Netball New South Wales Blues

Defunct Australian netball team

Founded

2008

Based in

Sydney

Regions

New South Wales

League

Australian Netball League

Uniform

Netball New South Wales Blues are a former Australian netball team. Between 2008 and 2014, they represented Netball New South Wales in the Australian Netball League. In 2008 they were founder members of the ANL. Together with Netball New South Wales Waratahs they were one of two teams to represent Netball New South Wales in the ANL. Blues were effectively a New South Wales Swifts third team.

History

Australian Netball League

Between 2008 and 2014, Netball New South Wales Blues represented Netball New South Wales in the Australian Netball League. In 2008 they were founder members of the ANL. Together with Netball New South Wales Waratahs they were one of two teams to represent Netball New South Wales in the ANL.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Regular season statistics

Season	Position	Won	Drawn	Lost
2008
2009^[1]^[9]^[10]	6th	5	0	5
2010^[2]	7th	4	0	6
2011^[3]	5th	4	0	4
2012^[4]	10th	0	0	9
2013^[5]	8th	2	0	8
2014^[8]	?	2	0	7

Notable players

Internationals

Australia

Kiera Austin
Paige Hadley
Kristiana Manu'a
Kim Ravaillion
Gabi Simpson

Australia Fast5

Samantha Poolman
Amorette Wild

New South Wales Swifts

Giants Netball

Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[8]

Captains

Coach	Years
Emily Keenan^[3]	2011
Jessica Calderara^[4]^[5]	2012–2013
Sophie Halpin^[8]	2014

ANL MVP

Season	Player
2008^[11]^[12]^[13]	Narelle Eather

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Tracey Robinson^[1]	2009
Lisa Beehag^[2]^[3]	2010–2011
Robert Wright^[4]	2012
Moira Gaha^[5]	2013
Briony Akle^[8]^[14]	2014

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Netball NSW – 2009 Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2010 Netball NSW Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Netball NSW and NSW Swifts – 2012 Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Netball NSW and NSW Swifts – 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). nsw.netball.com.au. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "Victorian derby headlines latest ANL round". www.womensportreport.com. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2014 Annual Report – Netball NSW" (PDF). nsw.netball.com.au. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^ "2009 New Idea Australian Netball League". www.netball.asn.au. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Australian Netball League 2009". www.netball.org.sg. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ "2008 Annual Report - Netball Australia" (PDF). netball.com.au. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ "Australian Netball Championships". netball.com.au. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "Australian Netball Awards". netball.com.au. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
^ "Briony Akle named NSW Swifts Head Coach". www.nswis.com.au. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.