^[4]^[5]^[6] In the Elimination final, Stars defeated Mystics 63–57.^[7]^[8]

Players

Player movements


Gains	Losses
Danielle Binks^[9] (Northern Marvels) Monica Falkner (Northern Stars) Grace Namana^[10] (Southern Steel) Claire O'Brien (Northern Marvels) Carys Stythe^[9]^[11] (Northern Marvels)	Ama Agbeze Kate Burley^[12] (Southern Steel) Bailey Mes^[13]^[14] (Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic) Saviour Tui^[15] (Southern Steel)

Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[16]^[17]

Roster

2022 Northern Mystics roster

Players

Coaching staff

Name	Position(s)	DoB	Height
Danielle Binks	GS		–
Tayla Earle	C, WA, WD, GD	(2000-04-22)22 April 2000 (aged 21)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Monica Falkner	GA, GS	(1996-04-08)8 April 1996 (aged 25)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sulu Fitzpatrick (c)	GD, GK	(1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 29)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Fa'amu Ioane	WD, C	(1996-03-11)11 March 1996 (aged 26)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Phoenix Karaka	GD, GK, WD	(1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 28)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Grace Namana	GS, GA	(1999-05-08)8 May 1999 (aged 22)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Grace Nweke	GS	(2002-02-07)7 February 2002 (aged 20)	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Claire O'Brien	WA, C	(1997-03-11)11 March 1997 (aged 25)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Michaela Sokolich-Beatson (vc)	GD, WD, GK	(1996-10-02)2 October 1996 (aged 25)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Elisapeta Toeava	WA, C	(1994-03-10)10 March 1994 (aged 28)	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Greer Sinclair¹ (TRP)	GK, GD, WD	(2000-09-26)26 September 2000 (aged 21)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Carys Stythe	GD,GK	(2003-06-19)19 June 2003 (aged 18)	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Filda Vui	GS, GA, WA	(1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 25)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Head coach

Helene Wilson

Assistant coach

Rob Wright
Tia Winikerei

Manager:
Meghan Robinson
Physiotherapist:
Pat Hunt
Strength and conditioning:
Pera Gibbs

Notes

(c) – Captain
(cc) – Co-captain
(vc) – Vice-captain
– Injury / maternity leave
(TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Notes

^1 Greer Sinclair, a Northern Stars training partner, played for Mystics in the Round 1 match against Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. She subsequently played for four teams during the season. As well as played for Northern Comets in the National Netball League, she also played for Stars, Mystics and Magic in the ANZ Premiership.^[18]^[19]^[20]

Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[6]^[16]

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Round 1

Sun 13 Mar	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	46–43	Northern Mystics	Globox Arena
2.10pm	Ivana Rowland 26/30 (87%) Bailey Mes 10/11 (91%) Brooke Leaver 10/15 (67%)	Report Stats	Filda Vui 26/32 (81%) Monica Falkner 17/17 (100%)

Round 2

Sat 19 Mar	Central Pulse	60–66	Northern Mystics	Te Rauparaha Arena
4.10pm	Aliyah Dunn 45/49 (92%) Tiana Metuarau 15/19 (79%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke 49/51 (96%) Monica Falkner 11/16 (69%) Filda Vui 6/7 (86%)

Mon 21 Mar	Southern Steel	50–70	Northern Mystics	Stadium Southland
7.15pm	George Fisher 24/28 (86%) Saviour Tui 19/25 (76%) Georgia Heffernan 7/10 (70%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke 50/52 (96%) Monica Falkner 10/12 (83%) Filda Vui 10/11 (91%)

Round 3

Sun 27 Mar	Northern Mystics	62–61	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
2.10pm	Grace Nweke 55/60 (92%) Filda Vui 4/6 (67%) Monica Falkner 3/8 (38%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn 38/41 (93%) Tiana Metuarau 23/30 (77%)

Round 4

Sat 2 Apr	Northern Mystics	67–59	Southern Steel	The Trusts Arena
4.10pm	Grace Nweke 52/61 (85%) Bailey Mes 6/9 (67%) Filda Vui 0/2 (0%)	Report	George Fisher 47/52 (90%) Tiana Metuarau 16/19 (84%)

Sun 3 Apr	Northern Mystics	^{(Note 2)}	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena
2.10pm		Report

Round 5

Sun 10 Apr	Mainland Tactix	^{(Note 2)}	Northern Mystics	Cowles Stadium, Christchurch
2.10pm		Report

Round 6

Sun 17 Apr	Southern Steel	64–59	Northern Mystics	Stadium Southland
4.10pm	George Fisher 41/45 (91%) Saviour Tui 12/13 (92%) Georgia Heffernan 11/19 (58%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke 50/59 (85%) Filda Vui 9/13 (69%)

Round 7

Sun 24 Apr	Northern Mystics	68–44	Northern Stars	The Trusts Arena
4.10pm	Grace Nweke 59/66 (89%) Monica Falkner 5/7 (71%) Filda Vui 4/6 (67%)	Report Stats	Amorangi Malesala 24/30 (80%) Maia Wilson 13/21 (62%) Jamie Hume 7/13 (54%)

