Netball New South Wales Waratahs

Netball New South Wales Waratahs is an Australian netball team that represents Netball New South Wales in the Australian Netball Championships. In 2008 they were founder members of the ANL/ANC. They were ANL/ANC champions in 2011 and 2024 and have been grand finalists on a further five occasions, making them the second most successful team in the ANL/ANC after Victorian Fury. Waratahs are effectively the reserve team of New South Wales Swifts.

Netball New South Wales Waratahs
Founded2008
Based inSydney
RegionsNew South Wales
Home venueNetball Central
Quaycentre
Premierships2 (2011, 2024)
LeagueAustralian Netball Championships

Uniform

History

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Netball New South Wales

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Waratahs are one of two teams that represent Netball New South Wales in senior or national leagues. Their senior team, New South Wales Swifts, have represented Netball New South Wales in both the ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball. Netball New South Wales have also entered a second team, NNSW Blues in the Australian Netball League.[1][2][3][4]

ANL champions

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In 2011 Waratahs became the first team other than Victorian Fury to win the Australian Netball League title. In the grand final they defeated Fury 55–46. The winning Waratahs team was coached by Robert Wright and captained by Carla Dziwoki. Other members of the successful squad included Samantha May, Jessica Mansell, April Letton, Ashleigh Brazill, Paige Hadley, Verity Simmons, Amorette Wild and Tiffany Lincoln.[1]

ANL Grand finals

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Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
2010 [5][6][7] Victorian Fury 54–47 NNSW Waratahs Waverley Netball Centre
2011 [1][8] NNSW Waratahs 55–46 Victorian Fury Waverley Netball Centre
2012 [9][2] Southern Force 50–36 NNSW Waratahs Waverley Netball Centre
2013 [10][11] Victorian Fury 56–51 NNSW Waratahs Netball SA Stadium
2016 [12] Victorian Fury 53–46 NNSW Waratahs Netball Central
2019 [13][14][15] Victorian Fury 54–53 NNSW Waratahs SNHC
2024 NNSW Waratahs 58–50 Capital Darters SolarHub ACT Netball Centre

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Home venue

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Waratahs play their home games at Netball Central, also known as the Genea Netball Centre, and Quaycentre.[17]

Notable players

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Internationals

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  Australia
  Australia Fast5
  Scotland

New South Wales Swifts

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Source:[1][2][18][19]

Giants Netball

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Source:[20]

ANL MVP

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The following Waratahs players were named MVP in the Australian Netball League.

Season Player
2010 Amorette Wild
2012 Kristy Guthrie
2014 Kristina Brice
2016 Vanessa Mullampy

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Head coaches

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Coach Years
Robert Wright [1][21] c. 2011
Sue Hawkins [2] 2012
Briony Akle[18][22][23][24] 2016–2017
Colleen Mitchell [19] 2018
Lenore Blades [25] 2018–201x

Premierships

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Netball NSW and NSW Swifts – 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Netball NSW and NSW Swifts – 2012 Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Victorian derby headlines latest ANL round". www.womensportreport.com. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Victorian Fury stretches Australian Netball League winning streak to 17 games after three-from-three weekend at Waverley Netball Centre". www.heraldsun.com.au. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Netball Australia Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Netball Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Victorian Fury take third netball crown". www.smh.com.au. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Victorian Fury claim third consecutive New Idea ANL Grand Final". www.womensportreport.com. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  8. ^ "2011 Annual Report – Netball Australia" (PDF). netball.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Annual Report 2012 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Netball Victoria – Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Netball Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Vic Fury win Aus netball league title". www.sbs.com.au. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Fury crowned ANL 2016 Premiers". vic.netball.com.au. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Vic Fury defeat NSW Waratahs in one-goal ANL final thriller". netball.com.au. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Dwyer named MVP in thrilling Australian Netball League climax". www.nswis.com.au. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Victorian Fury claim eighth Australian Netball League title". draftcentral.com.au. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Australian Netball League". netball.com.au. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  17. ^ "2019 DUANL Fixture" (PDF). netball.com.au. 15 April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  18. ^ a b "Netball NSW – 2017 Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  19. ^ a b "Netball NSW – 2018 Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  20. ^ "Netball NSW – 2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Swifts' Rob Wright at home in a woman's world". www.stuff.co.nz. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  22. ^ "Briony Akle named NSW Swifts Head Coach". www.nswis.com.au. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  23. ^ "Coaching comes naturally for Akle". supernetball.com.au. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  24. ^ "Akle's Vision Behind Swifts' Ascendance". supernetball.com.au. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  25. ^ "Abbey McCulloch named in ANL Waratahs squad". www.southernhighlandnews.com.au. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.