Renae Ingles

Renae Ingles
Personal information
Full name Renae Ingles (née Renae Hallinan)
Born (1986-07-18) 18 July 1986
Melbourne, Victoria
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
School Mater Christi College
Carey Baptist Grammar School
University La Trobe University
Spouse Joe Ingles (m. 2015)
Children 2
Netball career
Playing position(s): C, WD
Years Club team(s) Apps
2003-2007 Melbourne Phoenix 43
2008–2011 Adelaide Thunderbirds 53
2012-13 Melbourne Vixens
Years National team(s) Caps
2006-07 Australian Under 21
2009-2017 Australian Netball Diamonds 57
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Netball Series
2009 ManchesterFastnet
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowNetball
2010 DelhiNetball
Netball World Championships
2015 AustraliaNetball
Last updated: 1 May 2010

Renae Ingles (née Hallinan) (born 18 July 1986 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian netballer. Primarily a wing-defence and centre player, Ingles has been a member of the Australian national team and played in the ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball for the Adelaide Thunderbirds and Melbourne Vixens before her retirement in 2017.[2] She returned to netball mid-way through the following year for Melbourne Vixens and was later selected in the Australian Diamonds squad for the 2018/19 international season.[3]

Domestic career

She started her career with the Melbourne Phoenix and played with them for 5 seasons in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. Ingles then joined the Melbourne Vixens in 2008 in the new ANZ Championships. In 2009, she was an integral member of the Melbourne Vixens lineup that won the Vixens' first ANZ Championship Premiership over the Adelaide Thunderbirds. In July 2011, it was announced that she would be joining the Adelaide Thunderbirds for the 2012 and 2013 season.

International career

In 2002 Ingles's Australian career began by captaining the Under 16 national team. In 2006-07 she was part of the Australian Under 21 team. In 2008 Ingles joined the Australian National Squad for the first time but failed to make the top 12. In 2009 Ingles received the International Player of the Year. In 2013 Ingles had a stand out year in both the ANZ Championships and on the International State. This earnt her International Player of the Year and the Liz Ellis Diamond.

Ingles's consistently brilliant performances in the 2009 ANZ Championship Season caught the eye of national coach Norma Plummer, earning her her first selection in the nation’s top 12. she made her much anticipated international debut for the Australian Diamonds against New Zealand in September 2009,[1] owning the wing defence position for the entire international season. Her performances on the world stage were so impressive that she was awarded the 2009 International Player of the Year Award. She was selected in the Australian Diamonds squad for the 2018/19 international season.[3]

Major achievements

  • Australian Diamonds Commonwealth Games Team 2014 (Gold Medalists)
  • Liz Ellis Diamond Winner 2013
  • Australian Diamonds International Player of the Year 2013
  • Tanya Denver Award 2013
  • Adelaide Thunderbirds Premiership 2013
  • Australian 2010 Commonwealth Games Team (Silver medalists)
  • Australian Diamonds International Player of the Year 2009
  • Melbourne Vixens Premiership 2009
  • Vixens Excellence in Life & Sport Award 2009
  • Vixens Coaches’ Award 2009

Personal life

In August 2014 she announced via Twitter that she would be marrying basketballer Joe Ingles. On 29 August 2015 the couple wed at Bird in Hand Winery in Adelaide.

In January 2016, Ingles announced she would not play in the 2016 season as she was pregnant.[4] She subsequently gave birth to twins in Melbourne.

References

  1. 1 2 "Renae Ingles". netball.com.au. Netball Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. ↑ MacMahon, Tim (2 March 2018). "Average Joe Ingles is anything but for the Utah Jazz". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 "17-strong Diamonds squad named for International Test Series". Netball Australia. 15 July 2018.
  4. ↑ http://netball.com.au/ingles-career-taking-a-pregnant-pause/


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