Full name Paige Hadley Occupation Student | Name Paige Hadley Height 1.73 m | |
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Paige Amber Hadley (born 26 August 1992) is an Australian international netballer. Primarily a wing attack and centre player, Hadley is a member of the Australian national team and plays in the ANZ Championship for the NSW Swifts.
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- Career
- ANZ Championship accolades
- National Representation
- Netball Career Facts
- References
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Career
Born in Sydney, Hadley was a Penrith District Netball Association junior. She signed with the NSW Swifts for the 2013 ANZ Championship following seven appearances for the team in 2012 as an injury replacement player.
Paige has represented NSW at National Netball Championships throughout the 17/U, 19/U and 21/U age groups, winning numerous titles, including the 2012 21/U National Netball Championship crown alongside fellow 2013 NSW Swifts recruit Melissa Tallent.
A dynamic midcourter, Paige rose to prominence in the Australian Netball League, as an injury replacement player for the Netball NSW Blues in 2010, before being named in the Netball NSW Waratahs 2011 team, helping the team to its maiden ANL title.
Paige took up a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport in 2012, and in addition to making her ANZ Championship debut for the NSW Swifts – when called into the side as a temporary replacement player, she was named in the Australian 21/U team.
During her first ANZ Championship season as a contracted player in 2013, Paige was named in the Australian 21/U Team for the 2013 World Youth Netball Championships, and following the conclusion of the domestic season, was selected in her first Australian Diamonds Squad. Her 2013 ANZ Championship season was capped off with winning the first NSW Swifts Coaches' Award.
Continuing an incredible year in 2013, Paige was named in her first Australian Diamonds side, and made her senior international debut on Wednesday 16 October when she entered the game at WA at halftime, helping the Diamonds defeat the Malawi Queens 83-34 in Wollongong.
In just her second game for the Australian Diamonds (v Malawi Queens, 19 October), Paige was named the game Most Valuable Player.
On Sunday 20 October 2013 Paige capped off a good year by being named Australian 21/U Player of the Year at the Australian Netball Awards held on the Gold Coast.
On Thursday 6 March 2014, after helping the Swifts to victory in Round 1 of the 2014 ANZ Championship, Paige suffered ruptured her left anterior cruciate ligament at training and was ruled out of the remainder of the 2014 season. She made a successful comeback from the injury in 2015.