title: Giants Netball Academy
text: # Giants Netball Academy
  
  GIANTS Netball Academy is an Australian netball team that represents Netball New South Wales in the Australian Netball League. The team was originally formed in 2016 as a partnership between Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball. Between 2017 and 2019 they played in the ANL as Canberra GIANTS. They were grand finalists in 2018. In 2019, Netball ACT and Giants Netball ended their partnership and the latter relaunched the team as the Giants Netball Academy. Netball ACT subsequently formed a new ANL team, Capital Darters.
  
  ## History
  
  ### Canberra Giants
  
  In late 2016, Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball formed a partnership in order to enter a team in the Australian Netball League. Canberra Giants subsequently replaced Canberra Darters as Netball ACT's ANL franchise. Between 2017 and 2019, Giants played in the ANL. With a team captained by Taylah Davies and featuring Maddie Hay, Teigan O'Shannassy and Amy Parmenter, Giants reached the 2018 ANL grand final but lost to Tasmanian Magpies.
  
  ### GIANTS Netball Academy
  
  In September 2019 it was announced that Netball ACT, Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball had ended their partnership. It was also announced that Netball ACT and Giants Netball would be entering separate teams in the Australian Netball League from 2020. Netball New South Wales and Giants Netball subsequently launched the Giants Netball Academy. Netball ACT subsequently formed a new ANL team, Capital Darters.
  
  ## ANL Grand finals
  
  | Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up | Venue |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2018 | Tasmanian Magpies | 54–53 | Canberra GIANTS | AIS Arena |
  
  Source:
  
  ## Home venues
  
  During the 2019 ANL season Canberra Giants played their home matches at the SolarHub ACT Netball Centre and the Genea Netball Centre.
  
  ## Notable players
  
  ### 2020 squad
  
  **Notes**
  
  * ^1 Toni Anderson, Latika Tombs, Matisse Letherbarrow, Clare Iongi and Claire O'Brien are training partners with Giants Netball.
  
  Source:
  
  ### Giants Netball
  
  * Kiera Austin
  * Taylah Davies
  * Maddie Hay
  * Teigan O'Shannassy
  * Amy Parmenter
  
  Source:
  
  ## Head coaches
  
  | Coach | Years |
  | - | - |
  | Sharyn Hill / Maria Lynch | 2017–2018 |
  | Melinda Clarke | 2018–2019 |
  | Rebecca Bulley | 2019–2021 |
  
  ## Premierships
  
  * Australian Netball League
     * Runners up: 2018: 1
  