All five fixtures on opening weekend will be screened live on Sky Sports
Monday 10 February 2020 12:53, UK
All five matches of the 2020 Vitality Netball Superleague Season Opener will be live on Sky Sports as the new season starts with a bang at Arena Birmingham on February 22.
The curtain-raising day, which is an additional round featuring teams playing an opponent for the third time, commences the season's schedule before the teams scatter across the UK.
The franchises will play opponents based on last season's standings (1st vs 2nd, 3rd vs 4th, 5th vs 6th, 7th vs 8th and 9th vs 10th) and the result will count alongside the 18 home and away rounds of regular-season.
Sky Sports' live offering for Round Two will feature Surrey Storm as they welcome London Pulse to Surrey Sports Park on March 2 at 7pm.
Of the five second-round encounters, Liana Leota facing off against her former side Manchester Thunder will be highly anticipated as Severn Stars entertain the defending champions at Worcester Arena.
All 10 teams will feature in our live coverage throughout the season.
After Thunder kick-off their season with a Grand Final rematch in Birmingham against Wasps, the return clash will feature on Sky Sports in Round Nine on April 20 at 7pm.
Following 19 rounds of the regular season, four teams will progress into the semi-finals and both play-off matches will be live on Saturday June 27.
The 2020 Vitality Netball Superleague Grand Final will be played at 3pm on Saturday July 4, live on Sky Sports.
Sky Sports is your home of netball and the Vitality Netball Superleague returns on February 22 with five back-to-back matches from Arena Birmingham to commence the new domestic season in England.
