Beth Cobden

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Beth Cobden
Personal information
Born (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 32)
Stafford, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Relative Jack Cobden (brother)
University University of Manchester
Netball career
Playing position: WD
YearsClub team(s)Apps
2011–2015 University of Manchester
2011–2012 Northern Thunder
2012–2015 → Manchester Thunder
2016–2018 Loughborough Lightning
2019 Adelaide Thunderbirds
2020 → Southern Force
2021– Loughborough Lightning
YearsNational team(s)Caps
2012 Great Britain
2016– England 50
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team
Fast5 Netball World Series
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Sydney Team
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World University Netball Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Cape Town Team

Beth Cobden (born 3 February 1993) is an English international netball player. She plays for Loughborough Lightning in the Netball Super League and is a member of the England national netball team. She won gold with England at the 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series and the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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She was a member of the Northern Thunder/Manchester Thunder team that won Netball Super League titles in 2012 and 2014. She won a further three Super League titles with Loughborough Lightning including their first ever title in 2021 and subsequent 2023 and 2024 wins.

Early life and education

Cobden is the daughter of Ian and Pat Cobden. She was raised in Staffordshire, living in Heath Hayes and Lichfield and attending Five Ways Primary School in Cannock. [1] Her older brother, Jack Cobden, is a former England under-20 rugby union international who subsequently represented Romania at senior level. Another brother, Joe Cobden, represented England at under-18 level. [2] [3] [4]

Cobden was introduced to netball by her mother. She subsequently began playing for local clubs, Newhall and Parkside. The Sutton Coldfield–based Parkside club also produced players like Ama Agbeze and Layla Guscoth. [5] [6] [7] [8] Between 2011 and 2015 Cobden attended the University of Manchester where she gained a BA in Accounting and Finance. Together with Helen Housby, she also represented University of Manchester in BUCS netball competitions. [5] [9] [10] [11]

Club career

Manchester Thunder

Between 2011 and 2015 Cobden played for Northern Thunder/Manchester Thunder. She was a member of the Thunder teams that won Netball Super League titles in 2012 and 2014. [12] [10] [13] [14]

Loughborough Lightning

Between 2016 and 2018 Cobden played for Loughborough Lightning. [15] She was a member of the Lightning team that won the 2017 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. She was also a member of the squad for the 2017 and 2018 Netball Super League grand finals. [16] [17] In the 2018 final Cobden suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury and was taken off after just 14 minutes. [18] She was named in the All Star VII as WD for both the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Adelaide Thunderbirds

In 2019 Cobden signed for Adelaide Thunderbirds of Suncorp Super Netball. [12] [19] However, in a round three match against Melbourne Vixens she again suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury and subsequently missed the rest of season. [4] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] Cobden was not included in the Thunderbirds 2020 squad but was subsequently included in the Southern Force 2020 squad. [25] [26]

Loughborough Lightning

Cobden re-joined Loughborough Lightning for the 2021 season, after returning from a 3rd ACL rupture, and defeated Team Bath in the grand final to became Super League champions. Cobden was named Player of the Season and Player of the Match in the 2021 grand final. [27] In the 2022 season she was unable to play in the final few rounds of the league and the grand final due to an injury to her calf but was still named in the All Star VII as WD. In the 2023 Netball Super League season she played WD in the second half of the grand final and became a Super League champion once more. She won her fifth super league title and third with Lightning in 2024. [27] Lightning made the 2025 Super League grand final but they lost 45-53 to London Pulse to finish runners up.

International career

England

Cobden made her senior debut for England in 2016 against Australia. [5] [28] In June 2016 she was given a full-time contract by England Netball. [29] She was subsequently a member of the England teams that won gold medals at the 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series and started all seven games in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, helping the Roses win their first gold medal. [12] [3] [28]

Cobden missed the 2018–19 international season, including the 2019 Netball World Cup because of injuries. [18] [22] [21] [24] She has won the Taini Jamison Trophy twice, in 2021 and 2024, the first of which was England’s first series win in New Zealand. [27] In 2024 she helped England win their first Netball Nations Cup, starting at WD in the final against South Africa. [30] She recorded her 50th cap for England at the England New Zealand test series in November 2025.

TournamentsPlace
2016 Netball Quad Series [28] [15] [31] [32] 3rd
2016 Fast5 Netball World Series [33] 4th
2017 Netball Quad Series (January/February) [34] 3rd
2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September) [35] 3rd
2017 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [36] [37] 2nd
2017 Fast5 Netball World Series [12] [38] [39] Gold medal icon.svg
2018 Netball Quad Series (January) [22] [40] 2nd
2018 Commonwealth Games [41] [5] [12] [3] [42] [43] [44] Gold medal icon.svg
2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [45] [46] 1st
2024 Australia England netball series [47] [48] 2nd
2024 Taini Jamison Trophy Series [49] [50] 1st
2025 Netball Nations Cup [30] 1st

Great Britain

Cobden was a member of the Great Britain team that won the gold medal at the 2012 World University Netball Championship. [41] [10] [51]

