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team of the

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. Their best performance at international tournament was a 10th place finish in the

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. As of the 25th August 2022, the Republic of Ireland are 24th in the INF World Rankings. The current team members are below.

Players

Competitive record

The Irish team claimed their first Netball Europe Festival win in

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. Ireland took on

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, 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

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finishing 4th, the most successful the nation has been at the tournament. 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.

References

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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 ...

Women's national sports teams of Ireland