List of Australia national netball team captains

The following is a list Australian netball international players who have captained the national team in international tournaments such as the Commonwealth Games, the INF Netball World Cup, the World Games, the Constellation Cup, the Netball Quad Series and in other senior test matches.

List YearsCaptainsStateSeries/Tournaments1938Becky DouglasVictoriaFirst Test against New Zealand 1948Mary WhiteSouth AustraliaAway series against New Zealand1953Myrtle CraddockVictoria1956Pat McCarthyVictoria1956 tour of England, Scotland and Ceylon1956Gaynor FlanaganSouth Australia 1960Gloria HaycroftVictoriaHome series against New Zealand 1963Joyce BrownVictoria1963 World Netball Tournament1967Lynette Moroney DaveySouth Australia1967 World Netball Tournament1969Elsma Harris MerilloWestern Australia 1971Gaye WalshWestern Australia1971 World Netball Tournament1975–1979Margaret CaldowVictoria1975 World Netball Tournament1979 World Netball Tournament1978Norma PlummerVictoria 1981Pam RedmondVictoria 1982Jill McIntoshWestern Australia 1983Julie FrancouSouth Australia1983 World Netball Tournament1984–1988Anne SargeantNew South Wales1985 World Games1987 World Netball Tournament1989–1995Michelle FielkeSouth Australia1989 World Games1990 Commonwealth Games1991 World Netball Championships1993 World Games1995 World Netball Championships1996–1999Vicki WilsonQueensland1998 Commonwealth Games1999 World Netball Championships2000–2003Kathryn Harby-WilliamsSouth Australia2002 Commonwealth Games2003 World Netball Championships 2003–2007Liz EllisNew South Wales2007 World Netball Championships2004, 2011Catherine CoxNew South Wales2011 Constellation Cup2005–2011Sharelle McMahonVictoria2006 Commonwealth Games2010 Commonwealth Games2010 Constellation Cup2008,2011–2012Natalie von BertouchSouth Australia2011 Constellation Cup2011 World Netball Championships2012 Constellation Cup2012 Netball Quad Series2008Mo'onia GerrardNew South Wales 2013–2015Laura GeitzQueensland2013 Constellation Cup2014 Commonwealth Games2014 Constellation Cup2015 Netball World Cup2015 Constellation Cup2014Kimberlee GreenNew South Wales 2015Natalie MedhurstSouth Australia 2016Clare McMenimanQueensland2016 Netball Quad Series2016 Constellation Cup2016–2017Sharni LaytonVictoria2017 Netball Quad Series (January/February)2017–2021Caitlin BassettWestern Australia2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September)2017 Constellation Cup2018 Netball Quad Series (January)2018 Commonwealth Games2018 Netball Quad Series (September)2018 Constellation Cup2019 Netball Quad Series 2019 Netball World Cup2019 Constellation Cup2021 Constellation Cup 2019Gabi SimpsonNew South Wales2019 Netball Quad Series 2019Caitlin ThwaitesVictoria2019 Netball Quad Series 2021– Liz WatsonVictoria2021 Constellation Cup 2022 Netball Quad Series2022 Commonwealth Games2022 Constellation Cup2023 Netball Quad Series2023 Netball World Cup2023 Constellation Cup2024 Netball Nations Cup2024 Australia England netball series2024 Constellation Cup2025 Australia South Africa netball series2025 Constellation Cup2022 Stephanie WoodQueensland2022 Netball Quad Series 2022– Paige HadleyNew South Wales2022 Australia England netball series2023 Netball Quad Series

Notes Regular captain, Caitlin Bassett, was unable to play due to injury. Gabi Simpson and Caitlin Thwaites took over on-court captain duties. At the 2021 Constellation Cup, Caitlin Bassett captained Australia for the first test. Liz Watson captained Australia for the last three. Regular captain Liz Watson, and vice-captain Stephanie Wood were both rested for the 2022 series against England, with Paige Hadley filling in. Regular captain Liz Watson was rested for the second match of the series. Regular captain Liz Watson and vice-captain Stephanie Wood were both rested for the third match of the series, with Paige Hadley filling in.

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