Giants Netball Academy

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GIANTS Netball Academy
Founded 2016
Based in Greater Western Sydney
Regions New South Wales
Home venue Genea Netball Centre
Head coach Rebecca Bulley
League Australian Netball League
Website giantsnetball.com.au
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GIANTS Netball Academy is an Australian netball team that represents Netball New South Wales in the Australian Netball League. The team was originally formed in 2016 as a partnership between Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball. Between 2017 and 2019 they played in the ANL as Canberra GIANTS. They were grand finalists in 2018. In 2019, Netball ACT and Giants Netball ended their partnership and the latter relaunched the team as the Giants Netball Academy. Netball ACT subsequently formed a new ANL team, Capital Darters.

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History

Canberra Giants

In late 2016, Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball formed a partnership in order to enter a team in the Australian Netball League. Canberra Giants subsequently replaced Canberra Darters as Netball ACT's ANL franchise. [1] [2] Between 2017 and 2019, Giants played in the ANL. [3] [4] [5] With a team captained by Taylah Davies and featuring Maddie Hay, Teigan O'Shannassy and Amy Parmenter, Giants reached the 2018 ANL grand final but lost to Tasmanian Magpies. [4] [6] [7] [8] [9]

GIANTS Netball Academy

In September 2019 it was announced that Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball had ended their partnership. It was also announced that Netball ACT and Giants Netball would be entering separate teams in the Australian Netball League from 2020. Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball subsequently launched the Giants Netball Academy. [1] [2] [10] Netball ACT subsequently formed a new ANL team, Capital Darters. [11] [12] [13]

ANL Grand finals

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2018 [4] [7] [8] [9] Tasmanian Magpies 54–53Canberra GIANTS AIS Arena

Source: [14]

Home venues

During the 2019 ANL season Canberra Giants played their home matches at the SolarHub ACT Netball Centre and the Genea Netball Centre. [15]

Notable players

2020 squad

GIANTS Netball Academy – 2020 Australian Netball League roster
PlayersCoaches
NamePosDOBHeightClubNatCaps
Toni Anderson– (Note 1)
Luana Aukafolau–
Amelia Basheer–
Eliza Burton–
Selene Chadrawy–
Taylah Davies WA, C (1994-10-03) October 3, 1994 (age 28)1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Jemma Donoghue–
Sophie Dwyer– (Note 1)
Charli Fidler–
Ang Frketic–
Clare Iongi– (Note 1)
Nakita Jackson–
Matisse Letherbarrow1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) (Note 1)
Annie Miller–
Emily Moore–
Claire O'Brien– (Note 1)
Erin O'Brien–
Megan O'Keeffee–
Millie Roach–
Olivia Rowntree–
Amy Sligar–
Natalie Sligar–
Latika Tombs– (Note 1)
Violet Westeyn–
Head coach


Notes
  • (c)– Captain
  • (cc)– Co-captain
  • (vc)– Vice-captain
  • Star of life gold.svg – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website Last updated: 31 August 2020
Notes

Source: [16] [17] [18]

Giants Netball

Source: [3] [4] [5] [6] [17] [19] [20]

Head coaches

CoachYears
Sharyn Hill / Maria Lynch [3] [4] [19] 2017–2018
Melinda Clarke [5] [21] [22] 2018–2019
Rebecca Bulley [17] 2019–2021

Premierships

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