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Netball Super League 2026: Fixtures, results, teams and dates for season two of revamped competition

Netball Super League in 2026 to feature three double headers; season to start with Netball Super Cup on February 21; regular campaign to contain 14 rounds of matches before play-offs and Grand Final; London Pulse won the title in 2025, ending Loughborough Lightning's hopes of a threepeat

Manchester Thunder and Loughborough Lightning faced off in the 2024 Grand Final but will now meet in the Preliminary Final
Image: Manchester Thunder and Loughborough Lightning faced off in the 2024 Grand Final and the 2025 Preliminary Final

Check out the fixtures for the 2026 Netball Super League.

After a successful first season as the 'NSL 2.0', the competition is set to return in February but this time only with one new twist - double-header fixtures.

The eight teams - Birmingham Panthers, LexisNexis Dragons, London Mavericks, London Pulse, Loughborough Lightning, Manchester Thunder, NIC Leeds Rhinos and Nottingham Forest - play 14 rounds across the regular season before the play-offs and Grand Final.

Selected games will be shown live on Sky Sports throughout the year.

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Watch highlights of the Netball Super League Grand Final 2025 between London Pulse and Loughborough Lightning

Netball Super League fixtures 2026

All times UK and Ireland

Netball Super Cup

  • Saturday February 21: All eight teams play in a one-day tournament

Round One

  • Friday February 27: London Pulse vs Manchester Thunder (7.30pm)
  • Saturday February 28: London Mavericks vs Nottingham Forest (2pm)
  • Saturday February 28: Loughborough Lightning vs LexisNexis Dragons (6pm)
  • Saturday February 28: Birmingham Panthers vs NIC Leeds Rhinos (7pm)

Round Two

  • Friday March 6: LexisNexis Dragons vs London Pulse (7pm)
  • Friday March 6: NIC Leeds Rhinos vs Loughborough Lightning (7.30pm)
  • Saturday March 7: Manchester Thunder vs London Mavericks (5pm)
  • Sunday March 8: Nottingham Forest vs Birmingham Panthers (4pm)

Round Three

  • Friday March 13: Nottingham Forest vs NIC Leeds Rhinos (6pm)
  • Friday March 13: LexisNexis Dragons vs Manchester Thunder (7.30pm)
  • Saturday March 14: Birmingham Panthers vs London Mavericks (4pm)*
  • Saturday March 14: Loughborough Lightning vs London Pulse (6pm)*

* indicates double header at Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

Round Four

  • Friday March 20: NIC Leeds Rhinos vs LexisNexis Dragons (7pm)
  • Sunday March 22: Birmingham Panthers vs Manchester Thunder (2pm)
  • Sunday March 22: London Mavericks vs Loughborough Lightning (4pm)
  • Sunday March 22: London Pulse vs Nottingham Forest (6pm)

Round Five

  • Friday March 27: NIC Leeds Rhinos vs London Pulse (7pm)
  • Saturday March 28: LexisNexis Dragons vs London Mavericks (4pm)
  • Saturday March 28: Manchester Thunder vs Nottingham Forest (5pm)
  • Saturday March 28: Loughborough Lightning vs Birmingham Panthers (6pm)

Round Six

  • Saturday April 4: Nottingham Forest vs LexisNexis Dragons (3pm)*
  • Saturday April 4: London Pulse vs Birmingham Panthers (5pm)
  • Saturday April 4: Loughborough Lightning vs Manchester Thunder (5pm)*
  • Saturday April 4: London Mavericks vs NIC Leeds Rhinos (7pm)

* indicates double header at Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

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Round Seven

  • Friday April 10: London Pulse vs London Mavericks (7pm)
  • Saturday April 11: LexisNexis Dragons vs Birmingham Panthers (4pm)
  • Saturday April 11: Manchester Thunder vs NIC Leeds Rhinos (5pm)
  • Saturday April 11: Nottingham Forest vs Loughborough Lightning (7pm)

Round Eight

  • Friday April 17: Birmingham Panthers vs Nottingham Forest (7pm)
  • Saturday April 18: Manchester Thunder vs LexisNexis Dragons (4pm)
  • Saturday April 18: Loughborough Lightning vs London Mavericks (6pm)
  • Sunday April 19: London Pulse vs NIC Leeds Rhinos (6pm)

Round Nine

  • Saturday April 25: London Mavericks vs Manchester Thunder (4pm)
  • Saturday April 25: Birmingham Panthers vs London Pulse (6pm)
  • Sunday April 26: LexisNexis Dragons vs Loughborough Lightning (4pm)
  • Sunday April 26: NIC Leeds Rhinos vs Nottingham Forest (5pm)

Round 10

  • Saturday May 2: LexisNexis Dragons vs Nottingham Forest (6pm)
  • Saturday May 2: NIC Leeds Rhinos vs London Mavericks (7.30pm)
  • Sunday May 3: London Pulse vs Loughborough Lightning (4pm)
  • Monday May 4: Manchester Thunder vs Birmingham Panthers (4pm)

Round 11

  • Friday May 8: Birmingham Panthers vs Loughborough Lightning (7pm)
  • Saturday May 9: Nottingham Forest vs London Mavericks (3pm)
  • Saturday May 9: LexisNexis Dragons vs NIC Leeds Rhinos (3.30pm)*
  • Saturday May 9: Manchester Thunder vs London Pulse (6pm)*

* indicates double header at M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

Round 12

  • Friday May 15: NIC Leeds Rhinos vs Manchester Thunder (7pm)
  • Friday May 15: Loughborough Lightning vs Nottingham Forest (7pm)
  • Saturday May 16: Birmingham Panthers vs LexisNexis Dragons (6pm)
  • Sunday May 17: London Mavericks vs London Pulse (4pm)

Round 13

  • Friday May 22: Nottingham Forest vs Manchester Thunder (7pm)
  • Saturday May 23: Loughborough Lightning vs NIC Leeds Rhinos (6pm)
  • Sunday May 24: London Pulse vs LexisNexis Dragons (4pm)
  • Sunday May 24: London Mavericks vs Birmingham Panthers (6pm)

Round 14

  • Friday May 29: NIC Leeds Rhinos vs Birmingham Panthers (7pm)
  • Saturday May 30: London Mavericks vs LexisNexis Dragons (4pm)
  • Saturday May 30: Manchester Thunder vs Loughborough Lightning (5pm)
  • Sunday May 31: Nottingham Forest vs London Pulse (6pm)

Fixtures for play-offs and Grand Final to follow in due course

Netball Super League Venues

Birmingham Panthers

  • Utilita Arena Birmingham
  • Worcester Arena
  • Coventry Skydome

LexisNexis Dragons

  • House of Sport, Cardiff
  • M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

London Mavericks

  • OVO Arena, Wembley
  • Brighton Centre
  • Essex Sports Arena
  • Hertfordshire Sports Village, Hatfield

London Pulse

  • Copper Box Arena, London

Loughborough Lightning

  • Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
  • Sir David Wallace Arena, Loughborough

Manchester Thunder

  • National Cycling Centre, Manchester
  • Belle Vue Arena, Manchester
  • M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

NIC Leeds Rhinos

  • First Direct Arena, Leeds
  • Canon Medical Arena, Sheffield

Nottingham Forest Netball

  • Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham