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2017 Vitality Superleague squad lists

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The 2017 Vitality Superleague season promises to be one of the most exciting yet, here's our guide to the 10 franchises chasing the title this year.

Sky Sports Mix is the place to keep across all the live action as the 2017 season promises to be a battle to the finish for a place in the top four and Finals weekend.

With competition increased courtesy of three new franchises, talent spread across the league thanks to smaller playing rosters and new exciting players, venues and coaches, the weekly action will be fierce.

After 18 weeks of competition, the top four teams will battle it out in June over a weekend of semi-final, 3rd place play-off and Grand Final action to be crowned the 2017 champions.

It's been a busy summer as new franchises have built squads, and familiar names have seen wholesale changes.Here is our guide to the 12-player rosters for the franchises along with their venues and coaching staff......

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Celtic Dragons

Head Coach: Trish Wilcox. Assistant Coach: Mel Tuckwell

Home Venue: Sport Wales National Centre

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Squad: Sara Bell, Fern Davies, Suzanne Drane, Bethan Dyke, Lydia Hitchings, Kyra Jones, Kalifa McCollin, Kelly Morgan, Stacey Peeters, Lois Rideout, Eleanor Roberts, Leila Thomas

Hertfordshire Mavericks

Director of Netball: Robyn Broughton. Assistant Coaches: Kat Ratnapala and Camilla Buchanan

Home Venue: Hertfordshire Sports Village

Squad: Halimat Adio, Summer Artman, Sophie Drakeford-Lewis, Michelle Drayne, Zara Everitt, Keshia Grant, Sophie Hankin, Vicklyn Joseph, Lindsay Keable, Rose Morgan-Smith, Ashleigh Neal, Razia Quashie

Loughborough Lightning

Beth Cobden will play for Loughborough Lightning in 2017 Vitality Superleague
Image: Beth Cobden will play for Loughborough Lightning in 2017 Vitality Superleague

Head Coach: Karen Atkinson. Assistant Coaches: Maggie Birkinshaw and Olivia Murphy

Home Venue: Loughborough University

Squad: Rebekah Airey, Ella Clark, Beth Cobden, Choloe Essam, Ella Gibbons, Hannah Joseph, Olivia Mason, Vicki Oyesola, Natalie Panagarry, Peace Proscovia, Joanna Trip, Vanessa Walker

Manchester Thunder

Head Coach: Karen Greig. Assistant Coaches: Liana Leota and Sara Hale

Home Venue: Manchester Thunderdome

Squad: Kerry Almond, Danielle Bloomfield, Amy Clinton, Emma Dovey, Rebecca Hoult, Paige Kindred, Liana Leota, Gabriella Marshall, Sophie Morgan, Joyce Mvula, Beatrice Skingsley, Kathryn Turner

Severn Stars

Pamela Cookey, Surrey Storm
Image: Pamela Cookey has retired and taken up a position at new franchise Severn Stars

Director of Netball: Pamela Cookey. Head Coach: Mo'onia Gerrard

Home Venue: University of Worcester/University of Gloucester

Squad: Lauren Brooks, Eleanor Cardwell, Sophie Carter, Josie Danz-Dawson, Iona Darroch, Jodie Gibson, Laura Malcolm, Afeisha Noel, Becky Oatley, Lucy Richardson, Rachel Sweet, Rebecca Tildesley

Sirens

Head Coach: Gail Parata

Home Venue: Eimrates Arena, Glasgow

Squad: Nicole Aiken-Pinnock, Savannah Antoine, Carla Borrego, Claire Brownie, Rachel Forbes, Bethan Goodwin, Ellen Halpenny, Nicola McCleery, Fiona Moore-McGrath, Caroline O'Hanlon, Jo Pettitt, Lauren Tait

Surrey Storm

Mikki Austin - Surrey Storm
Image: Surrey Storm and Mikki Austin are chasing a third successive title

Director of Netball: Tania Hoffman

Home Venue: Surrey Sports Park

Squad: Mikki Austin, Megan Craig, Rhea Dixon, Katie Harris, Katy Holland, Nadia Hutchinson, Lorraine Kowalewska, Georgia Lees, Yasmin Parsons, Bethany Sutherland, Francesca Wells, Scarlett Williams

Team Bath

Director of Netball: Jess Thirlby. Head Coach: Anna Stembridge

Home Venue: University of Bath Sports Training Village

Squad: Imogen Allison, Eboni Beckford-Chambers, Samantha Cook, Layla Guscoth, Chelsea Lewis, Paige Reed, Mia Ritchie, Laura Rudland, Shantal Slater, Jess Shaw, Rachel Shaw, Vangelee Williams,

Team Northumbria

Head of Netball: TeAroha Keenan. Assistant Coach: Victoria Burgess

Home Venue: Sport Central, University of Northumbria

Squad: Rachel Bird, Evie Brereton, Katarina Cooper, Brie Grierson, Claudia Heath, Tuaine Keenan, Leah Kennedy, Tamsin Moala, Jaydene Robinson, Georgia Rowe, Chiara Semple, Iman Thomas,

Wasps Netball

Rachel Dunn
Image: Rachel Dunn has swapped Storm for Wasps

Director of Netball: Tamsin Greenway. Assistant Coach: Mel Mansfield

Home Venue: Ricoh Arena

Squad: Sophia Candappa, Rachel Dunn, George Fisher, Amy Flanagan, Lucy Harris, Natalie Haythornthwaite, Josie Huckle, Sam May, Bongiwe Msomi, Lucy Parize, Hannah Reid, Fran Williams

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