Rebecca Bulley

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Rebecca Bulley
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Personal information
Full nameRebecca Bulley(née Strachan)
Born (1982-08-18) 18 August 1982 (age 41)
Pyramid Hill, Victoria, [1] Australia
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
School Bendigo Senior Secondary College
Relatives Kieran Strachan (brother)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GD, GK, WD
YearsClub team(s)Apps
199x–199x Calivil United
199x–1999 Sandhurst
2000–2002 Melbourne Kestrels
2001–2003 AIS
2003 → AIS Canberra Darters
2004–2007 Melbourne Kestrels
2007–2011 New South Wales Swifts
2012–2014 Adelaide Thunderbirds
2014–2015 Queensland Firebirds
2017–2018 Giants Netball
YearsNational team(s)Caps
2008–2015 Australia 42
Coaching career
YearsTeam(s)
2019–2020 Giants Netball Academy
2020 North Shore United
2022– Queensland Firebirds
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Netball World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Sydney Team
World Netball Series
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Manchester Team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Delhi Team

Rebecca Bulley (born 18 August 1982), also known as Rebecca Strachan, is a former Australia netball international and current netball coach. Between 2008 and 2015 she made 42 senior appearances for Australia. Bulley was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 2015 Netball World Cup and the silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Bulley also won three ANZ Championship titles with three different teams – the 2008 New South Wales Swifts, the 2013 Adelaide Thunderbirds and the 2015 Queensland Firebirds. She began her senior club career with Melbourne Kestrels during the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era and finished it playing for Giants Netball in Suncorp Super Netball.

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Early life, family and education

Bulley is the daughter of Leon and Lynley Strachan. She was born in Victoria and raised in the Pyramid Hill and Bendigo districts. She attended Pyramid Hill College and Bendigo Senior Secondary College. [2] [3] [4] Her sister, Meredith Ball (née Strachan), also played netball for Melbourne Kestrels, Melbourne University Lightning and Sandhurst. [5] [6] [7] Her younger brother, Kieran Strachan is an Australian rules footballer. [8] [9] [10] Rebecca is married to Randall Bulley, a schoolteacher who was based in Wollongong, but now teaches in Brisbane. She gave birth to a daughter, Indie in 2016. The Bulley family home is in Woonona, New South Wales. [11] [12] [13]

Playing career

Early years

As Rebecca Strachan, Bulley began her netball career as a junior with Calivil United in the Loddon Valley Football Netball League. Her mother, Lynley Strachan, coached at the Calivil United club. After her family moved to Bendigo, she switched to Sandhurst in the Bendigo Football Netball League. Her team mates at Sandhurst included her sister, Meredith. [2] [4] [6] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Commonwealth Bank Trophy

Between 2000 and 2007, Bulley played 85 games for Melbourne Kestrels and AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She also captained both teams. Between 2001 and 2003 she also played for the Australian Institute of Sport. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

ANZ Championship

New South Wales Swifts

Between 2008 and 2011, Bulley played for New South Wales Swifts in the ANZ Championship. [23] [24] [25] [26] After missing out on selection for the Melbourne Vixens squad, Bulley was encouraged by Liz Ellis to join Swifts. [4] [27] [28] She was subsequently a member of the Swifts team that won the inaugural 2008 ANZ Championship title. [29] At the end of the 2010 ANZ Championship season, Bulley was named the Holden Cruze ANZ Championship Player of the Year, the QBE NSW Swifts MVP and the NSW Swifts Members' Player of the Year. [4] [30] [31]

Adelaide Thunderbirds

Between 2012 and 2014, Bulley played for Adelaide Thunderbirds. In 2013 she was a member of the Thunderbirds team won the ANZ Championship. [23] [32] [33] [34]

Queensland Firebirds

In 2015 Bulley played for Queensland Firebirds and finished the season with a third Championship winners medal. [12] [35] [36] [37] [38]

Suncorp Super Netball

Giants Netball

Between 2017 and 2018, Bulley played for Giants Netball in the Suncorp Super Netball. Bulley had initially retired after the 2015 Netball World Cup in order to start a family. However, Giants head coach, Julie Fitzgerald, subsequently persuaded her to come out of retirement as an injury replacement for Kristiana Manu'a. [13] [14] [39] [40] [41] [42] In August 2018 Bulley announced her retirement as a player for the second time. [43]

Australia

Between 2008 and 2015, Bulley made 42 senior appearances for Australia. From 2005 she was regularly featured in Australia squads, including the advance squad for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. However Bulley had to wait until 2008 before she made her Test debut. She made her senior debut on 20 September 2008 against New Zealand. She was subsequently a member of the Australia teams that won the silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the gold medal at the 2015 Netball World Cup. She retired from international netball following the latter tournament. [1] [15] [22] [23] [44]

TournamentsPlace
2009 World Netball Series [45] Bronze medal icon.svg
2010 Commonwealth Games [1] [31] [46] Silver medal icon.svg
2015 Netball World Cup [11] [12] [37] [47] [48] Gold medal icon.svg

Coaching career

Giants Netball Academy

During the 2019 Australian Netball League season, Bulley served as an assistant coach with Canberra Giants. [49] [50] [51] She was subsequently appointed head coach of Giants, now playing as Giants Netball Academy ahead of the 2020 season. [52] [53]

North Shore United

In 2020, Bulley was head coach of North Shore United when they won the Netball NSW Premier League Opens title. United were crowned champions after a 56–44 grand final win over ERNA Hawks. [54] [55]

New South Wales Swifts

Ahead of the 2021 Suncorp Super Netball season, Bulley was named as assistant coach of New South Wales Swifts. [56]

Queensland Firebirds

In July 2022, Queensland Firebirds announced that Bulley had been appointed as their head coach on a four year deal. [57] [58]

Honours

Playing career

Australia
Queensland Firebirds
Adelaide Thunderbirds
New South Wales Swifts
Individual

Coaching career

North Shore United

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