April Brandley (née Letton; born 19 April 1990) is a retired professional

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player in the

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league. She played in the positions of GK, GD and WD, and has been selected on several occasions for the

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Career

Domestic

Brandley was a temporary replacement player for the

Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds are an Australian professional netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they pl ...

in 2011 and played for the

New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts are an Australian professional netball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. Since 2017 they have represented Netball New South Wales in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. ...

in 2012. At the end of the

2014 ANZ Championship season The 2014 ANZ Championship season was the seventh season of the ANZ Championship. The 2014 season began on 1 March and concluded on 22 June. With a team coached by Simone McKinnis, captained by Bianca Chatfield and also featuring Tegan Caldwell, ...

, Brandley signed with the Perth-based

West Coast Fever West Coast Fever is a professional Australian netball team based in Perth, Western Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they competed in the ANZ Championship. Between 1997 and 2007, as Pert ...

for two seasons. Since 2017 she has played for the

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. 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. After the 2019 season Brandley announced she was pregnant and intended to step away from the game in 2020. However she returned to the game the following year as a training partner for

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, after the start of the Super Netball season was pushed back to August due to the

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Super Netball statistics

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International

She participated in the

2010 World Netball Series The 2010 World Netball Series was the 2nd World Netball Series. England hosted Australia, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand and South Africa in a series, played in November 2010, at Liverpool's Echo Arena. South Africa made their series debut in this ...

and

2011 World Netball Series The 2011 World Netball Series was the 3rd World Netball Series. England hosted Australia, Fiji, Jamaica, New Zealand and South Africa in a series, played in November 2011, at Liverpool's Echo Arena. With a team coached by Anna Mayes and captai ...

, both in Liverpool, UK. Her good form at the

in the 2018 season resulted in her being was selected in the

Australian Diamonds The Australia national netball team, also known as the Australian Diamonds, represent Netball Australia in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Constellation Cup, the Netball Quad Series ...

squad for the 2018/19 international season. Brandley was part of the Australian team that finished second and won a silver medal at the

2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup (also known as the 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the INF Netball World Cup. It was held from 12–21 July 2019 at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, England with matches ...

Accolades

ANZ Championship accolades

* 2012 NSW Swifts Players' Player

National team

* 2018 Australian Diamonds (

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

) * 2013 Australian Diamonds (Tour of England) * 2010-2012 Fast5 team

Netball career facts

* Childhood club: Heathcote Waratah NC * 2011 Diamonds training partner * 2011

NNSW Waratahs Netball New South Wales Waratahs is an Australian netball team that represents Netball New South Wales in the Australian Netball Championships. In 2008 they were founder members of the ANL/ANC. They were ANL/ANC champions in 2011 and 2024 and h ...

– 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

External links

Magpies Netball profile

Suncorp Super Netball profile

Netball Draft Central profile

Netball Australia profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brandley, April 1990 births Living people New South Wales Swifts players West Coast Fever players Collingwood Magpies Netball players Australia international netball players Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games netball players for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in netball Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia 2019 Netball World Cup players Suncorp Super Netball players Australian Netball League players Netball New South Wales Waratahs players Australian Institute of Sport netball players Australia international Fast5 players Queensland Firebirds players Giants Netball players Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people)