Coaching career

While playing for Loughborough Lightning, Cobden and her teammates, Hannah Joseph and Natalie Panagarry coached at Ratcliffe College. [52] While playing with Adelaide Thunderbirds she worked as a youth coach for Netball South Australia. [9] [24]

Honours

England

Great Britain

Manchester Thunder

Loughborough Lightning

Individual honours

Netball Super League

References

  1. ↑ "Pupils net a few tips from England ace Beth Cobden - with pictures". www.expressandstar.com. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Jack Cobden: Former England junior winger targets World Cup 2019 place for Romania". www.bbc.co.uk. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Beth Cobden hails 'unbelievable' Commonwealth Games gold". www.expressandstar.com. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Netball star Beth Cobden ruled out of this summer's World Cup". www.expressandstar.com. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Beth Cobden". gc2018.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth netball champion Beth Cobden shares her story". www.schoolgamesfinals.org. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Birmingham firm to sponsor West Midlands' premier netball team". thebirminghampress.com. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Beth and Shamera join as NetSetGO Ambassadors". adelaidethunderbirds.com.au. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Beth Cobden". uk.linkedin.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 "Netball star to represent GB". www.manchester.ac.uk. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Champions! Manchester wins netball crown". www.manchester.ac.uk. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "Commonwealth Games gold medallist signs with Thunderbirds". adelaidethunderbirds.com.au. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "Team Bath face Dragons for place in Superleague Showdown". www.teambath.com. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "Champions! Manchester Thunder victorious in Superleague grand final". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  15. 1 2 "Beth Cobden, Natalie Panagarry and Hannah Joseph join Loughborough". www.skysports.com. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Beth Cobden and Ella Clark target Vitality Superleague glory with Loughborough Lightning". www.skysports.com. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "Netball Superleague: Wasps beat Loughborough Lightning in Grand Final". www.bbc.co.uk. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  18. 1 2 "England defender Beth Cobden a doubt for next year's Netball World Cup". www.bbc.com. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  19. ↑ "England Netball and Loughborough Lightning star Beth Cobden heading to Australia". www.skysports.com. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  20. ↑ "Vixens Undefeated Start Continues In Adelaide". supernetball.com.au. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  21. 1 2 "Netball World Cup: England's Beth Cobden to miss tournament with knee injury". www.bbc.co.uk. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  22. 1 2 3 "Beth Cobden injury update". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  23. ↑ "England's Beth Cobden ruled out of World Cup after suffering knee injury playing for Adelaide Thunderbirds". www.telegraph.co.uk. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  24. 1 2 3 "Beth Cobden: 'I knew within seconds my World Cup dream was over'". www.bbc.com. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  25. ↑ "Lines Announces Experienced 2020 Southern Force Squad". sa.netball.com.au. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  26. ↑ "Beth Cobden not included in Adelaide Thunderbirds' 2020 squad". www.skysports.com. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  27. 1 2 3 "Beth Cobden". Netball Super League. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  28. 1 2 3 "Beth Cobden". www.englandnetball.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  29. ↑ "Netball England offer full-time contracts to 10 players". www.bbc.com. 14 June 2016.
  30. 1 2 "England win Vitality Netball Nations Cup for the first time after defeating South Africa 61-55 in the final". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  31. ↑ "England Netball name 15-player Quad Series squad without Sara Bayman". www.skysports.com. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  32. ↑ "England overpowered by clinical Australia". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  33. ↑ "England Fives squad announced for 2016 Fast5 tournament". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  34. ↑ "Diamonds seal Quad Series with 47-46 win over England". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  35. ↑ "Roses beaten by South Africa in final Quad Series match". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  36. ↑ "New Zealand 46–49 England". mc.championdata.com. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  37. ↑ "New Zealand 62–55 England". mc.championdata.com. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  38. ↑ "Fast5 Netball World Series: England beat Jamaica to win title". www.bbc.co.uk. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  39. ↑ "Roses crowned Fast5 Netball World Series Champs". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  40. ↑ "Netball Quad Series: England's Ama Agbeze to captain 14-strong squad". www.bbc.co.uk. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  41. 1 2 "Beth Cobden". teamengland.org. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  42. ↑ "Nine Loughborough netballers selected for Commonwealth Games". www.lboro.ac.uk. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  43. ↑ "Women Netball Commonwealth Games Golden Goast, Australia 2018". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  44. ↑ "Cobden knows World Cup is 'all to play for'". morningstaronline.co.uk. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  45. ↑ "New Zealand 45–55 England". mc.championdata.com. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  46. ↑ "New Zealand 45–49 England". mc.championdata.com. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  47. ↑ "Vitality Roses set up deciding test match with two goal win against Australia". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  48. ↑ "Australia take the test series win after defeating the Vitality Roses in deciding match". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  49. ↑ "Vitality Roses win the Taini Jamison Trophy with 59-55 win over the Silver Ferns". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  50. ↑ "Vitality Roses win the Taini Jamison Trophy 2-1". www.englandnetball.co.uk. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  51. ↑ "2012 WUC Update: GBR Netball Team selected for Inaugural World University Championships". www.fisu.net. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  52. ↑ "Netball - Ratcliffe College". www.ratcliffecollege.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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