Brooke Williams (netball) explained

Brooke Amber Williams (born 23 December 1982)[1] is a New Zealand netball player who plays as a centre and wing attack.[1] She has represented Samoa internationally as part of the Samoa national netball team. She is married to rugby league player Sione Lousi.

Williams played for the Western Flyers in the National Bank Cup.[2] In 2019, she moved to Townsville, Australia, with her partner, Sione Lousi, and began playing for the Northern Rays in the HART Sapphire Series.[3] [4]

Williams was part of the Samaon team for the 2007 World Netball Championships in Auckland,[5] [6] and later for the 2015 Netball World Cup.[7] She was part of the bronze medal-winning Samoan team at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby. She co-captained Samoa at the 2019 Netball World Cup alongside Gene Solia-Gibb,[8] [9] and retired from international netball after that tournament.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brooke Amber Williams . Netball Central . 21 July 2022.
  2. News: Flyers coach names 15 players in initial squad . Manawatu Standard . 18 . 14 November 2006 . Andrew Still . EBSCOHost.
  3. Web site: Townsville move pays off for pair . Townsville Bulletin . 30 March 2019 . 21 July 2022 . PressReader.
  4. News: Rays make first signings for netball's crowning jewel . Daily Mercury . 20 December 2018 . Trent Slatter . EBSCOHost.
  5. Web site: Netball: Nothing to lose for underdog Islanders . New Zealand Herald . 9 November 2007 . 21 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Netball: The rest of the world minnows chase rankings . New Zealand Herald . 8 November 2007 . 21 July 2022.
  7. Web site: Naoupu sister act to play for Samoa at Netball World Cup . Fiji Times . 8 July 2015 . 21 July 2022.
  8. Web site: Netball Samoa prepares to go the distance . Netball Australia . 29 May 2019 . 21 July 2022.
  9. Web site: Netball World Cup squad train in Sydney . Samoa Observer . Thomas Airey . 30 May 2019 . 21 July 2022.
  10. News: Blackhawk admires Warriors' sacrifices. . Townsville Bulletin . 5 April 2020 . Nick Wright . EBSCOHost . After representing Samoa at the 2019 Netball World Cup she drew the curtain on her international career..

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