Adelaide Thunderbirds

Kate Heffernan

Centre#5Super Netball

Bio

Kate Heffernan was born in Invercargill, NZ in 1999. She plays at centre for Adelaide Thunderbirds. She has represented the New Zealand national cricket team. Lineball holds stats from 16 of her games in 2026.

Key facts

Age: 27
Height: 181 cm
Number: #5
Born: 7 October 1999
Birthplace: Invercargill, NZ
Position: Centre
Junior club: Heriot Primary School

Official profile

Netball Australia profile ↗Super Netball ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Follow

Instagram@kate_heffernan

Official accounts listed on Wikidata.

Career

New Zealand national cricket teamNational team

Career stats

2026 season

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	GP	Min	GA	Feeds	CPR	Gain	Int	Defl	TO	Pen	Net pts
Total	11	652	190	287	1	20	12	23	32	87	964.5
Per game		59	17.3	26.1	0.1	1.8	1.1	2.1	2.9	7.9	87.7

Season stats from the 11 most recent Adelaide Thunderbirds matches.

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026 Super NetballAdelaide Thunderbirds	16	0	0	0	244	375	27	17	36	0	3	129	1333.5	940	0	0	113	15	32	46	64	28	7	0	1333.5	265	211	10	26	10	0	0	0	46	15	9	3	0	12	0

Game log, 2026 Super Netball

Game
Grand final v Melbourne VixensW 61-40 4 July	11	20	3	3	2	0	7	68	54	7	0	2	4	4	1	0	68	11	8	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	2
Semi-final v Melbourne VixensW 58-44 21 June	15	27	0	0	0	0	5	56	60	3	2	2	3	4	1	0	56	18	10	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	1
Rd 14 @ Sunshine Coast LightningW 67-49 13 June	24	35	2	0	3	0	7	137.5	60	5	2	3	3	4	6	0	137.5	26	16	2	1	2	3	2	1	0	0
Rd 13 @ NSW SwiftsW 66-60 6 June	20	31	1	1	2	0	8	90	60	5	3	2	3	4	1	1	90	22	13	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	1
Rd 12 v Melbourne VixensW 61-42 31 May	14	18	5	1	4	0	7	76	60	6	1	3	4	4	0	0	76	14	14	4	0	4	4	3	0	0	1
Rd 11 @ Giants NetballW 70-37 23 May	16	20	2	1	3	0	7	87	60	7	0	3	3	4	3	0	87	17	9	1	2	1	3	0	2	0	0
Rd 10 v Melbourne MavericksW 55-51 17 May	18	28	2	1	2	0	15	98.5	60	14	1	1	1	4	1	1	98.5	20	16	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Rd 9 @ West Coast FeverW 65-45 8 May	21	26	0	0	1	0	7	94	60	7	0	1	1	4	2	1	94	22	11	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rd 8 v Queensland FirebirdsW 73-49 2 May	21	36	1	1	2	0	4	89.5	58	3	1	1	3	4	1	1	89.5	23	14	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2
Rd 7 v Sunshine Coast LightningW 61-60 25 Apr	15	23	4	4	1	0	6	105	60	6	0	0	3	4	1	0	105	17	17	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	3
Rd 6 @ Melbourne VixensL 50-56 18 Apr	15	23	0	0	3	1	14	63	60	12	2	3	4	4	2	0	63	16	16	0	3	0	4	0	2	1	1
Rd 5 v Giants NetballW 56-54 11 Apr	4	14	1	0	3	0	8	64	60	8	0	2	2	4	3	2	64	4	10	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	0
Rd 4 @ Melbourne MavericksW 55-48 4 Apr	11	19	0	0	2	2	6	74	60	6	0	1	2	4	3	1	74	13	17	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1
Rd 3 @ Queensland FirebirdsW 73-46 29 Mar	16	21	2	2	5	0	9	90	49	8	1	2	3	4	1	0	90	18	11	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	0
Rd 2 v West Coast FeverW 66-53 21 Mar	9	15	1	0	2	0	6	65	60	5	1	2	2	4	1	0	65	9	13	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Rd 1 v NSW SwiftsW 74-54 14 Mar	14	19	3	3	1	0	13	76	59	11	1	4	5	4	1	0	76	15	16	0	1	0	5	3	0	0	0

Recent games

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Career and honours from Wikidata (CC0).