Round 8

Mon 2 May	Northern Mystics	56–44	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	Eventfinda Stadium
7.15pm	Grace Nweke 47/50 (94%) Monica Falkner 6/11 (55%) Filda Vui 3/5 (60%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes 20/31 (65%) Ivana Rowland 20/24 (83%) Eseta Autagavaia 4/4 (100%)

Round 9

Sat 7 May	Northern Mystics	70–51	Mainland Tactix	Pulman Arena
2.10pm	Grace Nweke 45/49 (92%) Filda Vui 17/19 (89%) Monica Falkner 8/11 (73%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 23/29 (79%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 22/27 (81%) Hannah Glen 5/7 (71%) Vika Koloto 1/1 (100%)

Sun 8 May	Northern Stars	51–54	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena
4.10pm	Maia Wilson 20/28 (71%) Jamie Hume 17/24 (71%) Amorangi Malesala 14/16 (88%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke 49/55 (89%) Monica Falkner 3/6 (50%) Filda Vui 2/3 (67%)

Round 10

Sat 14 May	Mainland Tactix	58–69	Northern Mystics	Christchurch Arena
	Ellie Bird 38/40 (95%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 20/24 (83%)	Report Stats	Grace Nweke 52/55 (95%) Monica Falkner 10/13 (77%) Filda Vui 7/12 (58%)

Mon 16 May	Northern Mystics	47–48	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	The Trusts Arena
7.15pm	Filda Vui 29/34 (85%) Monica Falkner 16/19 (84%) Danielle Binks 2/3 (67%)	Report Stats	Bailey Mes 29/39 (74%) Ameliaranne Ekenasio 19/26 (73%)

Round 11

Sat 21 May	Northern Mystics	49–54	Mainland Tactix	The Trusts Arena
2.10pm	Filda Vui 28/35 (80%) Monica Falkner 18/20 (90%) Grace Namana 3/4 (75%)	Report Stats	Ellie Bird 34/35 (97%) Te Paea Selby-Rickit 20/22 (91%)

Sun 22 May	Northern Stars	59–38	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena
2.10pm	Maia Wilson 37/47 (79%) Jamie Hume 18/28 (64%) Amorangi Malesala 4/7 (57%)	Report Stats	Monica Falkner 14/17 (82%) Filda Vui 14/19 (74%) Grace Namana 9/11 (82%) Phoenix Karaka 1/1 (100%) Danielle Binks 0/1 (0%)

Round 12

Sat 28 May	Northern Mystics	^{(Note 2)}	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
4.10pm		Report

Round 13

Fri 3 Jun	Northern Mystics	40–58	Central Pulse	The Trusts Arena
7.10pm	Grace Namana 32/37 (86%) Monica Falkner 5/6 (83%) Filda Vui 2/2 (100%) Phoenix Karaka 1/3 (33%)	Report Stats	Aliyah Dunn 37/41 (90%) Tiana Metuarau 17/21 (81%) Amelia Walmsley 3/4 (75%) Renee Matoe 1/2 (50%)

Notes

^2 Matches postponed under the ANZ Premiership's COVID-19 Match Postponement Policy.

Source:^[4]

Final standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	G%	BP	Pts
2022 ANZ Premiership ladder v t e
1	Central Pulse	15	10	0	5	828	732	96	113.1%	4	34
2	Northern Stars	15	11	0	4	836	783	53	106.8%	1	34
3	Northern Mystics	15	9	0	6	858	807	51	106.3%	4	31
4	Southern Steel	15	6	0	9	853	898	-45	95%	2	20
5	Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic	15	4	0	11	733	803	-70	91.3%	4	16
6	Mainland Tactix	15	5	0	10	788	873	-85	90.3%	1	16
Last updated: 12 August 2022

Qualified for Grand final
Qualified for Elimination final

Source:^[5]

Finals series

Elimination final

8 June 2022	Northern Stars	63–57	Northern Mystics	Pulman Arena	Sky Sport
	Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 33–23, 48–43, 63–57
	Maia Wilson 42/44 (95%) Jamie Hume 21/25 (84%)		Grace Nweke 45/49 (92%) Grace Namana 8/8 (100%) Monica Falkner 4/6 (67%)

Source:^[7]^[8]

Award winners

New Zealand Netball Awards

Award	Winner
Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award	Grace Nweke
Silver Ferns Player of the Year	Grace Nweke

Notes

^4 Grace Nweke shared the Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award with Kelly Jury (Central Pulse).

Source:^[4]^[21]^[22]^[23]

Team of the season

Grace Nweke was included in Brendon Egan's Stuff's team of the season.

Stuff Super Seven

Positions	Player
GS	Grace Nweke

Source:^[24]

Mystics Awards

Award	Winner
Fans Choice	Elisapeta Toeava
Manawaroa	Sulu Fitzpatrick
Mystics Mana	Michaela Sokolich-Beatson
He Kakano	Carys Stythe
MVP	Sulu Fitzpatrick

Source:^[6]

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