Scotland national netball team

The Scotland national netball team represents Scotland in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the European Netball Championship and the Netball Singapore Nations Cup. Scotland also effectively competes in the Netball Superleague. Between 2008 and 2011 they played as Glasgow Wildcats. Since 2017 they have played as the Sirens. As of 21 July 2019, Scotland are 8th in the INF World Rankings.[1]

Scotland

Nickname(s)	Scottish Thistles
Association	Netball Scotland
Confederation	Netball Europe
Head coach	Tamsin Greenway
Captain	Claire Maxwell
INF ranking	8
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First international
England  25 – 3  Scotland (Played in 1949)
World Championships
2019 placing	11th
Best result	6th (1971, 1975, 1983)
Commonwealth Games
2018 placing	9th

Tournament history

Netball World Cup

Scotland have competed in every Netball World Cup tournament, except in 2011 when they failed to qualify. The highest position they have finished is 6th which they achieved on three occasions – 1971, 1975 and 1983.

Tournaments	Place
1963 World Netball Championships [2]	8th
1967 World Netball Championships [3]	7th
1971 World Netball Championships [4]	6th
1975 World Netball Championships [5]	6th
1979 World Netball Championships [6]	17th
1983 World Netball Championships [7]	6th
1987 World Netball Championships [8]	9th
1991 World Netball Championships [9]	9th
1995 World Netball Championships [10]	22nd
1999 World Netball Championships [11]	20th
2003 World Netball Championships [12]	15th
2007 World Netball Championships [13]	14th
2015 Netball World Cup [14][15][16]	12th
2019 Netball World Cup [17][18][19][20][21][22]	11th

Commonwealth Games

Tournaments	Place
2014 Commonwealth Games [23][24]	9th
2018 Commonwealth Games [25][26][27][28]	9th

European Netball Championship

2006 Scotland national netball team

Scotland have played regularly in the European Netball Championship. Their best performances came in 2014 and when they finished second.

Tournaments	Place
2005 European Netball Championship [29]
2006 European Netball Championship [30]
2007 European Netball Championship [31]
2010 European Netball Championship [32]
2011 European Netball Championship [33]	4th
2012 European Netball Championship [34]	4th
2013 European Netball Championship [35]	4th
2014 European Netball Championship [36]
2015 European Netball Championship [37]	6th
2016 European Netball Championship [38]
2017 European Netball Championship [39]

Netball Singapore Nations Cup

Scotland have finished as runners up in two Netball Singapore Nations Cup tournaments.

Tournaments	Place
2006 Nations Cup [40]
2009 Nations Cup [41][42]
2010 Nations Cup [43][44]

Netball Superleague

Scotland effectively competes in the Netball Superleague. Between 2008 and 2011 they played as Glasgow Wildcats. One of the main aims of forming the Glasgow Wildcats franchise was to help Scotland prepare for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which were hosted in Glasgow. Denise Holland was subsequently appointed joint head coach of both the Wildcats and Scotland. [45][46][47] Since 2017 they have played as the Sirens. [48] Gail Parata served as the joint head coach of both Sirens and Scotland. [49][50] At the 2019 Netball World Cup, eleven of the Scotland squad were Sirens players. [17]

Recent squads

2019 Netball World Cup squad

Scotland – 2019 Netball World Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Emma Barrie GS, GK 13 April 2002 (aged 17) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Sirens Kelly Boyle WA, C 11 May 1996 (aged 23) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Sirens Lynsey Gallagher GS, GA, WA 20 May 1992 (aged 27) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Sirens Ella Gibbons GD, GK 24 November 1994 (aged 24) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Sirens Bethan Goodwin GS, GA 4 July 1999 (aged 20) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Sirens Claire Maxwell (c) C, WD 10 August 1988 (aged 30) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Sirens Niamh McCall GA, WA 28 April 2000 (aged 19) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sirens Nicola McCleery WA, C 12 October 1995 (aged 23) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Sirens Sarah MacPhail GD, WD, C 8 August 1997 (aged 21) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sirens Hayley Mulheron GK, GD 27 April 1986 (aged 33) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Sirens Emily Nicholl GD, WD 24 May 1994 (aged 25) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Sirens Lauren Tait GK, GD, WD 10 August 1996 (aged 22) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Glasgow Saltires	Head coach Gail Parata Assistant coach Jill Fullarton Lesley MacDonald Manager: Karen McElveen Physiotherapist: Sarah Chambers Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website	Last updated: 18 May 2020

Source:[17][18]

2018 Commonwealth Games squad

The following was the Scotland roster at the netball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Scotland – 2018 Commonwealth Games roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Claire Brownie (c) C, WD 10 August 1988 (aged 29) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) UWS Sirens Fiona Fowler GD, GK 18 April 1990 (aged 27) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Adelaide Thunderbirds Lynsey Gallagher GS, GA, WA 20 May 1992 (aged 25) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) UWS Sirens Ella Gibbons GD, GK 24 November 1994 (aged 23) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) UWS Sirens Bethan Goodwin GS, GA 4 July 1999 (aged 18) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) UWS Sirens Niamh McCall GA, WA 28 April 2000 (aged 17) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) East Kilbride Nicola McCleery WA, C 12 October 1995 (aged 22) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) UWS Sirens Hayley Mulheron GK, GD 27 April 1986 (aged 31) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Team Northumbria Samantha Murphy C, WA, WD 29 July 1991 (aged 26) 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) UWS Sirens Emily Nicholl GD, WD 24 May 1994 (aged 23) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) UWS Sirens Joanne Pettitt GS, GA 21 May 1995 (aged 22) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) UWS Sirens Bethany Sutherland WD, GD 22 April 1997 (aged 20) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) UWS Sirens	Head coach Gail Parata Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club Injured

Source:[51][52]

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Mary Ann Cosgrove [11]	1999
Anne Clark [12]	c. 2003–2008
Denise Holland [45][46][53]	2008–2012
Gail Parata [49][50]	2016–2019
Tamsin Greenway [54][55][56][57][58]	2020–

Honours

• Netball Singapore Nations Cup
  • Runner up: 2009, 2010
• European Netball Championship
  • Runner up: 2014

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