Shannon Eagland (born 16 May 1990) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning.

Shannon Eagland
Personal information
Born (1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 33)[1]
Adelaide, South Australia[2]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
School Yarra Valley Grammar School
Netball career
Playing position(s): WD, GD, GK
Years Club team(s) Apps
2011 Melbourne Vixens
2012 Queensland Firebirds
2013 Melbourne Vixens
2017- West Coast Fever

In her early career, Eagland was selected in the Australia U/21 Team and Participated in the 2009 Australian World Youth Cup championships as part or the winning Australian team. She began her ANZ Championship netball career in the ANZ Championship in 2011 for the Melbourne Vixens as a temporary replacement player.[4] In 2012 Eagland joined the Queensland Firebirds where she played 11 games before moving to the Melbourne Vixens, where she played 13 games in 2013.[4] In 2014 she left the ANZ Championship and played for the Melbourne University Lightning in the Victorian Netball League, earning a place in the VNL Championship Team of the Year.[4] Upon moving to the Fever in the new Super Netball league, Eagland ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament in the fourth round and missed the remainder of the season.[5] She returned to the court in the 2018 pre-season.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Round 5 match program 2018". issu.com. Refer to pp. 7
  2. ^ "Shannon Eagland profile". Super Netball.
  3. ^ "Shannon Eagland profile". West Coast Fever.
  4. ^ a b c "Get to Know: Shannon Eagland". West Coast Fever. 29 September 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018.
  5. ^ "West Coast Fever wing defence Shannon Eagland ruptures ACL". The West Australian. 14 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Eagland returns from ACL injury". The Women's Game. 16 March 2018.

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