Jessica Thomas (born 21 July 1984) is an Australian

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...

player. Having grown up in her home town of Drouin, West Gippsland she was added to the

Melbourne Phoenix Melbourne Phoenix were an netball in Australia, Australian netball team that represented Netball Victoria in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Between 1997 in Australia, 1997 and 2007 in Australia, 2007, together with Melbourne Kestrels, they were o ...

squad in the middle of the 2005

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 ...

, as a replacement for

Kara Richards Kara Richards (born 25 January 1988) is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Melbourne Vixens. After failing to make the Adelaide Thunderbirds 2012 list she is currently working as a Netball Coach alongside We ...

who had to withdraw due to school and travel issues. She continued with Phoenix throughout the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Jess Thomas's brother, Dale Thomas is an Australian footballer for

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team Collingwood. She plays for the Phoenix goal defence, goal keeper or wing defence. Thomas played for Gippsland Storm in 2007, in Championship division of the Victorian State League competition as a goaler.Division One win

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