Courtney Tairi
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Courtney Tairi is an Australia
n netball
player in the ANZ Championship
, playing for the New South Wales Swifts
.
In 2009, despite Tairi not being in the New South Wales Swifts squad, Tairi was a temporary replacement player for Vanessa Ware who suffered an injury and played in one ANZ Championship match in 2009.
In 2010, Tairi was officially one of the twelve squad members for the New South Wales Swifts. In the ANZ Championship season, while Vanessa Ware was injured (due to back injury in the early matches and suffered an ACL in the later matches), Tairi played at either Wing Attack or Centre positions.
In 2011, Tairi pushed to the Swifts starting seven. Late in the season, it was confirmed that Tairi would be signing with New Zealand club the Southern Steel
for the 2012.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
player in the ANZ Championship
ANZ Championship
The ANZ Championship is the pre-eminent netball league in the world. The competition is held annually between April and July, comprising 69 matches played over 17 weeks. It is contested by ten teams, five from Australia and five from New Zealand...
, playing for the New South Wales Swifts
New South Wales Swifts
The New South Wales Swifts are an Australian netball team based in Sydney that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The Swifts were formed in 2007 as an amalgamation of two teams from the Commonwealth Bank Trophy – the Sydney Swifts and the Hunter Jaegers...
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In 2009, despite Tairi not being in the New South Wales Swifts squad, Tairi was a temporary replacement player for Vanessa Ware who suffered an injury and played in one ANZ Championship match in 2009.
In 2010, Tairi was officially one of the twelve squad members for the New South Wales Swifts. In the ANZ Championship season, while Vanessa Ware was injured (due to back injury in the early matches and suffered an ACL in the later matches), Tairi played at either Wing Attack or Centre positions.
In 2011, Tairi pushed to the Swifts starting seven. Late in the season, it was confirmed that Tairi would be signing with New Zealand club the Southern Steel
Southern Steel
The Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The franchise was formed as an amalgamation of two teams from the National Bank Cup, the Dunedin-based Otago Rebels and the Invercargill-based Southern Sting...
for the 2012.