2024 Australia England netball series

2024 Australia England netball series

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	19–22 September 2024
TV partner(s)	Foxtel (Australia) Sky Sports (UK/Ireland) YouTube NetballPass
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Top scorer(s)	Sophie Garbin  113/120 (94%)
←  2022

The 2024 Australia England netball series featured Australia and England playing three netball test matches in September 2024. ^{[1] [2]} The Australia team were coached by Stacey Marinkovich and captained by Liz Watson. The England team was coached by Jess Thirlby and captained by Fran Williams. Australia won the series 2–1. Kiera Austin was named player of the series. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} The series was broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, on Foxtel in Australia, YouTube and worldwide on NetballPass. ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Squads

Australia

Australia roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Sunday Aryang GD (2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 23) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) West Coast Fever Kiera Austin GS, GA, WA (1997-08-26)26 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Melbourne Vixens Sophie Dwyer GA (2001-12-05)5 December 2001 (aged 22) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Giants Netball Rudi Ellis GK, GD (1997-08-13)13 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Melbourne Vixens Ash Ervin GK, GD (2003-05-15)15 May 2003 (aged 21) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Sunshine Coast Lightning Sophie Garbin GS, GA (1997-04-06)6 April 1997 (aged 27) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Melbourne Vixens Matilda Garrett GK, GD (1998-08-11)11 August 1998 (aged 26) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Adelaide Thunderbirds Paige Hadley C, WA, WD (1992-08-26)26 August 1992 (aged 32) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) New South Wales Swifts Georgie Horjus GA, WA (2002-01-28)28 January 2002 (aged 22) 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Adelaide Thunderbirds Sarah Klau GK, GD (1994-09-30)30 September 1994 (aged 29) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) New South Wales Swifts Cara Koenen GS, GA (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 28) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sunshine Coast Lightning Kate Moloney WD, C, WA (1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 31) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Melbourne Vixens Jamie-Lee Price WD, C (1996-01-10)10 January 1996 (aged 28) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Giants Netball Amy Parmenter WD, C (1997-08-01)1 August 1997 (aged 27) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Melbourne Mavericks Liz Watson  (c) WA, C (1994-03-30)30 March 1994 (aged 30) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sunshine Coast Lightning	Head coach Stacey Marinkovich Notes (c)– Captain (cc)– Co-captain (vc)– Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources: ^[10]

Debuts

• Rudi Ellis made her senior debut for Australia in the first test. ^[11]

England

England roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Imogen Allison WD, C, WA (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 (aged 26) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Queensland Firebirds Eleanor Cardwell GS, GA (1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 29) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Melbourne Mavericks Amy Carter C, WD (1998-10-28)28 October 1998 (aged 25) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Manchester Thunder Beth Cobden WD, C (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 31) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Loughborough Lightning Funmi Fadoju GD, GK, WD (2002-08-15)15 August 2002 (aged 22) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) London Pulse Alice Harvey GK, GD (2001-04-03)3 April 2001 (aged 23) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Loughborough Lightning Helen Housby GA, GS (1995-01-19)19 January 1995 (aged 29) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) New South Wales Swifts Hannah Joseph WA, C (1994-02-08)8 February 1994 (aged 30) 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Loughborough Lightning Natalie Metcalf WA, GA (1992-12-09)9 December 1992 (aged 31) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Manchester Thunder Berri Neil GA, GS (2003-02-12)12 February 2003 (aged 21) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Loughborough Lightning Lois Pearson GA, WA (1999-09-20)20 September 1999 (aged 24) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Manchester Thunder Razia Quashie GK, GD (1997-09-16)16 September 1997 (aged 27) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) London Mavericks Ellie Rattu C, WD (2000-04-04)4 April 2000 (aged 24) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) London Mavericks Jess Shaw C, WA (1996-05-17)17 May 1996 (aged 28) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Birmingham Panthers Olivia Tchine GS (2000-11-22)22 November 2000 (aged 23) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) London Pulse Fran Williams  (c) GD, GK, WD (1997-12-23)23 December 1997 (aged 26) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) West Coast Fever	Head coach Jess Thirlby Notes (c)– Captain (cc)– Co-captain (vc)– Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources: ^{[3] [12] [13]}

Debuts

• Lois Pearson made her senior debut for England in the first test. ^[13]
• Jess Shaw made her senior debut for England in the third test. ^[3]

Match officials

Umpires

Umpire	Association
Angela Armstrong-Lush	New Zealand
Gareth Fowler	New Zealand
Ken Metekingi	New Zealand

Umpire Appointments Panel

Umpire	Association
Michelle Phippard	Australia

Source: ^[14]

Matches

First test

19 September 2024 19:00 AEST		Australia	70–57	England		Adelaide Entertainment Centre Attendance: 9,102
		Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 37–26, 52–44, 70–57
		Sophie Garbin  46/48 (96%) Kiera Austin  24/26 (92%)		Helen Housby  26/26 (100%) Olivia Tchine  20/20 (100%) Eleanor Cardwell  7/7 (100%) Lois Pearson  4/5 (80%)

Sources: ^{[11] [13] [15] [16] [17]}

Second test

22 September 2024 16:00 AEST		Australia	59–61	England		Qudos Bank Arena
		Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 29–27, 45–43, 59–61
		Sophie Garbin  24/25 (96%) Kiera Austin  19/22 (86%) Cara Koenen  16/19 (84%)		Olivia Tchine  32/34 (94%) Helen Housby  29/33 (88%)

Sources: ^{[18] [19] [20] [21]}

Third test

25 September 2024 19:00 AEST		Australia	69–56	England		Bendigo Stadium Attendance: 4,032
		Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 30–24, 50–42, 69–56
		Sophie Garbin  43/47 (91%) Kiera Austin  24/29 (83%) Sophie Dwyer  2/2 (100%)		Olivia Tchine  39/40 (98%) Helen Housby  15/17 (88%) Berri Neil  2/2 (100%)

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

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