Splits, Super Netball

Split
HomeHome or away, 9W	9	13.4	22.2	2.2	1.4	1.9	0.0	7.9	77.6	59.0	7.0	0.8	1.9	3.0	4.0	1.1	0.4	77.6	14.6	13.1	0.8	1.1	0.8	3.0	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.0
AwayHome or away, 6W	7	17.6	25.0	1.0	0.6	2.7	0.4	8.3	90.8	58.4	7.1	1.1	2.1	2.7	4.0	2.6	0.4	90.8	19.1	13.3	0.4	2.3	0.4	2.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.4
WinsResult, 15W	15	15.3	23.5	1.8	1.1	2.2	0.1	7.7	84.7	58.7	6.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	4.0	1.7	0.5	84.7	16.6	13.0	0.7	1.5	0.7	2.8	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.7
LossesResult, 0W	1	15.0	23.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	14.0	63.0	60.0	12.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	63.0	16.0	16.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0
Regular seasonStage, 13W	14	15.6	23.4	1.7	1.0	2.4	0.2	8.4	86.4	59.0	7.4	0.9	2.0	2.8	4.0	1.9	0.5	86.4	16.9	13.8	0.7	1.7	0.7	2.8	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.6
FinalsStage, 2W	2	13.0	23.5	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.0	6.0	62.0	57.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	3.5	4.0	1.0	0.0	62.0	14.5	9.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.5
Melbourne VixensOpponent, 3W	4	13.8	22.0	2.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	8.3	65.8	58.5	7.0	1.3	2.5	3.8	4.0	1.0	0.0	65.8	14.8	12.0	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.8	1.3	1.0	0.3	1.3
Giants NetballOpponent, 2W	2	10.0	17.0	1.5	0.5	3.0	0.0	7.5	75.5	60.0	7.5	0.0	2.5	2.5	4.0	3.0	1.0	75.5	10.5	9.5	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.5	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0
Melbourne MavericksOpponent, 2W	2	14.5	23.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	10.5	86.3	60.0	10.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.0	2.0	1.0	86.3	16.5	16.5	0.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5
NSW SwiftsOpponent, 2W	2	17.0	25.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	10.5	83.0	59.5	8.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	0.5	83.0	18.5	14.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	4.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Queensland FirebirdsOpponent, 2W	2	18.5	28.5	1.5	1.5	3.5	0.0	6.5	89.8	53.5	5.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.5	89.8	20.5	12.5	0.0	3.5	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
Sunshine Coast LightningOpponent, 2W	2	19.5	29.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	6.5	121	60.0	5.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	4.0	3.5	0.0	121	21.5	16.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.5
West Coast FeverOpponent, 2W	2	15.0	20.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	6.5	79.5	60.0	6.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	1.5	0.5	79.5	15.5	12.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
Adelaide Entertainment CentreGround, 7W	7	13.6	21.9	2.4	1.4	2.1	0.0	8.4	82.0	59.6	7.6	0.7	1.9	2.9	4.0	1.1	0.6	82.0	14.6	14.3	1.0	1.1	1.0	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.9
John Cain ArenaGround, 2W	3	12.3	20.7	1.0	1.0	2.3	1.0	9.0	68.3	58.0	8.3	0.7	2.0	3.3	4.0	2.0	0.3	68.3	13.3	13.7	0.0	2.3	0.0	3.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	1.3
Ken Rosewall ArenaGround, 2W	2	18.0	25.5	1.5	1.0	2.5	0.0	7.5	88.5	60.0	6.0	1.5	2.5	3.0	4.0	2.0	0.5	88.5	19.5	11.0	0.5	2.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5
Adelaide 36ers ArenaGround, 1W	1	15.0	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	56.0	60.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	56.0	18.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0
Nissan ArenaGround, 1W	1	16.0	21.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	9.0	90.0	49.0	8.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	90.0	18.0	11.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
RAC ArenaGround, 1W	1	21.0	26.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	94.0	60.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	94.0	22.0	11.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
UniSC ArenaGround, 1W	1	24.0	35.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	7.0	138	60.0	5.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	138	26.0	16.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0