Northern Ireland national netball team

Northern Ireland

Nickname(s)	Warriors
Association	Netball Northern Ireland
Confederation	Europe Netball
Head coach	Sheonah Forbes
Asst coach	Shaunagh Craig
Manager	Laura Lovett
Captain	Michelle Magee
Vice-captain	Caroline O'Hanlon
World ranking	14th [1]
Team colours
Netball World Cup
Appearances	12 (Debuted in 1963 )
2019 placing	10th
Best result	7th (1983)
Commonwealth Games
Appearances	3 (Debuted in 2014 )
2022 placing	10th
Best result	7th (2014)

The Northern Ireland national netball team represents Netball Northern Ireland in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Netball at the Commonwealth Games and the Netball Europe Open Championships. Northern Ireland have won the 2009 and 2015 Netball Singapore Nations Cups. As of 1 December 2025, Northern Ireland are listed 14th on the World Netball Rankings.

Early tests

The Northern Ireland national netball team has been active since the early 1950s. On 12 May 1951, when Scotland hosted their first home international, they defeated Northern Ireland 21–7 in Glasgow. Northern Ireland shooter, Peggy Curran, injured her ligaments in the first five minutes of the match and had to be flown home. On 31 October 1953, Northern Ireland hosted Scotland for the first time, losing 19–10. During the 1950s, Northern Ireland played Scotland six times. ^{[2] [3]} In 1954, Northern Ireland played England for the first time. ^[4]

Tournament history

Netball World Cup

Northern Ireland played in the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships and finished in 11th place. Their best performance in the tournament came in 1983 when they finished seventh. In 2019 Northern Ireland played in their twelfth Netball World Cup. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Tournaments	Place
1963 World Netball Championships [8]	11th
1971 World Netball Championships [9]	8th
1975 World Netball Championships [10]	9th
1979 World Netball Championships [11]	17th
1983 World Netball Championships [12]	7th
1987 World Netball Championships [13]	10th
1991 World Netball Championships [14]	12th
1995 World Netball Championships [15]	18th
1999 World Netball Championships [16]	16th
2003 World Netball Championships [17]	19th
2011 World Netball Championships [18] [19]	8th
2019 Netball World Cup [5] [20] [21] [22] [23]	10th

Netball World Cup Qualifiers

Tournaments	Place
2007 World Netball Championships Qualifier – Europe [24]	3rd
2011 World Netball Championships Qualifier – Europe [25] [26]	1st
2014 Netball Europe Open Championships [27] [28] [29]	3rd
2019 Netball World Cup Regional Qualifier – Europe [30] [31]	2nd
2023 Netball World Cup Regional Qualifier – Europe [32]	3rd

Source: ^[33]

World Games

Tournaments	Place
1985 World Games [34] [35]	5th/6th

Commonwealth Games

In 2014, Northern Ireland made their debut at the Commonwealth Games. ^[36] As part of their preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Northern Ireland formed a partnership with Team Northumbria. This saw seven Northern Ireland internationals – Oonagh McCullough, Fionnuala Toner, Caroline O'Hanlon, Gemma Gibney, Michelle Drayne, Noleen Lennon and Niamh Cooper – play for Team Northumbria during the 2014 Netball Superleague season. With Kate Carpenter taking charge of both teams, Northern Ireland and Team Northumbria also shared a coach. ^{[37] [38] [39]} In the tournament itself, they eventually finished seventh after defeating Wales by 58–36 in a classification match. ^[40] Northern Ireland made their second appearance at the Commonwealth Games in 2018. ^[36] Team captain, Caroline O'Hanlon, carried the flag of Northern Ireland during the 2018 Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations. ^{[41] [42]} Northern Ireland eventually finished eighth after losing to Malawi by 60–52 in a classification match. ^[43]

Tournaments	Place
2014 Commonwealth Games [40] [44] [45] [46]	7th
2018 Commonwealth Games [43] [47] [48]	8th
2022 Commonwealth Games [49]	10th
2026 Commonwealth Games [50]

Celtic Cup

The Celtic Cup series is hosted and organised by Netball Northern Ireland, Netball Scotland and Wales Netball. The series features Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales playing a series of test matches against each other and visiting national teams. ^{[51] [52] [53]}

Tournaments	Place
2024 Celtic Cup [54] [55]	4th
2025 Celtic Cup [56] [57]	6th

Netball Europe Open Championships

Northern Ireland have played regularly in the Netball Europe Open Championships. Their best performances came in 2012 and 2017 when they finished second and won silver medals on both occasions. ^{[58] [59] [60] [61]}

