Brooke Williams (netball)

Brooke Amber Williams (born 23 December 1982)[1] is a New Zealand netball player who plays as a centre and wing attack.[1] She has represented Samoa internationally as part of the Samoa national netball team. She is married to rugby league player Sione Lousi.[2]

Williams played for the Western Flyers in the National Bank Cup.[3] In 2019, she moved to Townsville, Australia, with her partner, Sione Lousi, and began playing for the Northern Rays in the HART Sapphire Series.[4][5]

Williams was part of the Samaon team for the 2007 World Netball Championships in Auckland,[6][7] and later for the 2015 Netball World Cup.[8] She was part of the bronze medal-winning Samoan team at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby. She co-captained Samoa at the 2019 Netball World Cup alongside Gene Solia-Gibb,[9][10] and retired from international netball after that tournament.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Brooke Amber Williams". Netball Central. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b Nick Wright (5 April 2020). "Blackhawk admires Warriors' sacrifices". Townsville Bulletin – via EBSCOHost. After representing Samoa at the 2019 Netball World Cup she drew the curtain on her international career.
  3. ^ Andrew Still (14 November 2006). "Flyers coach names 15 players in initial squad". Manawatu Standard. p. 18 – via EBSCOHost.
  4. ^ "Townsville move pays off for pair". Townsville Bulletin. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2022 – via PressReader.
  5. ^ Trent Slatter (20 December 2018). "Rays make first signings for netball's crowning jewel". Daily Mercury – via EBSCOHost.
  6. ^ "Netball: Nothing to lose for underdog Islanders". New Zealand Herald. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Netball: The rest of the world minnows chase rankings". New Zealand Herald. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Naoupu sister act to play for Samoa at Netball World Cup". Fiji Times. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Netball Samoa prepares to go the distance". Netball Australia. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  10. ^ Thomas Airey (30 May 2019). "Netball World Cup squad train in Sydney". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2022.


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