Megan Anderson (netball)

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Megan Anderson
Personal information
Full nameMegan Leigh Anderson
Born (1974-11-09) 9 November 1974 (age 49) [1]
Gosford, New South Wales, [2] [3] Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
School Corpus Christi College
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA, GS, WA
YearsClub team(s)Apps
1994 Australian Institute of Sport
1997 Sydney Swifts
1998 Sydney Sandpipers 13
1999 Adelaide Ravens 17
2000–2007 Sydney Swifts
2006–2007Northern Force
2008–2010 Southern Steel
2011 Northern Mystics
YearsNational team(s)Caps
2000–2006 Australia 20
2009 World 7
Coaching career
YearsTeam(s)
2020– Queensland Firebirds
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Team

Megan Anderson, also known as Megan McWilliams and previously known as Megan Dehn, is a former Australia netball international and current netball coach. Between 2000 and 2006 she made 20 senior appearances for Australia. She was a member of the Australia team that won the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. During the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era, Anderson was a member of Sydney Swifts teams that won premierships in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007. During the ANZ Championship era, she played for Southern Steel and Northern Mystics. After retiring as a player in 2011, she became a coach. In 2020 Anderson was appointed head coach of Queensland Firebirds.

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Early life, family and education

Anderson was raised in Woy Woy, New South Wales. Her mother was a netball umpire and Anderson began played netball, aged 8, with the St John the Baptist netball club and the Woy Woy Peninsula Netball Association at Ettalong Beach. [1] [4] [5] Between 1991 and 1992, Anderson attended Corpus Christi College. [6] [7] [8] She is the mother of twins, born c.2014. [9] Anderson is married to Mark McWilliams.

Playing career

New South Wales

Between 1992 and 1995, Anderson represented New South Wales in the Australian National Netball Championships. In 1992 she featured at under-19 level. Between 1993 and 1995 she played at under-21 levels. [5] [6]

Mobil Superleague

In 1994, Anderson played for the Australian Institute of Sport in the Mobil Superleague. [10] [11]

Commonwealth Bank Trophy

During the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era, Anderson made 141 appearances, playing 519 quarters and scoring 2507 goals. She played for Sydney Sandpipers, Adelaide Ravens and Sydney Swifts. [1] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Sydney Sandpipers

In 1998 Anderson made 13 appearances for Sydney Sandpipers. [13] [17]

Adelaide Ravens

In 1999 Anderson made 17 appearances for Adelaide Ravens. Together with Michelle den Dekker, she was a member of the Ravens team coached by Patricia Mickan that finished the season as overall runners up. In the grand final, Anderson scored 17 from 30 as Ravens lost 62–30 to Adelaide Thunderbirds. [18]

Sydney Swifts

During two spells with Swifts, Anderson made 111 appearances. She was a member of Sydney Swifts teams that won premierships in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007. Her team mates at Sydney Swifts included Briony Akle, Jane Altschwager, Catherine Cox and Liz Ellis. Between 2001 and 2005, she played in four grand finals for Swifts. [5] [13] [14] [16] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]

New Zealand

Northern Force

In 2006 and 2007, Anderson played for Northern Force in the National Bank Cup. During the breaks in the New Zealand competition, Anderson travelled back to Australia to play for Sydney Swifts in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She was the first player to feature in both competitions at the same time. [7] [8] [19] [26] In 2007, Anderson was a member of the Northern Force team that were defeated by Southern Sting in the last National Bank Cup grand final. [27] [28] [29]

Southern Steel

Between 2008 and 2010, Anderson played for Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship. [2] [30] [31] [32] Anderson was originally a member of the 2008 New South Wales Swifts squad but subsequently withdrew and joined Steel. [26] [33] [34] [35] In 2009, Netball New Zealand initially blocked Anderson from playing for Steel because she was not a New Zealand citizen and wasn't eligible to represent the New Zealand national netball team. She subsequently agreed to play for Queensland Firebirds, but later withdrew from the team, citing work commitments. However, in June 2009 she was permitted to re-join Steel as a replacement for the pregnant Daneka Wipiiti. She then played for Steel in the final three rounds and the playoffs. [29] [31] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] She captained Steel during the 2010 season. [41] [42] [43]

Northern Mystics

Anderson played for Northern Mystics during the 2011 ANZ Championship season. She had initially planned to continue playing for Southern Steel and was applying to become a New Zealand citizen. Meanwhile, Steel signed Natasha Chokljat, another Australia international. However, Anderson failed to meet the residency requirements required for New Zealand citizenship and Steel found themselves with two import players when they were only permitted to have one. Anderson considered retiring, but was persuaded by Mystics captain, Temepara George to move to Auckland for one last season. [3] [9] [44] [45] She was subsequently a member of the 2011 Northern Mystics team that were grand finalists and runners up in the ANZ Championship to Queensland Firebirds. [46] [47] [48] [49] [50]

Grand finals

Grand finalsTeamPlaceOpponentGoals
11999 [18] Adelaide Ravens Runners up Adelaide Thunderbirds Netball.svg  17/30 (57%)
22001 [18] [25] [51] Sydney Swifts Winners Adelaide Thunderbirds Netball.svg  28/35 (80%)
32003 [22] Sydney Swifts Runners up Melbourne Phoenix WA
42004 [23] [52] Sydney Swifts Winners Melbourne Phoenix Netball.svg  16/20 (80%)
52005 [23] Sydney Swifts Runners up Melbourne Phoenix Netball.svg  15/23 (65%)
62007 [27] [28] [29] Northern Force Runners up Southern Sting ?
7 2011 [48] [50] Northern Mystics Runners up Queensland Firebirds WA

International

Australia

Between 2000 and 2006, Anderson made 20 senior appearances for Australia. Between 1994 and 1996 she had represented Australia at under-21 level. She made her senior debut on 23 November 2000 in an away match against South Africa. She was the first player to debut for Australia in the 21st century. Anderson was a member of the Australia team that won the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. [3] [5] [12] [53] [54] [55] [56]

World 7

In August 2009, Anderson played for a World 7 team, coached by Julie Fitzgerald, that defeated New Zealand 2–1 in the 2009 Taini Jamison Trophy Series. [39] [40] [43] [57] [58] [59]

Coaching career

Assistant coach

Northern Mystics

After retiring as a player, Anderson was retained by Northern Mystics as a specialist coach for the 2012 ANZ Championship season. [49] [60]

New South Wales Swifts

Between 2014 and 2017, Anderson served as an assistant coach to Robert Wright at New South Wales Swifts. Specialising in attack, Anderson was part of the coaching team which led Swifts to back-to-back ANZ Championship grand finals in 2015 and 2016. [5] [9] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65]

Australia

Between 2017 and 2019, Anderson served as an assistant coach with Australia. Together with Robert Wright, she served as one of Stacey Marinkovich's assistants at the 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series. In 2018 and 2019, together with Clare Ferguson, she was an assistant to Lisa Alexander. [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71]

Head coach

In 2020, ahead of the 2021 Suncorp Super Netball season, Anderson was appointed head coach of Queensland Firebirds. [25] [72] [73]

Honours

Australia
World 7
Sydney Swifts
Northern Force
Northern Mystics
Individual awards
YearAward
2000 [74] Australian Sports Medal
2018 [5] Netball NSW Hall of Fame

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