2026 Netball Super League season

2026 Netball Super League season
LeagueNetball Super League
SportNetball
Duration27 February 2026 – 20 June 2026
Teams8
TV partner(s)BBC & Sky Sports
Regular Season
Season MVPJayda Pechova
Top scorerSamantha Wallace
Finals Series
Date20 June 2026
VenueCo-op Live
ChampionsManchester Thunder
  Runners-upLondon Pulse
Finals MVPSophie Fawns

The 2026 Netball Super League season was the twenty first season of the Netball Super League, the elite domestic netball competition in the United Kingdom. London Pulse were the defending champions, as they won the 2025 Grand final for their first title.

Manchester Thunder won the competition, beating London Pulse in the Grand Final to claim their fifth title and first since 2022.[1]

Teams

Team Home court(s) Coach
Birmingham Panthers bp pulse LIVE

Worcester Arena Coventry Skydome Utilita Arena Birmingham

Sonia Mkoloma
Dragons Cardiff City House of Sport

M&S Bank Arena

Reinga Bloxham
Leeds Rhinos Canon Medical Arena

First Direct Arena

Lauren Palmer
London Mavericks Brentwood Centre

Brighton Centre Hertfordshire Sports Village OVO Arena Wembley

Camilla Buchanan
London Pulse Copper Box Arena Sam Bird
Loughborough Lightning Sir David Wallace Arena

Motorpoint Arena

Victoria Burgess
Manchester Thunder AO Arena

Belle Vue Arena M&S Bank Arena

Karen Greig
Nottingham Forest Motorpoint Arena Chelsea Pitman

Table

2026 Netball Super League table
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Manchester Thunder 14 12 2 934 771 +163 1 37 Qualifying for the Finals Series
2 London Pulse 14 12 2 873 755 +118 0 36
3 Loughborough Lightning 14 11 3 1018 875 +143 2 35
4 Nottingham Forest 14 7 7 873 892 −19 4 25
5 Dragons 14 6 8 825 851 −26 4 22
6 London Mavericks 14 4 10 775 812 −37 1 13
7 Birmingham Panthers 14 3 11 719 896 −177 0 9
8 Leeds Rhinos 14 1 13 737 902 −165 2 5
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Results summary

Home \ Away PAN DRA RHI MAV PUL LIG THU FOR
Birmingham Panthers — 50–62 39–54 49–76 35–61 60–76 48–58 54–70
Dragons 47–48 — 68–62 54–58 50–51 68–82 55–69 65–64
Leeds Rhinos 43–67 51–62 — 60–63 52–61 43–70 66–82 63–68
London Mavericks 69–68 50–57 54–44 — 49–55 58–66 47–60 59–60
London Pulse 78–45 67–66 75–44 56–46 — 75–71 56–51 73–63
Loughborough Lightning 83–69 75–60 79–55 73–56 68–61 — 68–58 65–76
Manchester Thunder 69–45 67–55 63–49 69–59 64–52 68–67 — 78–53
Nottingham Forest 68–58 57–62 61–51 57–49 51–62 74–75 51–78 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Major Semi-final

6 June 2026 Manchester Thunder 60-56 London Pulse National Cycling Centre  
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Minor Semi-final

6 June 2026 Loughborough Lightning 77-57 Nottingham Forest Netball Sir David Wallace Arena  
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Preliminary Final

13 June 2026 London Pulse 60-56 Loughborough Lightning Lee Valley VeloPark  
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Grand Final

20 June 2026 Manchester Thunder 54-51 London Pulse Co-op Live  
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Awards

Netball Super League End of Season Award Winners

Award Name Team Ref
Players Player of the Season England Jayda Pechova Nottingham Forest Netball [2]
Young Player of the Season England Jayda Pechova Nottingham Forest Netball
Coach of the Season New Zealand Reinga Bloxham Dragons
Fans Player of the Season England Jayda Pechova Nottingham Forest Netball
Gilbert Top Goal Scorer Trinidad and Tobago Samantha Wallace-Joseph Loughborough Lightning
Amex Super Shooter Trinidad and Tobago Samantha Wallace-Joseph Loughborough Lightning
NXT Gen Player of the Year England Daisy Harrison Team Bath
Umpire of the Year England Gary Burgess
Assessors Award England Alison Harrison
All Star VII
GS Trinidad and Tobago Samantha Wallace-Joseph Loughborough Lightning [2]
GA England Ella Clark Loughborough Lightning
WA England Alicia Scholes London Pulse
C Scotland Iona Christian Nottingham Forest Netball
WD England Taylor McKevitt Manchester Thunder
GD England Jacqui Newton Dragons
GK England Jayda Pechova Nottingham Forest Netball

References

  1. ↑ "Netball Super League Grand Final: Manchester Thunder win fifth title beating London Pulse". BBC Sport. 2026-06-20. Retrieved 2026-06-25.
  2. 1 2 "Jayda Pechová cleans up at 2026 Netball Super League Awards". Netball Super League. Retrieved 25 June 2026.