Selina May Hornibrook (née Gilsenan born 31 May 1978) is a retired Australian

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. Hornibrook has Rotuman ancestry from her mother.

Career

After a successful year playing in the

Commonwealth Bank Trophy The Commonwealth Bank Trophy, also referred to as the National Netball League, was the top level national Australian netball league between 1997 and 2007. The league was organized by Netball Australia. Its main sponsor was the Commonwealth Ba ...

premiership-winning team in 2001, national selectors identified Hornibrook's talent and she received her first invitation to join the Australian squad in 2002. However it was not until early 2005 that she received her first call up to the Australian open team, making her debut in a match against England, which Australia won by 40 goals. A rib injury forced Hornibrook out of Australian team contention for the next international test series, but she fought her way back into contention in late 2005, and has been a permanent member of the team ever since. She was one of Australia's best on court in a silver-medal-winning performance in the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

final, and after a sterling performance against New Zealand mid-year, cemented her position as Australia's first-choice wing defence. One of netball's most consistent players, Hornibrook is noted for her speed and persistence, being nicknamed "the rash" by some opponents. She has been an integral member of the

Sydney Swifts Sydney Swifts were an Australian netball team based in Sydney. Between 1997 and 2007, they represented Netball New South Wales in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Together with Sydney Sandpipers and Hunter Jaegers, they were one of three te ...

national league team since 2000, and has played a key role in their four premierships (2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007). She was named the best player on court in the 2007 grand final. A versatile player and natural athlete, she forms a formidable combination with fellow Australian representatives Liz Ellis and Mo'onia Gerrard, and rarely puts in a poor performance. After a short but very successful career with the Australian team, Hornibrook announced her retirement from international netball after Australia won the 2007 World Netball Championships along with Laura von Bertouch and Liz Ellis. In 2008, Hornibrook then played in the inaugural

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...

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 ...

as vice-captain for the team. Gilsenan was one of the starting seven players for the Swifts to be part of the Grand Final, where the Swifts became the inaugural winners of the ANZ Championship. After the ANZ Championship, she announced her complete retirement from netball to focus on starting a family. In 2015 Selina got inducted into Netball NSW Hall of Fame.

Personal life

On 21 October 2006, Selina married Timothy Hornibrook (Tim Hornibrook). On 6 July 2009, Hornibrook gave birth to a baby boy, Connor Sean. Former Swifts player Alison Broadbent gave birth to a baby girl one day later. On 15 December, 2010, Selina gave birth to her second son, Isaiah Tascar. A third boy, Kobi Christopher was born on 19 July, 2014. A fourth son, Harrison Thomas was born on the 29 December 2015.

References

External links

2008 New South Wales Swifts profile
Retrieved 16 March 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hornibrook, Selina 1978 births Living people New South Wales Swifts players Netball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Australian people of Rotuman descent Australian sportspeople of Polynesian descent Commonwealth Games medallists in netball Australia international netball players Sydney Swifts players Rotuman people Netball players from New South Wales 2007 World Netball Championships players