Giants Netball Reserves

GIANTS Netball Reserves
Founded2016
Based inGreater Western Sydney
RegionsNew South Wales
Home venueKen Rosewall Arena
Head coachRebecca Bulley
Premierships0
LeagueSuper Netball Reserves
Websitegiantsnetball.com.au

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The GIANTS Netball Reserves, formerly the GIANTS Netball Academy and the Canberra GIANTS, are an Australian netball team that represents Netball New South Wales in the Super Netball Reserves competition. The GIANTS Reserves is the reserve team of Suncorp Super Netball club, GIANTS Netball. The team is made up of selected stand-out players from Netball NSW Premier League, GIANTS Netball training partners and some contracted GIANTS Netball players.

Under the Canberra GIANTS name, the team reached the 2018 Australian Netball League grand final, and finished runner-up.

History

Canberra Giants

In late 2016, Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and GIANTS Netball formed a partnership in order to enter a team in the Australian Netball League. The Canberra GIANTS subsequently replaced Canberra Darters as Netball ACT's ANL franchise. Between 2017 and 2019, Giants played in the ANL. With a team captained by Taylah Davies and featuring Maddie Hay, Teigan O'Shannassy and Amy Parmenter, Giants reached the 2018 ANL grand final but lost to Tasmanian Magpies by 1 goal.

GIANTS Netball Academy

In September 2019, it was announced that Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball had ended their partnership, and that Netball ACT and Giants Netball would enter separate teams in the Australian Netball League from 2020. Netball New South Wales and GIANTS Netball subsequently launched the GIANTS Netball Academy.

GIANTS Netball Reserves

To align with Netball Australia's rebranding of the Australian Netball Championships (ANC) to Super Netball Reserves in 2025, the GIANTS Netball Academy was rebranded to the GIANTS Netball Reserves. This new format of the competition ran alongside the Suncorp Super Netball season, with games taking place alongside the GIANTS games, usually pre- or post-SSN match at the same venue, or alternatively the day before or after an SSN match at a different venue.

Grand finals

Season Winners Score Runners up Venue
2018Tasmanian Magpies54–53Canberra GIANTSAIS Arena

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Notable players

2026 squad

2026 GIANTS Netball Reserves roster
PlayersCoaches
NamePosDOBHeightClubNatCaps
Jamie Podmore-Taylor (c) WD, C – UTS Randwick Sparks Australia
Marley Aplin WA, C – ERNA Hawks Australia
Eva Carneiro GK, GD – Sutherland Stingrays Australia
Eloise Egan GK, GD – Manly Warringah Sapphires Australia
Matilda Fanning WD, C – Sutherland Stingrays Australia
Olivia Harris GS, GA – North Shore United Australia
Ellie Hart GA, GS – ERNA Hawks Australia
Audrey Little (vc) WA, C – Manly Warringah Sapphires Australia
Kelis Ogle GK, WD, GD – South West Mounties Magic Australia
Monika ‘Otai GA, GS – UTS Randwick Sparks Australia
Matilda Percival GA, GS – North Shore United Australia
Dakota Thomas WD, GD – Sutherland Stingrays Australia
Skye Thompson GA, WA – Sutherland Stingrays Australia
Violet Wetsteyn GD, GK – North Shore United Australia
Head coach
Assistant coach
  • Amber Cross


Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  • Injured or on maternity leave – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website Last updated: 27 April 2026
  1. 1 2 3 4 Training partner for GIANTS Netball

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Internationals

 Australia

 New Zealand

Giants Netball

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Head coaches

Coach Years
Sharyn Hill / Maria Lynch2017–2018
Melinda Clarke2019
Rebecca Bulley2020, 2025-present
Ali Tucker-Munro 2021-2022
Jenny O'Keeffe 2023-2024

Premierships

References

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