Madison “Madi” Browne (born 5 January 1988) is an Australian

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player who has been one of the most successful Australian Netball players.

Early life

Madison Browne played for South Barwon Football and Netball Club when she was younger. Her sister Kelsey also played in A grade for South Barwon before joining Madison at the Magpies Netball in the

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league. Their father

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played

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in the 1970s.

Domestic career

Browne made her domestic league debut in the

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in 2006, playing with the

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, before being signed by the

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in 2008 to play in the

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. She transferred to the

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ahead of the 2009 season before rejoining the Vixens in 2011. Browne was awarded Most Valued Player at both the Fever and Vixens on two occasions. In 2012 Browne achieved an historic feat; sweeping clean all of netball Australia’s most highly regarded awards. Beginning with the ANZ Championship Player of the Year, followed by International Player of the Year and making her the clear winner of the Liz Ellis Diamond award. In 2014, she helped the

claim their second

title after they defeated the

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in the Grand Final. She topped the 2014 season off with making the Championship All Star Team at Wing Attack once again, as she had also held this position in 2013. The 2014 season saw Browne once again achieve something no Australian netballer has done, she became the first athlete to win the Liz Ellis Diamond award twice. In the 2015 ANZ Championship season, Browne suffered an ACL tear during the final quarter of the Vixens Round 6 match against Fever. During her comeback season in 2016 she was named captain of the Vixens. The classy style of game saw her come back to the court without missing a beat and she was awarded the ANZ Championship Australia Conference MVP in the 2016 season. In 2017, Browne made the move to the new Melbourne-based club the

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and became the inaugural captain of the team, a position she holds to this day. Browne was an integral player for the Magpies in their first two seasons, though she missed the entire 2019 season after undergoing surgery to repair her

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. She returned to the court in 2020 though played only some matches due to further injury concerns. She announced her departure from the club and league in September 2020. She left Australian netball with two Liz Elliz Diamonds and two International Player of the Years awards, prompting her outgoing coach Rob Wright to label her the "finest midcourter" in Australian netball history. Browne came out of retirement shortly thereafter, announcing in November 2020 that she had signed with

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ahead of 2021 British season, in doing so becoming one of the Superleague's highest-ever profile signings.

Super Netball statistics

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International career

Browne was included in the Australian national squad in 2007 after the

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in November. In 2010, Browne was selected to be part of the Diamonds squad during the England tour, replacing

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due to commitments. In one of the matches, Browne was awarded player of the match. Browne was also part of the 15 player squad, but did not make the final 12 player squad. Despite being the shortest player on the squad at 168 cm, Browne is one of the fastest players in the squad as vice-captain. In the year 2012 Browne was awarded Australian International Player of the Year. Later that year she was named in the

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to compete in the

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who went on to win

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. In 2017 Browne captained the Diamonds. She re-appeared for Australia in the

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, where she was part of the team that won the

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. She announced her retirement from international netball in July 2018.

Awards and achievements

* 61 test caps for the Australian Diamonds * 2 x

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(2012, 2014) * Australian International Player of the Year (2012, 2014) * Best New Talent and Rookie of the Year (2006) * Australian U/21 Player of the Year (2008) * U/21 World Championships (2009) * West Coast Fever MVP (2009, 2010) * Constellation Cup Titles (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016) * ANZ Championship Player of the Year (2012) * Melbourne Vixens MVP (2013, 2016) * ANZ Championship All Star Wing Attack (2013, 2014) * Commonwealth Games Gold Medal (2014) * Melbourne Vixen Premiership (2014) * ANZ Championship MVP (2016) * Commonwealth Games Silver Medal (2018)

References

External links

Magpies Netball profile

Super Netball profile

Netball Draft Central profile
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