Tournaments	Place
1998 FENA Open [62]
1999 FENA Open [63]
2000 FENA Open [64]
2001 FENA Open
2002 FENA Open
2003 FENA Open
2004 FENA Open
2005 FENA Open [65] [66]
2006 FENA Open [67]
2007 FENA Open [68]	4th
2008 FENA Open [69]	3rd
2009 Netball Europe Open Championships [70] [71]	3rd
2010 Netball Europe Open Championships [72]	4th
2011 Netball Europe Open Championships [73] [74]	3rd
2012 Netball Europe Open Championships [58] [59] [75]	2th
2013 Netball Europe Open Championships [76]	3rd
2014 Netball Europe Open Championships [27] [28] [29]	3rd
2015 Netball Europe Open Championships [77] [78] [79]	4th
2016 Netball Europe Open Championships [80] [81] [82]	4th
2017 Netball Europe Open Championships [60] [61] [83]	2th
2019 Netball Europe Open Championships [84]	3rd

Source: ^[2]

Europe Netball Open Challenge

Tournaments	Place
2024 Europe Netball Open Challenge [85]	1st

Netball Singapore Nations Cup

Northern Ireland won the Netball Singapore Nations Cup in both 2009 and 2015 ^{[86] [87]}

Tournaments	Place
2007 Netball Singapore Nations Cup [88]
2009 Netball Singapore Nations Cup [86] [89]
2015 Netball Singapore Nations Cup [87] [90] [91]

World University Netball Championship

Northern Ireland represented the Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland at the 2012 World University Netball Championship. It was initially planned that Ireland would send an All-Ireland team, featuring players from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. However no players from the Republic were selected for the final squad. As a result, it was a Northern Ireland team, in effect, that competed in the tournament. ^{[92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97]}

Tournaments	Place
2012 World University Netball Championship [98] [99] [100]	4th

Notable players

Current squad

Northern Ireland – 2025 Celtic Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Lisa Carlin GD, GK – Oaksway Niamh Cooper WA, C, WD (1992-07-29)29 July 1992 (aged 33) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Nottingham Forest Ciara Crosbie GS, GA (1994-07-17)17 July 1994 (aged 31) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Tameside Emilia Gordon GS, GA – Crumlin Frances Keenan WA, C, WD – Belfast Ladies Emma Magee WA, GA, GS (1997-11-11)11 November 1997 (aged 28) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) GMR Majors Michelle Magee  (c) WD, GD (2000-01-13)13 January 2000 (aged 25) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Birmingham Panthers Evelyn McCagherty  WA, C, WD – Nottingham Forest Maria McCann  GD, GK – Belfast Ladies Georgie McGrath GA, GS – Kingsway Orla McGeough WA, C, WD – Tameside Ana Mulholland WA, C, WD – Crumlin Community Caroline O'Hanlon  (vc) C, WA (1984-08-08)8 August 1984 (aged 41) 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Larkfield Orlaith Rogers GA, GS – Leeds Rhinos Lauren Walshe GD, GK – Belfast Ladies	Head coach Sheonah Forbes  Assistant coach Shaunagh Craig Manager: Laura Lovett Physiotherapist: Sinead Chambers Performance Analyst: Lauren Webb Notes (c)– Captain (cc)– Co-captain (vc)– Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Source: ^{[56] [101]}

Captains

Captains	Years
Pamela Lockett	1963
June Wightman	1975
Sheelagh O'Prey	1979
Elizabeth Rodgers [102]	1987, 1991
Jennifer Bradley [16]	1999
Noleen Lennon [19] [86] [89]	2009–2011
Gemma Gibney [58] [80] [87] [103] [104]	2012–2016
Hannah Willis [27] [44] [45]	2014
Caroline O'Hanlon [20] [47] [60] [105]	2016–
Fionnuala Toner [106]	2024–
Michelle Magee [56] [101]	2025–

Source: ^[107]

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Doreen Dutton	1971
Maureen Mawhinney [108]	1975, 1979
Mary French	1983
Mary Hicks	1987, 1991
Ann Anderson	1995
Marian Lofthouse [16]	1999
Gill Mason [17]	2003
Elaine Rice [73] [109]	2008–2011
Jill McIntosh [58]	2012
Kate Carpenter [37] [38] [39] [110]	2013–2015
Elaine Rice [77] [109]	2015
Julie Kimber [87] [110]	2015
Elaine Rice [111] [112]	2016–2018
Dan Ryan [112] [113]	2018–2021
Elaine Rice [114] [115]	2021–2022
Sheonah Forbes [116]	2023–

Source: ^[107]

Honours

• Europe Netball Open Challenge
  • Winners: 2024
• Netball World Cup Qualifiers
  • Winners: 2011
• Netball Singapore Nations Cup
  • Winners: 2009, 2015
• Netball Europe Open Championships
  • Runner up: 2012, 2017

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