Jacqui Delaney is a former Australia netball international. Between 1997 and 2002 she made 21 senior appearances for Australia. Delaney was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the

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and the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

. At club level, Delaney played for

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in both the South Australia state league and the

Mobil Superleague The Esso Superleague, later known as the Mobil Superleague, was the top level national Australian netball league between 1985 and 1996. The league was Australia's first national netball league. It was organized by the All Australia Netball A ...

and for

Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they played in ...

in the

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league. She was a member of the Thunderbirds squad won two premierships and grand finals in 1998 and 1999.

Early life and family

Delaney is originally from

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

and grew up in the

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towns of Berri and Murray Bridge. In her youth, she played

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before switching to

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at 15. She is married to

Roger Delaney Roger Delaney (born 27 February 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990. He was recruited from the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Foo ...

, the former

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er. They have three children, Yasmine (b. 1998) and twins, Cooper and Jada (born c.2006). The Delaneys settled in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

and then the Sunshine Coast. They live and work in the

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district.

Playing career

Contax

Delaney played for

in both the South Australia state league and the

. In 1996 she was a member of the Contax team that won the state league premiership.

Adelaide Thunderbirds

Between 1997 and 2003, Delaney made 95 senior appearances for

in the

league. Together with

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, Peta Squire and Alex Hodge, she was a member of the Thunderbirds squad won two premierships and grand finals in 1998 and 1999. In the 1999 grand final against

Adelaide Ravens Adelaide Ravens were an Australian netball team that, together with Adelaide Thunderbirds, represented Netball South Australia in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. In 1997 Ravens were founder members of the league. In 1999 they were grand fi ...

, she was named the Player of the Match after scoring 38 goals with an 85% accuracy rate. She was also named the Commonwealth Bank Trophy MVP in both 1999 and 2001. During her playing career, Delaney made headlines for being "unintentionally controversial". During 1997 she continued to play while

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. In 2003 she successfully challenged

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's residential requirement and continued to play for Thunderbirds even after she and her family relocated to

for work reasons.

Australia

Between 1997 and 2002, Delaney made 21 senior appearances for

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. She was a member of the Australia team that won the 1996 World Youth Netball Championships. She made her senior debut for Australia on 6 June 1997. She was subsequently a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the

and the

Coach

In 2004 Delaney was appointed head coach of the Fairfield City-Sydney University Lions team in the New South Wales State League. She later became the head netball coach at Good Shepherd Lutheran College.

Honours

;

World Netball Championships The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by the World Netball, inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australia national netball team and t ...

**''Winners'':

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Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

**''Winners'':

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;

**''Winners'': 1998, 1999 **''Runners Up'': 1997 ;

* South Australia State League **''Winners'': 1996

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Delaney, Jacqui Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian netball players Australia international netball players Netball players from South Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Netball players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in netball Contax Netball Club players Esso/Mobil Superleague players Adelaide Thunderbirds players Commonwealth Bank Trophy players Australian netball coaches South Australia state netball league players 1999 World Netball Championships players