Republic of Ireland national netball team

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Republic of Ireland national netball team
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ConfederationEurope
Head coachTeresa Gillespie
World ranking26 Decrease
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The Republic of Ireland national netball team is the national netball team of the Republic of Ireland. Their best performance at international tournament was a 10th place finish in the 1991 World Netball Championships.[1] As of 2 December 2019, the Republic of Ireland are 26th in the INF World Rankings.[2] The current team members are below.

Players[]

Republic of Ireland national netball team
Players Coaching staff
  • Aisling Sweeny
  • Anne Marie Jenkinson
  • Ciara Murphy
  • Deirdre O'Toole
  • Eimhear O'Prey
  • Erin Peters
  • Erin Leahy-Salvage
  • Fran Duffy
  • Helen Monaghan
  • Holly Jenkinson
  • Megan Thornton
  • Melanie Ingram
  • Millie Cox
  • Niamh Murphy (Captain)
  • Nicole Bakker
  • Nicole Stevenson Potter
  • Olivia McCloskey
  • Siobhan Synnott
  • Stacey Shaw
  • Trish Fanning
  • Head coach: Teresa Gillespie
  • Manager: Abbi Glynn
  • Manager: Una Barrett

Competitive record[]

The Irish team claimed their first Netball Europe Festival win in Gibraltar. Ireland took on Malta, Israel, Switzerland and hosts Gibraltar on their way to the crown in what was their first time playing world ranking games. Losing only once in the opening round, they dominated the competition and finished with an emphatic 53–17 win over Gibraltar. Ireland competed in Singapore finishing 4th, the most successful the nation has been at the tournament. [3]Since then Ireland has competed in Hong Kong in February 2018 in the Asian Quad Series, where they walked away with gold and in Gibraltar where they were undefeated with another gold under their belt. [4]

References[]

  1. ^ "About Netball". Netball Ireland. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Current world rankings - Based on matches up to 2nd December, 2019". Netball.org. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Netball Ireland | The National Netball Ireland Team and Sports Women". NetBall Ireland. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Senior Squad - NetBall Ireland". NetBall Ireland. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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