Collingwood Magpies Netball
| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Based in | Melbourne, Australia |
| Regions | Victoria |
| Home venue |
Hisense Arena (10,500) Margaret Court Arena (7,500) |
| Head coach | Kristy Keppich-Birrell |
| Captain | Madison Robinson |
| League | Suncorp Super Netball |
Collingwood Magpies Netball are an Australian netball team in Melbourne, Victoria that compete in the premier Australian league, Suncorp Super Netball. The team were founded in 2016, during the disbanding of the ANZ Championship. The Magpies are wholly owned by the elite Australian Football League entity, the Collingwood Football Club. Home games are played at Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.
Following the dissolving of the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship competition in 2016, Netball Australia announced the creation of a new national Netball league, which would feature the five original Australian teams and three additional teams. In May 2016, Netball Australia confirmed that the Collingwood Football Club was one of three preferred license holders for the new teams.
Collingwood Magpies Netball was launched in September 2016 at the headquarters of the Collingwood Football Club, the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre. The new team had a distinct logo, different from the football team. Speaking at the launch, club President Eddie McGuire stated “this team is not an add on to our [football] program by any stretch. It has its own identity, its own high performance unit in its own right and our strategy is to get the best people and best players possible." The Magpies announced that home games would be shared between Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.
The 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season will see the debut of Magpies Netball. For the inaugural season in 2017, Madi Robinson was appointed team captain under head coach Kristy Keppich-Birrell. The Magpies entered the league with a star-studded squad of former and existing Australia national team players, thanks mainly due to significant financial weight backing the team. Consequently the Magpies were widely tipped by pundits to win the inaugural season of the league.
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