{{short description|Australia netball international}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox netball biography |name = Jacqui Delaney |image = |caption = |fullname = Jacqui Delaney |maidenname = |birth_date = c. {{birth year and age|1975}} <ref name="scd160610">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/farewell-glory-days-team-sport-teaches-commitment-/555105/|title=Farewell to glory days of netball|publisher=www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au|date=16 June 2010|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="age120303">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/thunderbirds-back-delaney-in-residency-row-20030312-gdvd35.html|title=Thunderbirds back Delaney in residency row|publisher=www.theage.com.au|date=12 March 2003|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref> |birth_place = South Australia<ref name="diamondsdelaney">{{cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/player/jacqui-delaney|title=Jacqui Delaney|publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|accessdate=21 September 2020}}</ref> |height = |school = |university = |occupation = |relatives = |spouse = Roger Delaney |children = |positions = GA, WA |clubyears1 = 1996 |clubteam1 = Contax |clubyears3 = 1997–2003 |clubteam3 = Adelaide Thunderbirds |clubapps3 = 95 |nationalyears1 = 1997–2002 |nationalteam1 = Australia |nationalcaps1 = 21 |coachyears1 = 2004–2005 |coachteam1 = Fairfield City-Sydney University Lions |coachyears2 = 201x– |coachteam2 = GSLC Netball Academy |medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{nb|Australia}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Netball Championships}} {{MedalGold|1999 Christchurch|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2002 Manchester|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Youth Netball Championships}} {{MedalGold|1996 Toronto|Team}} }}
'''Jacqui Delaney''' is a former Australia netball international. Between 1997 and 2002 she made 21 senior appearances for Australia. Delaney was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the 1999 World Netball Championships and the 2002 Commonwealth Games. At club level, Delaney played for Contax in both the South Australia state league and the Mobil Superleague and for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. She was a member of the Thunderbirds squad won two premierships and grand finals in 1998 and 1999.
==Early life and family== Delaney is originally from South Australia and grew up in the Murray River towns of Berri and Murray Bridge. In her youth, she played basketball before switching to netball at 15. She is married to Roger Delaney, the former Australian rules footballer. They have three children, Yasmine (b. 1998) and twins, Cooper and Jada (born c.2006). The Delaneys settled in Sydney and then the Sunshine Coast. They live and work in the Coolum Beach/Peregian Beach/Noosa district.<ref name="scd160610"/><ref name="age120303"/><ref name="diamondsdelaney"/><ref name="noosanews271218">{{Cite web|url=https://www.noosanews.com.au/news/roger-living-another-port-dream-here-in-noosa/3610137/|title=Roger living another Port dream here in Noosa|publisher=www.noosanews.com.au|date=27 December 2018|accessdate=26 November 2020}}</ref>
==Playing career== ===Contax=== Delaney played for Contax in both the South Australia state league and the Mobil Superleague. In 1996 she was a member of the Contax team that won the state league premiership.<ref name="contax050812">{{Cite web|url=https://www.contax.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ETSA-Contax-60th-Year-History-Booklet-5-August-2012-final-27072012-2.pdf|title=60 Years of "Netball at its best!"|publisher=www.contax.net.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106035909/https://www.contax.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ETSA-Contax-60th-Year-History-Booklet-5-August-2012-final-27072012-2.pdf|archive-date=6 November 2020|date=5 August 2012|accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="slsa0996">{{cite web|url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+72516/53|title=Netball in South Australia: photographs|publisher=slsa.sa.gov.au|work=State Library of South Australia|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="netballscoop1985963">{{Cite web|url=https://netballscoop.com/forums/topic/esso-superleague-1985-1990/page/3/|title=Esso/Mobil Superleague 1985-1996 (page 3)|publisher=netballscoop.com|accessdate=30 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="contaxaustralia">{{Cite web|url=https://www.contax.net.au/australian-selections/|title=Australian Selections|publisher=www.contax.net.au|accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="pressreader170512">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-advertiser/20120517/282265252465012|title=Club holds all the aces|via=PressReader|work=The Advertiser|date=17 May 2012|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref>
