Peta Stephens (born 15 April 1978) is a former Australian netball player. Between 1997 and

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, Stephens played for

Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds are an Australian 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 played in the ...

. She played for Firebirds in both 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 ...

and

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was own ...

eras. She captained Firebirds between 2006 and 2009. She also played with the

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of th ...

Canterbury Flames Canterbury Flames were a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007 they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. In 2008, when the National Bank Cup was replaced by the ANZ Championship, Ca ...

and

Canterbury Tactix Mainland Tactix are a netball in New Zealand, New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007, as Canterbury Flames, they played in the National Bank Cup, Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cu ...

Playing career

Early years

Between 1995 and 2000, Stephens represented

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in the

Australian National Netball Championships The Australian National Netball Championships are a series of annual netball tournaments, organised by Netball Australia and featuring representative teams from the states and territories of Australia. The earliest tournaments took place during ...

at under-19, under-21 and Open levels. Between 1997 and 1998, she played for the

. Between 1996 and 1999, she also featured in Australia under-21 squads.

Queensland Firebirds

Between 1997 and 2003, and again from 2005 until

, Stephens played for

. She played for Firebirds in both the

and

eras. She captained Firebirds between 2006 and 2009. On 1 June 2007, she played her 100th match for Firebirds in a 54–45 win against

Hunter Jaegers Hunter Jaegers were an Australian netball team based in Newcastle, New South Wales. Together with Sydney Swifts and Sydney Sandpipers, they were one of three teams to represent Netball New South Wales in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Hu ...

New Zealand

Stephens also had two spells playing

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. In 2004 she played for

in the

National Bank Cup The National Bank Cup was the pre-eminent national netball competition in New Zealand between 1998 and 2007. From 2008, it was replaced by the ANZ Championship. Format In the rounds, each team played every other team once, then the top four teams ...

. In 2009, she signed for

ahead of the

2010 ANZ Championship season The 2010 ANZ Championship season was the third season of the ANZ Championship. The 2010 season began on 20 March and concluded on 11 July. New South Wales Swifts went through the entire regular season home and away undefeated, winning 13 consec ...

. However a pre-season shoulder injury ruled her out for most of the season. ;Notes * Some sources suggest Stephens played for

Melbourne Phoenix Melbourne Phoenix were an Australian netball team that represented Netball Victoria in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Between 1997 and 2007, together with Melbourne Kestrels, they were one of two teams to represent Netball Victoria in the Comm ...

c. 2004.

Education

Between 2014 and 2021, Stephens completed a Bachelor of Information Technology with

RMIT University RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public university, public research university in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering cla ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Peta 1978 births Living people Australian netball players Netball players from Queensland Queensland Firebirds players Commonwealth Bank Trophy players ANZ Championship players Australian Institute of Sport netball players Mainland Tactix players Australian expatriate netball people in New Zealand People educated at Brisbane State High School RMIT University alumni Sportspeople from Brisbane Canterbury Flames players