Australian Netball Diamonds

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Australian Netball Diamonds
Union	Netball Australia
Full name	Australian Netball Diamonds
Nickname(s)	Diamonds
Founded	1985
Region	Asia
CEO	Kate Palmer
Chairman	Noeleen Dix
Captain	Sharelle McMahon
Coach	Norma Plummer
Most capped player	Liz Ellis (122)
Website	http://www.netball.asn.au
IFNA ranking	First
Team colours

The Australian Netball Diamonds are the national netball team of Australia. Australia have traditionally been regarded as the most successful netball team in international netball: they have won nine of the twelve Netball World Championships, in addition to being the current world champions and ranked at number 1 on the IFNA World Rankings.

[edit] History

While they remain amongst the world's very best, they have come under increasing challenge from New Zealand's national team, the Silver Ferns, in recent years. New Zealand won the 2006 Commonwealth Games final and the grand final of the 2003 Netball World Championships, which saw Australia lose the top world ranking. However, Australia have since regained their world number 1 ranking after winning the 2007 Netball World Championships.

Historically, the Australian team has had a edge over perennial rivals New Zealand, as posting 54 victories, as opposed to New Zealand’s 36 out of the 90 tests they have played (as at October 2008), including two matches ending in a draw.

On the 8th of September 2008, Netball Australia launched officially named the national team the Australian Netball Diamonds. ^[1] Continuing the trend set by the Australian women's basketball team, the Opals, Netball Australia made the announcement and described it as a milestone event in the sport's 80-year history in Australia.

[edit] 2009–10 Diamonds squad

Note: All players with * beside their name were part of the 22-player squad during training but not part of the 16-player Australian Netball Diamonds touring squad. ^[2]

The following players were not listed in the squad but are part of the Diamonds squad during games and/or training:

• Amy Steel (bench player in all tests against New Zealand and World 7)
• Rebecca Bulley (trained with the squad in Invercargill and played in the Netball World Series, against England and Jamaica) ^[3][4]

[edit] 2009 World Netball Series Team

NOTE: Sharelle McMahon & Mo'onia Gerrard never hit the court.

The following are the players representing Australia in the 2009 World Netball Series. Instead of the official netball rules, this tournament is based on the FastNet rules such as six minute quarters, double points for shooting outside the circle and ingame substitutions. ^[5]

[edit] Notable past players

• Alison Broadbent
• Joyce Brown
• Natasha Chokljat
• Liz Ellis
• Selina Gilsenan
• Kathryn Harby-Williams
• Kristen Hughes
• Cynna Kydd (née Neele)
• Jill McIntosh
• Shelley O'Donnell
• Anne Sargeant
• Vicki Wilson
• Eloise Southby-Halbish
• Laura von Bertouch

[edit] Competitive history

[edit] Netball World Championship record

Year(s)	Result
1963	First
1967	Second
1971	First
1975	First
1979	First (jointly)
1983	First
1987	Third
1991	First
1995	First
1999	First
2003	Second
2007	First

[edit] Commonwealth Games

Year(s)	Result
1998	First
2002	First
2006	Second

[edit] See also

• Netball in Australia

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Netball Australia website

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