Rachel Margaret Dunn (born 14 November 1982) is an English former international

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player who was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the

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and

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and who has over 250 Netball Super League appearances. She is the current assistant coach of new Super League franchise Birmingham Panthers and head coach of their

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team.

Club career

Dunn played in the Netball Super League from its beginning in 2005, making over 250 domestic appearances. Dunn has won a record seven Super League titles as a player.

Team Bath

Dunn started her career at

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, winning titles in

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, and

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

. She also played the

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

season in the Australasian

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for the Canterbury Tactix in New Zealand, replacing pregnant Tactix shooter Jodi Brown.

Surrey Storm

She then moved from Bath to Surrey Storm in 2009, winning back-to-back titles in

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and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Wasps Netball

She followed her long-time teammate and friend Tamsin Greenway to Wasps Netball in 2017 where they won back-to back titles in

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

and

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

. Wasps also appeared in the

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Grand Final, losing out to Manchester Thunder. Wasps Netball, alongside their partners Wasps Rugby, went into administration in November 2022.

Celtic Dragons

Dunn played her final domestic games as an injury replacement for Celtic Dragons in

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and continued through 2024 as part of the Celtic Dragons coaching set up.

International career

Dunn debuted for the

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in 2004 against

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and has over 90 caps for England. She won a Silver medal at the 2010 World Netball Series. then a Gold medal at the 2011 World Netball Series. She was a member of the team that won Bronze at the Commonwealth Games in 2006 in Melbourne and 2010 in Delhi. Dunn played for England in the

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and

Netball World Cups, winning a Bronze medal at each tournament. A fan favourite, Dunn's last appearance for England was in the final minutes of the 2019 Netball World Cup. With the Bronze medal secured, the crowd chanted "We want Dunn" until teammate Jo Harten called time to allow her teammate to enter the court for a final send-off.

Coaching career

In 2025 she was the assistant coach of new Super League franchise Birmingham Panthers and head coach of their

team.

Personal life

Dunn started playing netball in Year Four at school. Her elite netball career began when she joined Team Bath while attending Bath University. She balanced her elite netball with a career as a genetic technologist for the NHS.

Honours

England

: Bronze:

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: Bronze:

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Silver:

Team Bath

* Netball Super League:

Surrey Storm

* Netball Super League:

Wasps Netball

* Netball Super League:

Runners up:

References

External links

Surrey Storm profile

England Netball profile
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