Renae Ingles

Renae Ingles (née Hallinan) (born 18 July 1986 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian netballer.

Renae Ingles
Personal information
Full name Renae Ingles (née Hallinan)
Born (1986-07-18) 18 July 1986
Sydney, NSW
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, 2018-2019 Melbourne Vixens
Years National team(s) Caps
2006-07 Australian Under 21
2009-2017 Australian Netball Diamonds 57
Last updated: 1 May 2010

Career

Ingles has primarily been a wing-defence and centre player. She started her career with the Melbourne Phoenix and played with them for five seasons in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, before joining 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 title. She moved to the Adelaide Thunderbirds for the 2012 and 2013 season. She stayed with the Thunderbirds until announcing 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] Ingles announced her retirement from netball at the end of the 2019 season.[4]

Ingles' international career has been impressive. 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] She finished her career with 67 tests for Australia.[4]

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.[5] She subsequently gave birth to twins in Melbourne.[6]

References

  1. "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. "17-strong Diamonds squad named for International Test Series". Netball Australia. 15 July 2018.
  4. "Renae Ingles Announces Her Retirement At Season's End". Super Netball. 15 August 2019.
  5. http://netball.com.au/ingles-career-taking-a-pregnant-pause/
  6. MacMahon, Tim (2 March 2018). "Average Joe Ingles is anything but for the Utah Jazz". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018. Ingles received significant interest from other teams... But he never seriously considered leaving Utah, a second home for his family, which now includes 20-month-old twins Jacob and Milla.
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