Erin Bell (born 30 April 1987) is a former Australian

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player. Bell's career started in 2005 with the

Sydney Swifts Sydney Swifts were an netball in Australia, Australian netball team based in Sydney. Between 1997 and 2007, they represented Netball New South Wales in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Together with Sydney Sandpipers and Hunter Jaegers, they ...

in the

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. She was the first player in the history of the

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to win three premierships; the first with 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 2008 and the second and third with the

Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds are an netball in Australia, Australian professional netball team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Since 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season, 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 ANZ Championship s ...

in 2010 and 2013.

ANZ Championship

Erin Bell played with the NSW Swifts for the first two years of the ANZ Championship. Unhappy with the amount of court time she received, she moved to the

in 2010. She helped secure a premiership for the Thunderbirds, playing at GA in the Grand Final. Bell remained with the Thunderbirds for the remainder of the ANZ Championship and took over as captain for the 2016 season.

Super Netball

In 2017 Bell re-signed with the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the new

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league and was reappointed captain. Bell led the Thunderbirds to a disappointing season, finishing last on the ladder. She left the Thunderbirds at the end of the season to join the

Collingwood Magpies The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...

, where she filled an important goal attack/shooter role alongside

Caitlin Thwaites Caitlin Thwaites (born 29 December 1986) is a former Australian netball player and volleyballer. Career Caitlin Thwaites was born in Bendigo, Australia. Thwaites began her career at for the Melbourne Kestrels of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy a ...

. Bell announced her retirement from professional netball at the end of the 2018 season.

Australian Diamonds

Bell made her international debut for

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during the

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. She played a pivotal role in earning Australia the 2011 Constellation Cup title, replacing

Natalie Medhurst Natalie Butler (born 20 January 1984) is an Australian international netball player. As well as playing for several clubs in Australia's domestic competitions, she also made multiple appearances for the Australian Diamonds in various internati ...

at GA during the third and deciding match. After not making the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

team, she was co-captained Australia at the

2014 Fast5 Netball World Series The 2014 Fast5 Netball World Series was the 6th Fast5 Netball World Series. New Zealand hosted Australia, England, Jamaica, Malawi and South Africa in a series, played in November 2014, at Auckland's Vector Arena. With a team coached by Janine S ...

. Bell worked her way back in to the Diamonds squad ahead of the

2015 Netball World Cup The Netball World Cup Sydney 2015 (NWC2015) was the 14th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, the premier competition in international netball. It was held from 7–16 August, in Sydney, Australia, which secured hosting rights after defeating a ...

. She again was selected for the

2016 Fast5 Netball World Series The 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series was the 7th Fast5 Netball World Series. Australia hosted England, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand and South Africa in a series, played in October 2016, at Melbourne's Hisense Arena. With a team coached by Kiri Wil ...

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