Lara Dunkley (born 31 May 1995) is an Australian

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player in the

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league, playing 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 ...

. Dunkley began her elite netball career with the

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in the mid 2010s, playing for the club's reserves team the

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in the

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(ANL), where she captained the team in the 2018 season. She was elevated to the Vixens' senior list for the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball season, replacing the long-term injured Tayla Honey. After leaving the Vixens, Dunkley was signed as a temporary replacement player for the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball season by the

. Dunkley was born in

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but grew up in the small

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town of Yarram from the age of seven. She is the sibling of

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AFL footballer Josh and former

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AFL player Kyle. Her father is former

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player

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. Off the court Dunkley has completed a Bachelor of Education where she works as a substitute teacher and netball coach at various schools and netball organisations. She works for a school in

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named St Laurnece's College. Her position at the school is being The Head of the sports exellence program.

References

External links

Suncorp Super Netball profile

Melbourne Vixens profile
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