Teams Format The season is played over fourteen rounds, allowing every team to play each other twice, once at home and once away. The top four teams on the
ladder at the conclusion of the
regular season qualify for the
finals series. In the first week of the finals series, the 1st ranked team hosts the 2nd ranked team in the major semi-final (with the winner of that match to qualify for the
Grand Final) and the 3rd ranked team hosts the 4th ranked team in the minor semi-final (with the loser of that match eliminated). The loser of the major semi-final then hosts the winner of the minor semi-final in the preliminary final. The winner of the major semi-final then hosts the winner of the preliminary final in the Grand Final.
Rules The league retained the two-goal super shot rule, which allowed a goal shooter or attacker to score two goals for a shot successfully made in the designated area inside the circle during the last five minutes of each quarter. The league also retained the rolling substitutions that were introduced the previous season. Extra time in the event of drawn matches was retained. In the event of a tied score at the end of the fourth quarter, a five-minute period of extra time is played, and if the teams remain tied, the match is declared a draw. The bonus point system, last utilised in the
2019 season, was not implemented, with the league's competition committee saying it would "be shelved for the foreseeable future".
West Coast Fever salary cap breach The
West Coast Fever commenced the season on negative-12 premiership points after a
Netball Australia investigation discovered the club had paid players more than $120,000 above the
salary cap in each of the 2018 and 2019 seasons. The Fever were also fined $300,000 ($150,000 of which was suspended), making the penalties the harshest in Australian netball history. ==Player signings==