The Sydney Swans Football Club congratulate the NSW Swifts on winning the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball title on Sunday with a 64-47 Grand Final victory over the Sunshine Lightning.
The Swifts dominated the match from the get go, causing a huge boilover with most pundits expecting the Lightning to register their third-straight title win in as many years.
It is a sixth Premiership for the Sydney based side, their first since 2008 and first since the new Super Netball competition came into exsistence.
Head coach Briony Akle said she couldn’t be prouder of her troops.
“I know we’ve been saying it all season but we finally stuck to the script and controlled the game throughout,” she said.
“Some days you need everyone to have an amazing game at once and that’s what we had.
“The Lightning are an amazing club who we knew would keep coming but today we had an answer. To do that against the team who have been the benchmark for the past two years is something everyone in the team should be very proud of.”
The Swifts got off too a strong start taking a four goal lead into the first break and never looked back.
They took a 31-23 lead into halftime led by MVP goal shooter Sam Wallace who led from the front for the whole day with a 91 per cent shooting accuracy.
There was no looking back for the Swifts in the second half as they finished the contest by winning the final quarter by 7 goals to rubber stamp the 2019 Premiership.
SWIFTS | Q1: 16, Q2: 31 (15), Q3: 46 (15), Q4: 64 (18)
LIGHTNING | Q1: 12, Q2: 23 (11), Q3: 36 (13), Q4: 47 (11)
Shooting Stats
SWIFTS: 64/73 @ 88%
S Wallace: 40/44 @ 91%
H Housby: 18/22 @ 82%
S Garbin: 6/7 @ 86%
LIGHTNING: 47/59 @ 80%
C Koenen: 23/37 @ 85%
S Wood: 8/14 @ 57%
P Proscovia: 16/18 @ 90%
