Victorian Fury are an Australian netball team that represents Netball Victoria in the Australian Netball League. In 2008 they were both founding members and the inaugural champions of the league. They retained the title in 2009 and completed a three in row in 2010. They then won it four times in a row between 2013 and 2016. In 2019 they won their eighth ANL title. They are the most successful team in the ANL. Fury are effectively the representative team of the Victorian Netball League and the reserve team of Melbourne Vixens. [1]

Victorian Fury
Founded2008
Based inMelbourne
RegionsVictoria, Australia
Home venueState Netball Hockey Centre
Head coachDi Honey
Premierships8 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)
LeagueAustralian Netball League
Websitevic.netball.com.au

Uniform

Uniform

History

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Netball Victoria

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Victorian Fury is effectively the representative team of the Victorian Netball League.[2][3] They are also one of two teams that represent Netball Victoria in senior or national leagues. Their senior team, Melbourne Vixens, have represented Netball Victoria in both the ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball.[4][5] In 2013 and 2014 Netball Victoria also entered a second team known as Victorian Flames in the Australian Netball League.[6][7][8][9]

In 2016 Fury and Vixens began to host double headers against other ANL and ANZ Championship teams. This was part of a process where the relationship between the two leagues became more formalized. As part of this arrangement, a limited number of Vixens players were also eligible to play for Fury.[10][11][12]

Three in a row

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In 2008 Victorian Fury were both founder members and the inaugural champions of the Australian Netball League.[13] Chelsey Nash captained Fury to their first title.[14] In 2009 Fury retained the title [15][16][17] and in 2010 they completed a three in a row.[18][19] Other members of the Fury team from this era included Kathleen Knott and Karyn Bailey.[20][1]

Four in a row

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Between 2013 and 2016 Fury completed a four in a row of ANL titles.[21] Mwai Kumwenda was the top goalscorer for Fury during 2013, finishing the season with a record 461 goals. In the grand final against NSW Waratahs she scored 38 goals with a 97% strike rate. She was subsequently named the ANL's MVP.[20][22] In 2015 Jo Weston, Kelsey Browne, Alice Teague-Neeld and Elle Bennetts were all members of the Fury team captained by Fiona Themann that won the ANL title for a sixth time.[21] In 2016 Themann, again captain, and Bennetts were joined by Tayla Honey, Lara Dunkley and Shannon Eagland as Fury won their seventh title.[23]

ANL Grand finals

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Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
2008 [13][24] Victorian Fury 56–41 Australian Institute of Sport Sydney
2009 [15][16][17][25] Victorian Fury 46–32 Australian Institute of Sport BCEC
2010 [18][19] Victorian Fury 54–47 NNSW Waratahs Waverley Netball Centre
2011 [26][27] NNSW Waratahs 55–46 Victorian Fury Waverley Netball Centre
2013 [22][28] Victorian Fury 56–51 NNSW Waratahs Netball SA Stadium
2014 [29][30] Victorian Fury 51–49 Queensland Fusion Waverley Netball Centre
2015 [21] Victorian Fury 58–46 Southern Force Waverley Netball Centre
2016 [23] Victorian Fury 53–46 NNSW Waratahs Netball Central
2017 [31][32] Western Sting 63–47 Victorian Fury Perth State Netball Centre
2019 [33][34][35] Victorian Fury 54–53 NNSW Waratahs SNHC

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Home venues

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Victorian Fury play the majority of their home games at the State Netball and Hockey Centre. They have also played home games at Melbourne Arena and the Margaret Court Arena.[11][12][36][37]

Notable players

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Internationals

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  Australia
  Malawi
  Scotland

Melbourne Vixens

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Collingwood Magpies

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Source:[28][38][39]

MVPs

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ANL MVP

The following Victorian Fury players were named MVP in the Australian Netball League.

Season Player
2009 Kathleen Knott
2011 Karyn Bailey
2013 Mwai Kumwenda
2018 Rahni Samason
2019 Emma Ryde

Source:[20]

Victorian Fury MVP
Season Player
2010 Kathleen Knott
2011 Karyn Bailey
2012 Kathleen Knott
2013 Mwai Kumwenda
2014 Jo Weston
2015 Kelsey Browne
2016 Ella Bayliss
2017 Kate Thompson
2018 Rahni Samason
2019 Emma Ryde

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Head coaches

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Coach Years
Cathy Fellows [11][12] 2011–2012
Stacey West [28] 2013
Kristy Keppich-Birrell [38][39] 2014–2015
Cathy Fellows [11][12][23] 2016
Leesa Gallard [40][41] 2017–2018
Di Honey [2][42] 2019–

Premierships

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References

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