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GIANTS Netball Academy is an Australian netball team that represents
Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales is the governing body for netball in New South Wales. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing two elite level teams, New South Wales Swifts and Giants Netball, who compete in Su ...
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 ...
. The team was originally formed in 2016 as a partnership between
Netball ACT Netball Australian Capital Territory is the governing body for netball in the Australian Capital Territory. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the association's representative teams including Cap ...
, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball. Between 2017 and 2019 they played in the ANL as Canberra GIANTS. They were grand finalists in 2018. In 2019, Netball ACT and Giants Netball ended their partnership and the latter relaunched the team as the Giants Netball Academy. Netball ACT subsequently formed a new ANL team,
Capital Darters Netball Australian Capital Territory is the governing body for netball in the Australian Capital Territory. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the association's representative teams including Capi ...
.


History


Canberra Giants

In late 2016,
Netball ACT Netball Australian Capital Territory is the governing body for netball in the Australian Capital Territory. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the association's representative teams including Cap ...
,
Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales is the governing body for netball in New South Wales. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing two elite level teams, New South Wales Swifts and Giants Netball, who compete in Su ...
and Giants Netball formed a partnership in order to enter a team 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 ...
. Canberra Giants subsequently replaced
Canberra Darters Canberra Darters are a former Australian netball team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The team was originally formed as a partnership between the Australian Institute of Sport and Netball ACT. Between 2003 and 2007 they played ...
as Netball ACT's ANL franchise. Between 2017 and 2019, Giants played in the ANL. With a team captained by
Taylah Davies Taylah Davies (born 3 October 1994 in Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian netballer. Primarily a wing attack and centre player, Davies was a member of the NSW Swifts in the ANZ Championship and the Giants in the Suncorp Super League. Caree ...
and featuring
Maddie Hay Maddie Hay (born 11 April 1995) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for Giants Netball. Hay grew up playing netball and representing New South Wales and Australia at various underage levels. She was a ...
,
Teigan O'Shannassy Teigan O’Shannassy (born 14 April 1999) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for Giants Netball. O’Shannassy was elevated to the Giants senior team ahead of the 2019 season, after having been a traini ...
and Amy Parmenter, Giants reached the 2018 ANL grand final but lost to
Tasmanian Magpies Tasmanian Magpies are an Australian netball team that represents Tasmania in the Australian Netball League. They were ANL champions in 2018. The team was formed in 2017 in Australia, 2017 as a partnership between Netball Tasmania, the Tasmanian ...
.


GIANTS Netball Academy

In September 2019 it was announced that
Netball ACT Netball Australian Capital Territory is the governing body for netball in the Australian Capital Territory. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the association's representative teams including Cap ...
,
Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales is the governing body for netball in New South Wales. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing two elite level teams, New South Wales Swifts and Giants Netball, who compete in Su ...
and Giants Netball had ended their partnership. It was also announced that Netball ACT and Giants Netball would be entering separate teams 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 ...
from 2020. Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball subsequently launched the Giants Netball Academy. Netball ACT subsequently formed a new ANL team,
Capital Darters Netball Australian Capital Territory is the governing body for netball in the Australian Capital Territory. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the association's representative teams including Capi ...
.


ANL Grand finals


Home venues

During the 2019 ANL season Canberra Giants played their home matches at the SolarHub ACT Netball Centre and the
Genea Netball Centre Netball Central is an Australian netball venue located in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales. Between 2016 and 2018, due to a naming rights arrangement, it was known as the Genea Netball Centre. The venue is owned by Netball New South Wales. ...
.


Notable players


2020 squad

;Notes * Toni Anderson, Latika Tombs, Matisse Letherbarrow, Clare Iongi and Claire O'Brien are training partners with Giants Netball.


Giants Netball

*
Kiera Austin Kiera Austin (born 26 August 1997) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, having previously playing for Giants Netball. She injure her ACL and was out for the whole 2021 season and after youngster Sophie Dwyer came i ...
*
Taylah Davies Taylah Davies (born 3 October 1994 in Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian netballer. Primarily a wing attack and centre player, Davies was a member of the NSW Swifts in the ANZ Championship and the Giants in the Suncorp Super League. Caree ...
*
Maddie Hay Maddie Hay (born 11 April 1995) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for Giants Netball. Hay grew up playing netball and representing New South Wales and Australia at various underage levels. She was a ...
*
Teigan O'Shannassy Teigan O’Shannassy (born 14 April 1999) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for Giants Netball. O’Shannassy was elevated to the Giants senior team ahead of the 2019 season, after having been a traini ...
* Amy Parmenter


Head coaches


Premierships

*
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 ...
**''Runners up'': 2018: 1


References

{{Sydney Sports Teams Academy Netball teams in Australia Netball teams in Sydney Australian Netball Championship teams Sports clubs established in 2016 2016 establishments in Australia