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Samantha Wallace (netball)

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Samantha Wallace
Personal information
Born (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 30)[1]
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS
Years Club team(s) Apps
2016 Hertfordshire Mavericks
2017-2024 New South Wales Swifts
Years National team(s) Caps
2015-present Trinidad and Tobago

Samantha Wallace (born 16 January 1994) is a netball player from Trinidad and Tobago, who played for the New South Wales Swifts in the Suncorp Super Netball league.[1]

Career

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Wallace moved to Australia to play for the New South Wales Swifts at the start of the 2017 season, having been recruited from the Hertfordshire Mavericks of the English Netball League.[1] She is the first player from Trinidad and Tobago to play in Australia's netball competition.[2] Wallace has played at the goal shooter for the duration of her time at the Swifts. In 2019 she was part of the Swifts premiership team and was awarded the MVP Award for her performance in the 2019 Super Netball Grand Final.[3]

Wallace has represented the Trinidad and Tobago national netball team at the 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cup.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sam Wallace". New South Wales Swifts.
  2. ^ "Rising star Sam Wallace to boost Swifts Super Netball squad". SBS News. 15 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Swifts thrash Lightning in Super Netball grand final". The Guardian. 15 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Wallace ready to fire again after harrowing year off court". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 April 2018.