April Brandley (née Letton; born 19 April 1990) is a retired professional Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league. She played in the positions of GK, GD and WD, and has been selected on several occasions for the Australia national netball team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | April Brandley (née Letton) | ||
| Born | 19 April 1990 | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Netball career | |||
| Playing position(s): GK, GD, WD | |||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |
| 2011 | NNSW Waratahs | ||
| 2012–2014 | New South Wales Swifts | ||
| 2015–2016 | West Coast Fever | ||
| 2017–2019 | Collingwood Magpies | ||
Career
editDomestic
editBrandley was a temporary replacement player for the Queensland Firebirds in 2011 and played for the New South Wales Swifts in 2012.[1] At the end of the 2014 ANZ Championship season, Brandley signed with the Perth-based West Coast Fever for two seasons.[2] Since 2017 she has played for the Collingwood Magpies.[3] At the Magpies she has established herself as a first-choice defender, and she was re-signed by the club at the end of the 2018 season.[4] After the 2019 season Brandley announced she was pregnant and intended to step away from the game in 2020.[5] However she returned to the game the following year as a training partner for Giants Netball, after the start of the Super Netball season was pushed back to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Super Netball statistics
edit- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season.[7]
| Season | Team | G/A | GA | RB | CPR | FD | IC | DF | PN | TO | MP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Magpies | 0/0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 56 | 216 | 11 | 15 |
| 2018 | Magpies | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 20 | 39 | 157 | 22 | 13 |
| Career | 0/0 | 1 | 11 | 80 | 2 | 36 | 95 | 373 | 33 | 28 | |
International
editShe participated in the 2010 World Netball Series and 2011 World Netball Series, both in Liverpool, UK.[8] Her good form at the Collingwood Magpies in the 2018 season resulted in her being was selected in the Australian Diamonds squad for the 2018/19 international season.[9] Brandley was part of the Australian team that finished second and won a silver medal at the 2019 Netball World Cup.
Accolades
editANZ Championship accolades
edit- 2012 NSW Swifts Players' Player
National team
edit- 2018 Australian Diamonds (2018 Commonwealth Games)
- 2013 Australian Diamonds (Tour of England)
- 2010-2012 Fast5 team
Netball career facts
edit- Childhood club: Heathcote Waratah NC
- 2011 Diamonds training partner
- 2011 NNSW Waratahs – undefeated premiers
- 2011 NSW 21/U Team captain - premiers
- 2011 21/U National Netball Championship MVP
- 2011 ANZ Championship victory with QLD Firebirds (replacement player)
- 2010 21/U National Netball Championship co-MVP
- 2010 AIS Anne Clark Award
- NSW Representative 2005–2011, winning 11 National Championships
References
edit- ^ NSW Swifts official player profile. Retrieved on 2011-11-29.
- ^ April Brandly player profile, West Coast Fever website Archived 7 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2016_02_02.
- ^ "Collingwood's Diamond-encrusted Magpies netball team the envy of the world". Daily Telegraph. 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Brandley and Sinclair back in Magpies nest". Magpies Netball. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "A baby break for Brandley". Magpies Netball. 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Orange is the New Black & White for Super Mum April Brandley". Giants Netball. 30 July 2020.
- ^ "April Brandley". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ April Letton player profile, Netball England website Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2011-11-30.
- ^ "17-strong Diamonds squad named for International Test Series". Netball Australia. 15 July 2018.