Debbie Fuller (netball)
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| Full name | Debbie Fuller (née Matoe) | |||||||||||||
| Netball career | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s): GD, GK, WD | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | Canterbury Flames | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Capital Shakers | |||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 1993–96 |
 New Zealand | |||||||||||||
| Coaching career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team(s) | |||||||||||||
| 2011–12, 2014–16 | Northern Mystics | |||||||||||||
| 2018–present |
New Zealand (asst) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated: 22 July 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Debbie Fuller (née Matoe) is a New Zealand netball coach and former international netball player. Fuller was a defender in the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, from 1993 to 1996, during which time she competed at the 1995 Netball World Championships in Birmingham.[1] Fuller retired from the Silver Ferns after 1996, spending a year in Argentina. She returned for the 1997 provincial season, and the following year captained Canterbury in the inaugural National Bank Cup.[2] Fuller moved to the Capital Shakers in 1999, playing with the Wellington-based side until her retirement in 2002.[3]
After coaching stints in Wellington and the Bay of Plenty, Fuller accepted a position as a defensive coach with the ANZ Championship side the Northern Mystics for the 2009 season, under new head coach Te Aroha Keenan.[4] She was promoted to assistant coach of the Auckland-based team the following year. Keenan departed the Mystics after the 2010 season, with Fuller being appointed as the Mystics head coach for 2011.[5] She continued in the role until 2016, while taking a year off in 2014.[6] In 2018 Fuller was appointed as assistant head coach of the Silver Ferns, under head coach and former teammate Noeline Taurua.[7][8] During her time as assistant coach, the Silver Ferns won both the 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series and the 2019 Netball World Cup tournaments.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ferns take on the world". The Dominion Post. 17 July 1995. p. TV3.
- ^ Dunbar, Tim (27 March 1998). "Matoe refreshed and ready to fire". The Press. p. 21.
- ^ Bleach, Keiran (31 May 2002). "Matoe closes one chapter to start another". The Dominion Post. p. 21.
- ^ Johannsen, Dana (18 November 2008). "Fuller joins Mystics in bid to outsmart Australians". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ Johannsen, Dana (13 July 2010). "Fuller waits in the wings for Mystics". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ Johannsen, Dana (7 June 2016). "Mystics coach steps down". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Debbie Fuller to assist Silver Ferns". Stuff.co.nz. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ a b McFadden, Suzanne (12 July 2019). "Old roomies Noeline Taurua and Debbie Fuller bring new verve to Silver Ferns". Stuff.co.nz (republished from Locker Room). Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ Egan, Brendon (22 July 2019). "Netball World Cup: Silver Ferns upset Australia to capture title". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 July 2019.