Otago Rebels
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The Otago Rebels was a New Zealand 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 ...

 team which represented Otago
Otago
Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...

 in the National Bank Cup
National Bank Cup
The National Bank Cup was the pre-eminent national netball competition in New Zealand between 1998 and 2007. From 2008, it was replaced by the ANZ Championship.-Format:...

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Otago Rebels were the first team to win the inaugural (what was then known as) Coca-Cola Cup. In 2008, the Rebels were merged with Southern Sting
Southern Sting
The Southern Sting were a netball team based in Invercargill, New Zealand that competed in The National Bank Cup competition, formerly known as the Coca Cola Cup....

 to compete as 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...

 in the trans-tasman 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...

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Former players of note for the franchise include Anna Rowberry
Anna Rowberry
Anna Stanley, is a New Zealand netballer, who captained the national team , to win the 2003 Netball World Championships in Jamaica....

, Victoria Edward, Belinda Colling
Belinda Colling
Belinda Louise Colling is a New Zealand international netball and women's basketball representative.-Netball career:...

, Adine Wilson
Adine Wilson
Adine Rachel Wilson Harper is a New Zealand international netball representative.-Personal background:...

 (née Harper), Stephanie Bond
Stephanie Bond
Stephanie Bond is a New Zealand netball player. She played two years in the ANZ Championship for the Northern Mystics from 2008–09, but was not signed for the 2010 season.-References:...

 and Anna Scarlett
Anna Scarlett
Anna Maree Scarlett is a New Zealand netball and beach volleyball player. She stands at 1.87 m, and in netball plays as goal-keep, goal-defence and wing-defence....

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2007 Rebels Squad

  • Dana Bond
  • Hannah Broederlow - Now With Central Pulse
    Central Pulse
    The Central Pulse are a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The Pulse represent several New Zealand regions in the North and South Islands, from East Cape in the north to Tasman and Marlborough in the south, and were formed as an...

  • Danielle Calnan
  • Emily Close
  • Phillipa Duncan (now Finch) - Now With Canterbury Tactix
  • Demelza Fellowes - Now With [ [ Queensland Firebirds] ]
  • Megan Graamans
  • Katrina Grant - Now With 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...

  • Frances Jackways
  • Anna Molineaux
  • Camille O’Connor
  • Lizzie Sandom
  • Jodi Te Huna - Now With Canterbury Tactix
  • Anna Thompson - Now With Canterbury Tactix
  • Jessica Tuki - Now With Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
  • Debbie White - Now With Northern Mystics
    Northern Mystics
    The Northern Mystics are a New Zealand netball team based in Auckland that currently compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The franchise was formed in 2007 as an amalgamation of two teams from the National Bank Cup – the Northern Force and the Auckland Diamonds – after the competition was...

    • Coach: Janine Southby

Competition Record

  • 2007- 6th
  • 2006- 7th
  • 2005- 5th
  • 2004- 6th
  • 2003- 4th
  • 2002- 5th
  • 2001- 8th
  • 2000- 5th
  • 1999- 2nd
  • 1998- 1st
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