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Republic of Ireland national netball team

National netball team

Summary

National netball team

FieldValue
countryRepublic of Ireland
imageFlag of Ireland.svg
imagesize125px
nicknameEmeralds
associationNetball Ireland
confederationEurope Netball
coachTeresa Gillespie
captainFran Duffy
rank29th
body1green
pattern_b1thinwhitesides
skirt1green
body2navy
pattern_b2thingreensides
skirt2navy
WNC apps4
WNC debut1979
WNC prev1995
WNC recent25th
WNC best10th (1979, 1991)

| vice-captain =

The Republic of Ireland national netball team, also referred to as the Ireland national netball team, represents Netball Ireland in international netball tournaments. They regularly compete in the Europe Netball Open Challenge and the Netball Singapore Nations Cup. They are the Challenge competitions most successful team. They have also featured in the World Netball Championships and the Netball Europe Open Championships. As of 1 September 2025, the Republic of Ireland are listed 29th on the World Netball Rankings.

Tournament history

Netball World Cup

The Republic of Ireland have competed in four Netball World Cups tournaments. The highest position they have finished is 10th which they achieved twice, in 1979 and 1991.

TournamentsPlace
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1979.htmltitle=Women Netball V World Championship 1979publisher=todor66.comarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250224000622/http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1979.htmlarchive-date=24 February 2025access-date=5 January 2020}}10th
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1987.htmltitle=Women Netball VII World Championship 1987publisher=www.todor66.comaccess-date=5 January 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404043141/http://todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1987.htmlarchive-date=4 April 2019}}15th
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1991.htmltitle=Women Netball VIII World Championship 1991publisher=www.todor66.comaccess-date=5 January 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403084256/http://todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1991.htmlarchive-date=3 April 2019}}10th
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1995.htmltitle=Women Netball IX World Championship 1995publisher=www.todor66.comaccess-date=5 January 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403223856/http://todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1995.htmlarchive-date=3 April 2019}}25th

Netball World Cup Qualifiers

TournamentsPlace
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2014.htmltitle=Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2014publisher=www.todor66.comarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130093406/http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2014.htmlarchive-date=30 November 2024access-date=23 April 2020}}4th**
url=https://www.skysports.com/netball/news/12415/12720411/european-world-cup-qualifiers-reach-pivotal-stage-with-scotland-wales-and-northern-ireland-in-contentionpublisher=www.skysports.comtitle=European World Cup Qualifiers reach pivotal stage with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in contentionaccessdate=24 September 2025date=15 October 2022}}5th

Netball Europe Open Championships

TournamentsPlace
2014 Netball Europe Open Championships4th**
url=https://walesnetball.com/wales-take-silver-with-huge-win-over-republic-of-ireland/title=Wales Take Silver With Huge Win Over Republic of Irelandpublisher=walesnetball.comdate=30 September 2019access-date=11 September 2025}}4th

;Notes

Europe Netball Open Challenge

TournamentsPlace
2008 Netball Europe Festival
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2010_Festival.htmltitle=Women Netball European Festivalpublisher=www.todor66.comarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222163333/http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2010_Festival.htmlarchive-date=22 December 2024access-date=24 September 2025}}1st
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2012_Festival.htmltitle=Women Netball European Festival 2012 Gibraltarpublisher=www.todor66.comarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222142420/http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2012_Festival.htmlarchive-date=22 December 2024access-date=24 September 2025}}1st
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2013.htmltitle=Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2013publisher=www.todor66.comarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404102951/http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2013.htmlarchive-date=4 April 2016access-date=10 September 2025}}1st
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2015.htmltitle=Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2015publisher=www.todor66.comaccess-date=5 January 2020archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404200649/http://todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2015.htmlarchive-date=4 April 2019date=5 September 2018}}1st
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2016.htmltitle=Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2016publisher=www.todor66.comarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215121312/http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2016.htmlarchive-date=15 December 2024accessdate=20 September 2025}}2nd
url=https://www.royalgazette.com/other/sport/article/20170513/raynor-leads-charge-as-bermuda-thrash-israel/title=Raynor leads charge as Bermuda thrash Israelpublisher=www.royalgazette.comdate=13 May 2017access-date=7 October 2025}}1st
url=https://netball.sport/archives/13203publisher=International Netball Federationarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022112316/https://netball.sport/archives/13203title=Ireland win Netball Europe Open Challengearchive-date=22 October 2020accessdate=24 September 2025date=15 May 2018}}1st
url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/48253737publisher=www.bbc.co.uktitle=Netball Europe Open Championship: Isle of Man claim first international titleaccessdate=24 September 2025date=13 May 2019}}3rd
url=https://www.netball.im/news/performance/europe-netball-open-challenge-2022title=Europe Netball Open Challenge 2022 - Republic of Ireland take Goldpublisher=www.netball.imaccessdate=9 October 2025date=15 May 2022}}1st
url=https://www.europenetball.com/2023-open-challengetitle=Open Challenge 2023publisher=www.europenetball.comdate=14 May 2023access-date=24 September 2025}}2nd
url=https://www.europenetball.com/2024-open-eventtitle=Open Event 2024publisher=www.europenetball.comdate=19 May 2024access-date=24 September 2025}}3rd

