Natalie Metcalf (née Haythornthwaite; born 9 December 1992) 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 ...

player. She was part of the England squad that won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Metcalf played for

Manchester Thunder Manchester Thunder are an English netball team based in Manchester. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06, Thunder were founding members of the league. They were Superleague champions in 2012, 2014, 2019 and 2022. ...

and

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 p ...

in the English Superleague, winning consecutive premierships with the Wasps in 2017 and 2018. She played for the

New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts are an Australian netball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. Since 2017 they have represented Netball New South Wales in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. The team was ...

in the Australian Super Netball league as a replacement player for some games in late 2018, before being permanently picked up by the Swifts for the 2019 season. Despite an injury-interrupted start to the season, Haythornthwaite was selected in the England 12-player squad for 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 match ...

. Metcalf announced in September 2021 that she would be leaving Australia to return to the UK, and would be getting married in December. She is rejoining

for 2022 . At the end of December 2021 she married Josh Metcalf and has taken his surname. As Natalie Haythornthwaite she was named vice captain of the England Team for the Netball Quad Series commencing 15 January 2022 against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

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England Netball Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Metcalf, Natalie 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Keighley English netball players Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in netball New South Wales Swifts players 2019 Netball World Cup players English expatriate netball people in Australia Wasps Netball players Manchester Thunder players Netball Superleague players Yorkshire Jets players Suncorp Super Netball players Netball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games