Joanne Morgan (netball)

Joanne Morgan (born 13 September 1974) is an Australian netball player. Morgan was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She was Captain for the Sydney Sandpipers and Captain of NSW and also a member of the Queensland Firebirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy,^[1] with a stint in the New Zealand National Bank Cup in 2004, playing for the Western Flyers. Morgan continued to play with the Firebirds with the start of the ANZ Championship in 2008.^[2] During her time with the Sydney Sandpipers and the Queensland Firebirds, Morgan scored more than 4000 goals and is the third highest goal scorer of all time (behind Catherine Cox and Sharelle McMahon).^[3] Morgan is also a former Australian international, playing one test against New Zealand in 1996 in Adelaide.^[4] After being dropped from the Firebirds following the 2008 season,^[5] she initially signed though with the Canterbury Tactix franchise in New Zealand. However, her position in that team was rejected by Netball New Zealand.^[6] She was also considered for the Southern Steel in 2009 to replace former international Jenny May Coffin, who retired due to work commitments, but Morgan was not signed. Morgan continued to play in the Queensland State League for the Golden South Jaguars and in 2015 played National League once again as an import player for the Northern Territory Storm. Morgan currently works as a high school physical education teacher at Helensvale State High School on the Gold Coast. She is also a Queensland State managerial

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