Isabella Gill | |
Birth Date: | 2001 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Position: | Defence |
Years1: | 2019–2023 |
Clubs1: | Auckland |
Years2: | 2022–2022 |
Clubs2: | Adelaide Fire |
Years3: | 2024– |
Clubs3: | Hauraki Mavericks |
Nationalyears1: | 2022 |
Nationalteam1: | New Zealand U–21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2024– |
Nationalteam2: | New Zealand |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Isabella "Izzy" Gill (born 18 May 2001) is a field hockey player from New Zealand.[1]
Isabella Gill was born on 18 May 2001, in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] [3]
In the Premier Hockey League, Gill plays for the Hauraki Mavericks.[4] [5] She has also previously represented Auckland in the Ford National Hockey Championship, including a gold medal performance in 2023.[4] [6]
Gill has also previously represented Australian based teams. In 2022, she moved to Australia for the second season of the Hockey One League where she represented the Adelaide Fire.[7] [8] [9] She represented another Australian based team in 2024, taking the field for the Territory Stingers for the NT Festival of Hockey.[10] [11]
Gill made her international debut in 2022 at under–21 level. She was a co–captain of the silver medal-winning Junior Black Sticks squad at the 2022 Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra, the Oceania qualifier for the FIH Junior World Cup.[12]
Following her junior debut in 2022, Gill was eventually moved into the Black Sticks squad on an event contract.[13]
She made her senior international debut in 2024, making her first appearance during a test series against Japan in Auckland.[12] [3]