Collingwood Magpies vice captain Shae Brown and veteran shooter Erin Bell have today announced their retirements from professional netball.
With over 250 national league games between them, the players informed teammates and staff this afternoon that the 2018 season would be their last.
Brown played 100 games for the West Coast Fever after joining the club in the inaugural ANZ Championship season before returning home to Melbourne to be with the Magpies.
“I want to thank the Collingwood Magpies and my former club, the West Coast Fever, for giving me this amazing opportunity to play the game that I love at the highest level for over a decade,” Brown said.
“I have loved the comradery and the competitiveness, but most of all, I’ve loved playing with my teammates and this group that we’ve had here at the Pies.
“I will miss my teammates and my Magpie family, but the time is right for me now to step away and let the next group of young stars shine and take this team forward,” she said.
Bell became the first player to win three Premierships in the ANZ Championship and captained the Adelaide Thunderbirds in her final two seasons with the club. The 31-year-old also boasts two Netball World Cup gold medals with the Australian Diamonds.
She joined Collingwood for the 2018 season as one of Australian netball’s most decorated goalers.
“I’ve been on this amazing journey for 15 years and I’m excited to start a new chapter of my life away from netball,” Bell said.
“At the Swifts, the Thunderbirds and now the Pies, I’ve played with some incredible teammates, played under some great coaches and have experienced the highs and lows that netball has to offer, and I feel very lucky to have been a part of this great sport," she said.
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