Gene Solia-Gibb

Gerardine Nafanua Solia-Gibb (born 16 October 1983)[1] is a Samoan New Zealander netball and rugby player who has represented Samoa internationally in both sports, including at the Commonwealth Games. She is the sister of netball player Frances Solia.[2]

Solia-Gibb is from Wainuiomata and was educated at St Mary's College, Wellington.[2] She works as a fibre-optic cable installer.[3] She played netball for the Capital Shakers and Central Pulse.[4] She was selected for the Samoa national netball team for the 2006 Commonwealth Games,[5] and the 2007 World Netball Championships.[6][7] She was co-captain alongside Brooke Amber Williams for the 2019 Netball World Cup.[8]

In 2016 she was selected for the Samoa women's national rugby sevens team to play against New Zealand and the Cook Islands.[2] In November 2020 she was selected for the Samoa women's national rugby union team for the 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifying repecharge match against Tonga.[9]

References

1. "Gene Nafanua Solia-Gibb". Netball Central. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
2. Nicholas Boyack (16 June 2016). "Former netballer and mum of four selected to represent Manu Sina Samoa". Stuff. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
3. Thomas Airey (28 December 2018). "Mother of five topping the charts in netball training". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
4. "Parata laments lack of accuracy". Stuff. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
5. Dan Whitfield (2 May 2018). "Mum of many talents". Wainuiomata News. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 21 July 2022 – via issu.
6. "Netball: The rest of the world minnows chase rankings". New Zealand Herald. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
7. "Top netters in Samoa WNC side". Fiji Times. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2022 – via PressReader.
8. Thomas Airey (30 May 2019). "Netball World Cup squad train in Sydney". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
9. "Manusina Announces Squad for World Cup Repechage". Samoa Global News. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2022.