Kiera Austin (born 26 August 1997) is an Australian

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player in the

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league, having previously playing for

Giants Netball Giants Netball (stylised as GIANTS Netball) are an Australian netball team based in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. The team was formed in 2016 as a joint venture between Netball N ...

. She injure her ACL and was out for the whole 2021 season and after youngster Sophie Dwyer came in she looked else where to play. The Vixens were quick to snatched her up after not offering Kaylia Stanton another contract. Austin debuted in the Super Netball league for the Giants in 2018, having been a training partner for

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in the

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the previous year. She was a frequent member of underage state and national teams before debuting for the Giants, most notably earning a

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for Australia at the

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. Austin was selected for the Australian

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team at the 2018 tournament in Melbourne and was later selected in the

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squad as a replacement for the injured

Caitlin Bassett Caitlin Bassett (born 23 May 1988) is a former Australian netballer, who played for Giants Netball and the Australia national netball team. Between 2017 and 2021 Bassett captained Australia in international netball tests. Career Caitlin played ...

in January 2019.

References

External links

Kiera Austin Interview
– YouTube
Netball Draft Central profile
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