Newcastle, New South Wales
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. Together with
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 ...
and
Sydney Sandpipers
Sydney Sandpipers were an Australian netball team based in Sydney. Between 1997 and 2003, they represented Netball New South Wales in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Together with Sydney Swifts and Hunter Jaegers, they were one of three ...
, they were one of three teams to represent
Netball New South Wales
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in the
Commonwealth Bank Trophy
The Commonwealth Bank Trophy, also referred to as the National Netball League, was the top level national Australian netball league between 1997 and 2007. The league was organized by Netball Australia. Its main sponsor was the Commonwealth Ba ...
league. Hunter Jaegers made their CBT debut in 2004. They continued to play in the competition until its demise in 2007. In
2008
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, when the Commonwealth Bank Trophy was replaced by the
ANZ Championship
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, Jaegers and Swifts merged to form
New South Wales Swifts
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.
Final placings
Home venues
During the 2004 and 2005 seasons, Jaegers played their home games at the
Newcastle Entertainment Centre
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Notable former players
Internationals
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Jane Altschwager
Jane Altschwager (born 25 August 1980) is a former Australia netball international. During the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era, Altschwager made 81 senior appearances for Adelaide Thunderbirds, Sydney Swifts and Hunter Jaegers. Between 1999 and 2 ...
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Karyn Bailey
Karyn Bailey (born 28 July 1986) is a former Australian netball player who played for the Melbourne Vixens, Adelaide Thunderbirds. and played for the Surrey Storm ( UK) from 2018 - 2021. After Storm's final game on Monday 21st June 2021, she re ...
;
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Courtney Tairi
Courtney Tairi (born 15 July 1988) is a former New Zealand netball international. She also represented Australia at under-21 level. She was a member of the Australia team that won the 2009 World Youth Netball Championships. During the ANZ Cha ...
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Daneka Wipiiti
Daneka Wipiiti (born 8 December 1982 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand international netball player who played for the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and the Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship.
Wipiiti ...
Tiffany Lincoln
Tiffany Lincoln (born 7 April 1985) is an Australian netball player. In 2008, Lincoln played for the New South Wales Swifts in the ANZ Championship
The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball lea ...
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Jessica Mansell
Jessica Mansell (born 13 January 1989 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian netball player. She played for Hunter Jaegers
Hunter Jaegers were an netball in Australia, Australian netball team based in Newcastle, New South Wales. Toget ...
Karyn Bailey
Karyn Bailey (born 28 July 1986) is a former Australian netball player who played for the Melbourne Vixens, Adelaide Thunderbirds. and played for the Surrey Storm ( UK) from 2018 - 2021. After Storm's final game on Monday 21st June 2021, she re ...
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Kirby Bentley
Kirby Bentley (born 9 May 1986) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the and Carlton Football Clubs in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Bentley was signed as a priority player by Fremantle in August 2016 ahead of the league's in ...
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Katie Walker
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