Netball Singapore Nations Cup

TournamentsPlace
url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Asia/Women_2012_Nations_Cup.htmltitle=Women Netball 7th Nations Cup 2012 Singaporepublisher=www.todor66.comarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703233536/http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Asia/Women_2012_Nations_Cup.htmlarchive-date=3 July 2020access-date=24 September 2025}}6th
url=https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/Previous-Events/Nations-Cup-2013title=Nations Cup 2013publisher=www.netball.org.sgarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707191556/https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/Previous-Events/Nations-Cup-2013archive-date=7 July 2020accessdate=20 May 2020date=7 December 2013}}5th
url=https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/Previous-Events/Nations-Cup-2014title=Nations Cup 2014publisher=www.netball.org.sgarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710130123/https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/Previous-Events/Nations-Cup-2014archive-date=10 July 2020accessdate=20 May 2020date=13 December 2014}}6th
url=http://www.netball.org.sg/netball-events/competitions-international/item/1110-mission-foods-nations-cup-2016archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306040657/http://www.netball.org.sg/netball-events/competitions-international/item/1110-mission-foods-nations-cup-2016url-status=deadarchive-date=6 March 2017title=Mission Foods Nations Cup 2016publisher=www.netball.org.sgaccessdate=20 May 2020}}5th
url=https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/International/Mission-Foods-Nations-Cup-2017title=Mission Foods Nations Cup 2017publisher=www.netball.org.sgarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001122722/https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/International/Mission-Foods-Nations-Cup-2017archive-date=1 October 2020accessdate=20 May 2020date=11 December 2017}}4th
url=https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/International/M1-Nations-Cup-2019title=M1 Nations Cup 2019publisher=www.netball.org.sgarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025103709/https://www.netball.org.sg/Events/International/M1-Nations-Cup-2019archive-date=25 October 2021accessdate=24 September 2025date=26 October 2019}}5th
url=https://gsport.co.za/unbeaten-botswana-win-first-netball-nations-cup/title=Unbeaten Botswana Win First Netball Nations Cuppublisher=gsport.co.zadate=13 December 2022access-date=11 March 2025}}4th
url=https://central.rookieme.com/netball/ireland-announces-nations-cup-squad/publisher=central.rookieme.comarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820092625/https://central.rookieme.com/netball/ireland-announces-nations-cup-squad/title=Ireland announces Nations Cup squadarchive-date=20 August 2024accessdate=24 September 2025date=20 August 2024}}4th

Notable players

Current squad

Source:

Captains

CaptainsYears
Jane Digby1979
Kathleen Dunleavy1987, 1991
url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20354001.htmltitle=Meet some of Ireland's unsung sporting heroespublisher=www.irishexaminer.comaccessdate=25 September 2025date=16 September 2015}}2012–202x
url=https://netball.sport/job-opportunity-director-of-coaching-elite-netball-hong-kong-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-3-2-2-4-2-3-3/publisher=World Netballarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508014828/https://netball.sport/job-opportunity-director-of-coaching-elite-netball-hong-kong-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-3-2-2-4-2-3-3/title=Hosts Wales Netball win Quad Series unbeatenarchive-date=8 May 2024accessdate=25 September 2025date=17 January 2022}}202x–

Source:

Former players

  • Tania Rosser, Ireland women's rugby union international

Head Coaches

CoachYears
Joanne Moles1979
Rosemary Mayes1991
Jean Watson1995
Teresa Gillespie

Source:

Honours

  • Europe Netball Open Challenge
    • Winners: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022
    • Runners Up: 2016, 2023

References

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