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Jane Watson (netball)

Jane Watson (born 7 March 1990) is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2019 Netball World Cup and the 2021 Constellation Cup. Watson has also played for both Mainland Tactix and Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship and the ANZ Premiership. In 2017 she was a member of the Steel team that won the inaugural ANZ Premiership title. She was named ANZ Premiership Player of the Year in both 2017 and 2020. In April 2022, Watson was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature in netball leagues in New Zealand since 1998.

Jane Watson
Personal information
Full name Jane Watson
Born (1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 34)[1][2]
Christchurch[3][4]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1][2]
School St Kevin's College
University Lincoln University
University of Canterbury
Netball career
Playing position(s): GK, GD, WD
Years Club team(s) Apps
2012–2014 Mainland Tactix 30
2015–2017 Southern Steel
2017– Mainland Tactix
Years National team(s) Caps
2016– New Zealand 63
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Netball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Liverpool Team
Fast5 Netball World Series
Gold medal – first place 2016 Melbourne Team

Early life, family and education edit

Watson was born and raised in the South Island. She is the daughter of Mary and Ross Watson. She initially grew up on her parents farm in Cave before the Watsons moved south to a new farm at Millers Flat on the Clutha River. As a youngster, she played association football and only began playing netball because her school in Millers Flat didn't have a football team.[5][6][7][8][9] Between 2005 and 2007, Watson attended St Kevin's College, Oamaru as a boarder.[7][10][11][12][13] In her last year at St Kevin's, Watson suffered from heart problems and subsequently had to wear a pacemaker for three years from the age of 17. In 2010, at the age of 20, she also dealt with the death of her partner. After returning from escorting his body to Samoa, she caught diphtheria. Watson spent three days in isolation at Timaru Hospital before being transferred to Christchurch Hospital. She lost significant weight from the illness.[7][8] Between 2008 and 2010, Watson attended Lincoln University on a netball scholarship and gained a degree in Recreation Management specialising in sport. Between 2011 and 2012 she attended the University of Canterbury where she gained a Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning.[14][15][16][17]

Playing career edit

Early years edit

In 2011, Watson was a member of a Canterbury team that finished as runners-up to Otago in the under-21 final at Netball New Zealand's Age Group tournament. She was subsequently included in the under-21 team of the tournament.[18]

Lincoln University edit

Watson played netball for Lincoln University in local Canterbury competitions.[19][20][21][22]

Mainland Tactix edit

Between 2012 and 2014, Watson made 30 senior appearances for Mainland Tactix in the ANZ Championship.[11][23][24][25][26] After three seasons playing for Southern Steel, Watson re-joined Tactix ahead of the 2018 ANZ Premiership season.[3][4][26][27][28][29][30] Watson captained Tactix between 2018 and 2021.[26][31][32][33] On 5 May 2019, Watson made her 100th senior league appearance during a 2019 Round 11 match against Northern Stars.[5][6][34] In 2020 and 2021, Watson captained Tactix to two successive grand finals. In 2020 she was also named ANZ Premiership Player of the Year.[8][35][36][37] In April 2022, Watson was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature in netball leagues in New Zealand since 1998.[38][39] Watson will miss the 2022 ANZ Premiership season due to pregnancy.[40][41] In June 2022, Watson announced she would back in 2023 to play for Tactix.[42] Despite announcing Watson and her partner would move to Ōtaki in 2024 she was signed once for the 2024 season with the Mainland Tactix. [43]

Southern Steel edit

Between 2015 and 2017, Watson played for Southern Steel, initially in the ANZ Championship and later in the ANZ Premiership.[44][45][46][47] In 2016 she was a member of the Steel team that finished the season as minor premiers. She also played her 50th ANZ Championship game.[11][25][48] In 2017 she was a member of the Steel team that won both the inaugural ANZ Premiership and Super Club titles.[8][49][50][51] She was subsequently named 2017 ANZ Premiership Player of the Year[52]

ANZ Premiership statistics
Season Team G/A GA RB CPR FD IC DF PN TO MP
2017 Steel 0/0 ? 18 ? ? 41 104 109 3 16
2018 Tactix 0/0 ? 19 ? ? 31 71 127 34 16
2019 Tactix 0/0 0 30 25 0 40 96 117 14 15
2020 Tactix 0/0 5 15 99 10 20 72 75 19 15
2021 Tactix 0/0 0 12 0 0 15 78 109 10 17
Career

Sources:[2][53][54]

New Zealand edit

Watson made her senior debut for New Zealand on 27 August 2016 against England during the 2016 Netball Quad Series.[1][15][55] She was a prominent member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019 Netball World Cup.[1][12][56][57] She was also a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2021 Constellation Cup.[58] On 3 March 2021, during the same series, Watson made her 50th test appearance for New Zealand. Alongside Gina Crampton, she also co-captained the team in the absence of Ameliaranne Ekenasio.[9][13] Watson missed the 2021–22 international season due to a combination of pregnancy and recovering from ankle surgery.[37][40][41] Watson was named in the 2022–23 squad after returning from maternity leave.[59]

Tournaments Place
2016 Netball Quad Series[1][15][55][60]  
2016 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[61][62] 1st
2016 Constellation Cup[63]  
2016 Fast5 Netball World Series[64]  
2017 Netball Quad Series (January/February)[65]  
2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September)[66]  
2017 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[67] 1st
2017 Constellation Cup[68]  
2018 Netball Quad Series (January)[69] 3rd
2018 Netball Quad Series (September)[70] 3rd
2018 Constellation Cup[71][72]  
2019 Netball Quad Series[73] 3rd
2019 Netball World Cup[12][56][57]  
2019 Constellation Cup[74][75]  
2020 Netball Nations Cup[76]  
2020 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[77]  
2021 Constellation Cup[9][13][58]  
2023 Netball Quad Series[78][79]  
2023 Netball World Cup[80][81] 4th
2023 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[82][83][84] 1st
2023 Constellation Cup[85] 2nd

Personal life edit

In 2017 Watson got engaged to Will Carter, a blackcurrant farmer.[86] In 2021 Watson announced she was pregnant with her partner, Santana Nicholls-Hepi. Santana has played netball for the New Zealand Defence Force.[40][41] In May 2022 the couple announced the arrival of their daughter Tia.[87]

Honours edit

New Zealand
Southern Steel
Mainland Tactix
Individual Awards
Year Award
2017[1][52] ANZ Premiership Player of the Year
2020[35] ANZ Premiership Player of the Year

References edit

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