Francesca Williams (born 23 December 1997) is an English

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

er who currently plays for Loughborough Lightning in the

Netball Superleague The Netball Super League is a top level netball league featuring teams from the United Kingdom. The league is organised by England Netball but features teams based in England, Wales and Scotland. The league was commenced playing at the 2005–06 ...

. She previously played for

Wasps Netball Wasps Netball were an English netball team based at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, Warwickshire. Wasps Netball was formed in 2016 as a partnership with the Premiership Rugby team, Wasps RFC. Since 2017 their senior team has ...

and

Surrey Storm Surrey Storm is an English netball team based at the University of Surrey. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. Between 2001 and 2005 they played in the Super Cup as London Hurricanes. After forming a partnership with Brunel U ...

. She has been the captain of the England under-21 team, and made her debut for the England national team in November 2018 against

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. Williams made an instant impression in the national side and was later selected in England's 12-woman squad for the January 2019 Quad Series and the

2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup (also known as the 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the INF Netball World Cup. It was held from 12–21 July 2019 at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, England with matche ...

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Interview with Fran Williams
– The Netball Show {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Fran 1996 births Living people English netball players 2019 Netball World Cup players Netball Superleague players Wasps Netball players Surrey Storm players People educated at Kendrick School People educated at Reading Blue Coat School Alumni of the University of Birmingham