Use the edition and actual stage
World Netball’s 2026 league reference describes fourteen regular rounds, with the season brought forward around the Commonwealth Games calendar. That is a dated edition context, not a permanent promise that every later season uses the same opening weekend.
For a saved match, retain the club pairing, round, date and venue. Regular-season standings and a finals result are different records. A replay of an earlier meeting can involve the same players but have a different sporting consequence from a later knockout or qualifying match.
Major and minor do not mean first and second legs
The 2026 finals announcement identifies a Major Semi Final whose winner advances directly to the Grand Final. Its loser meets the Minor Semi Final winner in the Preliminary Final. Those labels describe routes through a bracket, not two halves of one aggregate contest.
A team can lose the Major Semi and still remain in contention, while a different finalist may face elimination earlier. Keep the match title when interpreting a result. The winner of a Preliminary Final still has the Grand Final to play; it has not automatically won the league title.
Keep rules and development competition scope separate
The official 2026 playing-condition document identifies Super Netball and Reserves rules. It is the appropriate edition reference for competition-specific features rather than a reason to apply every domestic variation to international netball. Confirm the relevant competition before interpreting a scoring graphic.
The Reserves calendar has its own teams and finals event, even where matches share Super Netball venues. A household seeking a senior match should retain the full competition name. Current broadcaster access and replay conditions require a separate check; these sporting references do not establish IPTV Australia carriage or a tested live stream.
Questions about this guide
Is the Minor Semi Final a second leg of the Major Semi?
No. They are different matches serving different bracket routes.
Does losing the Major Semi automatically end the season?
No. The published 2026 route gives that loser a Preliminary Final path.