The Adelaide Thunderbirds have secured their place in the Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final, defeating the Melbourne Vixens by 14 goals in the Major Semi Final in Adelaide on Sunday.
In front of a 6375-strong crowd at the sold-out Adelaide 36ers Arena, the minor premiers were challenged by the Vixens early but a player of the match performance from South African shooter Elmeré van der Berg (51 goals) turned the momentum in the second half.
The Thunderbirds entered the finals series having suffered just one loss in the regular rounds – to the Vixens in Round 6 – and will now contest their third Grand Final in four years, having claimed back-to-back titles in 2023–24.
Next weekend’s Preliminary Final will be a 2025 Grand Final rematch, the Vixens set to host West Coast Fever who claimed a four-goal Minor Semi Final win over the Melbourne Mavericks in Perth.
12,332 fans packed RAC Arena to see Fever regain their winning form at home, led by player of the match Alice Teague-Neeld (46 feeds, 3 pickups) in the club’s league record seventh-straight finals campaign.
The Preliminary Final will be held at Melbourne’s John Cain Arena on Saturday 27 June from 7:30pm AEST.
The winner will face the Thunderbirds in the season decider, to be held on Saturday 4 July at Melbourne’s John Cain Arena, in partnership with Visit Victoria.
Every game of the Suncorp Super Netball Finals Series is available to watch live and free on Kayo Freebies.
For further information on the Suncorp Super Netball Finals Series, visit the 2026 Finals Hub.
Finals Ticketing
Members of competing clubs will receive direct communications from their clubs regarding member pre-sale access and finals ticketing entitlements.
Preliminary Final – via Ticketek:
• Monday 22 June 9:00am AEST
Pre-sale for host team reserved seat members
• Monday 22 June 4:00pm AEST
Pre-sale for host team non-reserved seat members and visiting team members
• Tuesday 23 June 12:00pm AEST
Pre-sale for member organisation participants (all states/territories) and Netball Nation subscribers
• Wednesday 24 June 9:00am AEST
General public on sale
Grand Final – via Ticketek:
Monday 22 June
• 10:30am ACST / 11:00am AEST – Pre-sale for Thunderbirds Courtside, Diamond and Platinum members
• 12:30pm ACST / 1:00pm AEST – Pre-sale for remaining Thunderbirds members
• 4:30pm ACST / 5:00pm AEST – Pre-sale for member organisation participants
