Stephanie Wood (born 28 November 1991), also known as Steph Wood, is an Australia netball international. Wood was a member of the Australia teams that won the silver medals at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

and at 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 matche ...

. Between

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and

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, Wood played for

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 wa ...

in the

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 ...

. Since

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she has played for

Sunshine Coast Lightning Sunshine Coast Lightning are an netball in Australia, Australian netball team based at the University of the Sunshine Coast. The team was formed in 2016 in Australia, 2016 as a joint venture between the university and Melbourne Storm. Since 201 ...

Suncorp Super Netball Suncorp Super Netball is the top level netball league featuring teams from Australia. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top level netball league in Australia. Since 2019, the league has ...

. Between

and

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, she featured in five successive grand finalist squads, winning premierships with Sunshine Coast Lightning in 2017 and

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Early life and family

Wood was born in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

. Her family moved around because her father served in the

Australian Defence Force The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Forc ...

. The family eventually settled in

and Brendale. She is the youngest of three girls. Her two older sisters, Jodie and Tracey, also played netball.

Playing career

Early years

Wood started playing netball when she was six and was playing in division one with the Pine Rivers Netball Association when she was twelve. She represented

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. In 2010 she captained the under-19 team to an

Australian National Netball Championships The Australian National Netball Championships are a series of annual netball tournaments, organised by Netball Australia and featuring representative teams from the states and territories of Australia. The earliest tournaments took place during ...

title and was named Tournament MVP. Wood also played for both Suncoast Lynx and Carina Tigers in the

Queensland State Netball League The HART Sapphire Series is a state netball league featuring teams from Queensland. The league is organised by Netball Queensland. The current semi-professional league was first played for during the 2019 season. It replaced earlier state league ...

Queensland Fusion

Between 2009 and 2014, Wood played for

Queensland Fusion Queensland Sapphires are an Australian netball team that represents Netball Queensland in the Australian Netball Championships. Between 2008 and 2019, as Queensland Fusion, they played in the Australian Netball League. Sapphires are effectiv ...

in the

Australian Netball League The Australian Netball Championships, formerly the Australian Netball League, is an Australian netball competition. Since 2008 it has served as a second level competition, initially below the ANZ Championship and later below Suncorp Super Netb ...

. In 2014 she was a member of the Fusion team that finished as runners up in the ANL. She was also named the 2014 Queensland Fusion MVP. While playing for Fusion, Wood was also called up as a replacement player for

Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds are an Australian netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland. 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 the C ...

during the

2012 ANZ Championship season The 2012 ANZ Championship season was the fifth season of the ANZ Championship. The 2012 season began on 31 March and concluded on 22 July. With a team coached by Noeline Taurua, captained by Laura Langman and featuring Leana de Bruin, Irene van ...

. However she never made a senior appearance for Firebirds.

Australian Institute of Sport

Between 2010 and 2011, Wood played for the

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

. In 2011 she won the Gweneth Benzie Award for the best player in the program.

New South Wales Swifts

In 2014 Wood signed for

. She subsequently made her

debut with Swifts in a 2015 Round 2 match against

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic are a New Zealand netball team based in Hamilton. Between 1999 and 2007, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017, Magic have ...

. During 2015, Wood played for

NNSW Waratahs Netball New South Wales Waratahs is an Australian netball team that represents Netball New South Wales in the Australian Netball League. In 2008 they were founder members of the ANL. They were ANL champions in 2011 and have been grand finalist ...

in the

. Wood played for Swifts in two successive grand finals in

and

. However, on both occasions they won to

Sunshine Coast Lightning

Since

, Wood has played for

. Together with

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 ...

, she was one of the first players to join the new franchise. Wood was a member of the Lighting teams that won the 2017 and 2018 Suncorp Super Netball titles. In 2018 she was named Lightning's Members' Player of the Year. She also shared the main MVP award with

Karla Pretorius Karla Pretorius (née Mostert; born 12 March 1990) is a South African netball player, currently playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning and the South Africa SPAR Proteas Netball. She plays in the positions of Goal Defence (GD) and Wing Defence ...

Australia

Wood made her senior debut for

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on 27 August 2016 against

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during the

2016 Netball Quad Series The 2016 Netball Quad Series was the inaugural Netball Quad Series of test matches, contested by four of the five INF World Rankings, highest ranked nations in netball. Australia national netball team, Australia were the winners of the series. Tea ...

. She had previously represented Australia at under-19 and under-21 levels. Wood was subsequently a member of the Australia teams that won the silver medals at the

and at the

Honours

;

Netball Quad Series The Netball Quad Series is an annual international netball series contested by the national teams of Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa. Background In December 2015, the governing bodies of netball in Australia, New Zealand, Eng ...

**''Winners'':

, 2018 (September),

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**''Runners Up'':

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**''Runners Up'':

;

**''Winners'':

**''Runners Up'':

;

**''Runners Up'':

;

**''Runners up'': 2014: 1

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Stephanie 1991 births Living people Australia international netball players Australian netball players Netball players from Queensland Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in netball Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Netball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia 2019 Netball World Cup players Queensland Fusion players Netball New South Wales Waratahs players Australian Institute of Sport netball players New South Wales Swifts players Sunshine Coast Lightning players ANZ Championship players Suncorp Super Netball players Australian Netball League players Queensland state netball league players New South Wales state netball league players