700:(ANC). However, unlike the ANC – which has been reduced to a week-long series of matches held largely between Super Netball reserves and academy sides – state league netball competitions operate throughout the winter months and provide consistent pathways to players aiming to reach a higher level in the sport.
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Australian federation consists of six states and two territories. Historically, the highest level of club-based sports were the various leagues based in each state and territory. The change to national leagues began in 1977 when the
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was formed with clubs in most capital cities. Australian football and rugby leagues followed suit during the 1980s when the
Victorian and New South Welsh leagues began to admit clubs from other states.
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in 2024, the premier NPL competitions will shift down to level 3 in the system. The term 'state league' is also used as a divisional name in several member federations' lower-tier competitions.
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is growing in popularity, the sport is yet to establish a strong history of state league competitions. Half of the current men's state leagues are branded under the
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in 2016 to standardise branding. These leagues form the third tier of
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State leagues in women's netball form the third tier of competition in
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directly below that of a national league. Most of these competitions are based in a single
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name and are operated by the various state-based men's and mixed netball associations.
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State leagues in cricket are traditionally referred to as
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for men and women respectively, and the second-tier
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953:Cricket Tasmania Premier League Women's
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824:West Australian Netball League Men's
929:Queensland Premier Cricket Women's
966:Victorian Premier Cricket Women's
312:Northern Territory Football League
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74:The state league system in men's
925:Queensland Premier Cricket Men's
698:Australian Netball Championships
99:National Premier Leagues Women's
78:is generally underpinned by the
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859:Women's National Cricket League
749:Netball NSW Men's Metro League
393:West Australian Football League
84:Australian soccer league system
829:West Australian Netball League
681:RugbyWA Women's Premier Grade
411:State leagues in rugby league
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882:Australian Capital Territory
731:Australian Capital Territory
640:Rugby Union SA Women's Grade
556:State leagues in rugby union
131:NPL Women's Capital Football
76:association football (soccer)
70:Association football (soccer)
903:NSW Premier Cricket Women's
888:ACT Premier Cricket Women's
636:Rugby Union SA Premier Grade
573:Australian Capital Territory
428:Australian Capital Territory
277:Australian Capital Territory
199:Women's NPL South Australia
122:Australian Capital Territory
1039:Sports leagues in Australia
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247:NPL Western Australia Women
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885:ACT Premier Cricket Men's
753:Netball NSW Premier League
529:Storm Premiership Women's
127:NPL Men's Capital Football
899:NSW Premier Cricket Men's
849:name following a move by
802:Tasmanian Netball League
790:Netball SA Premier League
715:State leagues in netball
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376:Victorian Football League
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242:NPL Western Australia Men
195:NPL South Australia Men's
158:NPL Women's Northern NSW
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814:Victorian Netball League
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88:National Second Division
80:National Premier Leagues
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485:QRL Women's Premiership
437:Katrina Fanning Shield
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184:NPL Queensland Women's
169:Women's Premier League
625:Women's Premier Rugby
621:Hospital Challenge Cup
361:Tasmanian State League
154:NPL Men's Northern NSW
65:State leagues by sport
58:National Soccer League
877:Women's state league
865:competition for men.
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677:RugbyWA Premier Grade
567:Women's state league
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271:Women's state league
214:Women's Super League
116:Women's state league
696:and the second-tier
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349:SANFL Women's League
230:NPL Women's Victoria
180:NPL Queensland Men's
18:State league (sport)
908:Northern Territory
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1016:. Retrieved
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662:Dewar Shield
593:Shute Shield
497:NRL SA Metro
465:NRL NT Men's
406:Rugby league
398:WAFL Women's
332:QAFL Women's
210:NPL Tasmania
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770:Queensland
551:Rugby union
381:VFL Women's
33:competition
1018:2023-08-24
988:References
920:Queensland
616:Queensland
475:Queensland
322:Queensland
175:Queensland
958:Victoria
947:Tasmania
863:Second XI
807:Victoria
796:Tasmania
645:Tasmania
1033:Category
709:M-League
657:Victoria
520:Victoria
507:Tasmania
371:Victoria
356:Tasmania
220:Victoria
205:Tasmania
45:reserves
837:Cricket
688:Netball
448:NSW Cup
51:History
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