Netball New South Wales Waratahs
# 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 League. In 2008 they were founder members of the ANL. They were ANL champions in 2011 and have been grand finalists on a further five occasions, making them the second most successful team in the ANL after Victorian Fury. Waratahs are effectively the reserve team of New South Wales Swifts.

## History

### Netball New South Wales

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.

### ANL champions

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.

## ANL Grand finals

| Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up | Venue |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | Victorian Fury | 54–47 | NNSW Waratahs | Waverley Netball Centre |
| 2011 | NNSW Waratahs | 55–46 | Victorian Fury | Waverley Netball Centre |
| 2012 | Southern Force | 50–36 | NNSW Waratahs | Waverley Netball Centre |
| 2013 | Victorian Fury | 56–51 | NNSW Waratahs | Netball SA Stadium |
| 2016 | Victorian Fury | 53–46 | NNSW Waratahs | Netball Central |
| 2019 | Victorian Fury | 54–53 | NNSW Waratahs | SNHC |

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## Home venue

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

## Notable players

### Internationals

**Australia**

| Taylah Davies Ashleigh Brazill Paige Hadley | April Letton Stephanie Wood |
| - | - |

**Australia Fast5**

* Carla Dziwoki
* Samantha Poolman
* Amorette Wild

**Scotland**

* Hayley Mulheron

### New South Wales Swifts

| Elle Bennetts Ashleigh Brazill Taylah Davies Carla Dziwoki Paige Hadley | April Letton Tiffany Lincoln Jessica Mansell Samantha May | Abbey McCulloch Lauren Moore Ashlee Weir Amorette Wild |
| - | - | - |

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### Giants Netball

* Kiera Austin
* Kristina Brice
* Taylah Davies
* Maddie Hay
* Teigan O'Shannassy
* Samantha Poolman

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### ANL MVP

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

| Coach | Years |
| - | - |
| Robert Wright | c. 2011 |
| Sue Hawkins | 2012 |
| Briony Akle | 2016–2017 |
| Colleen Mitchell | 2018 |
| Lenore Blades | 2018–201x |

## Premierships

* Australian Netball League
   * Winners: 2011: 1
   * Runners up: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019: 5