===Adelaide Thunderbirds=== Between 1997 and 2003, Delaney made 95 senior appearances for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Together with Kathryn Harby-Williams, Peta Squire and Alex Hodge, she was a member of the Thunderbirds squad won two premierships and grand finals in 1998 and 1999. In the 1999 grand final against Adelaide Ravens, she was named the Player of the Match after scoring 38 goals with an 85% accuracy rate. She was also named the Commonwealth Bank Trophy MVP in both 1999 and 2001.<ref name="diamondsdelaney"/><ref name="abc160104">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-01-16/delaney-takes-on-coaching-role/121158|title=Delaney takes on coaching role|publisher=www.abc.net.au|date=16 January 2004|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="thunderbirdshistory">{{cite web|url=https://adelaidethunderbirds.com.au/history|title=Adelaide Thunderbirds – History|publisher=adelaidethunderbirds.com.au|accessdate=18 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="anz1810">{{Cite web|url=http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/extra_id_1810_OrgID_628.html|title=Commonwealth Bank Trophy Team History|publisher=www.anz-championship.com|accessdate=17 October 2020|archive-date=23 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023213820/http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/extra_id_1810_OrgID_628.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="anz757">{{Cite web|url=http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/extra_id_757_OrgID_628.html|title=Past Players & Support Staff|publisher=www.anz-championship.com|accessdate=17 October 2020|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026212711/http://www.anz-championship.com/thunderbirds_subdomain/extra_id_757_OrgID_628.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> During her playing career, Delaney made headlines for being "unintentionally controversial". During 1997 she continued to play while pregnant. In 2003 she successfully challenged Netball Australia's residential requirement and continued to play for Thunderbirds even after she and her family relocated to Sydney for work reasons.<ref name="scd160610"/><ref name="age120303"/><ref name="smh010403">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/sydney-thunderbird-cleared-for-take-off-with-strings-attached-20030401-gdgj1b.html|title=Sydney Thunderbird cleared for take-off with strings attached|publisher=www.smh.com.au|date=1 April 2003|accessdate=25 November 2020}}</ref>
===Australia=== Between 1997 and 2002, Delaney made 21 senior appearances for Australia. She was a member of the Australia team that won the 1996 World Youth Netball Championships. She made her senior debut for Australia on 6 June 1997. She was subsequently a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the 1999 World Netball Championships and the 2002 Commonwealth Games.<ref name="diamondsdelaney"/>
{| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Tournaments ! Place |- |1996 World Youth Netball Championships<ref name="diamondsdelaney"/><ref name="1996todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_Youth_1996.html|title=Women Netball III World Youth Cup 1996 Toronto|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=10 November 2021}}</ref>||{{gold01}} |- |1999 World Netball Championships<ref name="ausnwc">{{Cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05192322/WorldCup_History.pdf|title=Australia at the Netball World Cup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026074707/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05192322/WorldCup_History.pdf|archive-date=26 October 2020|accessdate=26 August 2020|publisher=Netball Australia}}</ref><ref name="1999todor66">{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1999.html#Teams_Composition|title=Women Netball X World Championship 1999 Christchurch|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="sahof2014">{{Cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/award-winner/1999-australian-netball-team-netball-1999/|title=1999 Australian Netball Team – Sport Australia Hall of Fame|publisher=sahof.org.au|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>||{{gold01}} |- |2002 Commonwealth Games<ref name="bbc280702">{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/low/other_sports/netball/newsid_2157000/2157745.stm|title=Australia accept Kiwi challenge|publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021002042807/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/low/other_sports/netball/newsid_2157000/2157745.stm|archive-date=2 October 2002|date=28 July 2002|url-status=live|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="commonwealthdelaney">{{Cite web|url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/athletes/jacqui-delaney/|title=Jacqui Delaney|date=19 June 2020 |publisher=commonwealthgames.com.au|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref>||{{gold01}} |- |}
==Coach== In 2004 Delaney was appointed head coach of the Fairfield City-Sydney University Lions team in the New South Wales State League.<ref name="scd160610"/><ref name="abc160104"/><ref name="sydneyedu050704">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=236|title=Netballers well placed to shoot for finals berth|publisher=www.sydney.edu.au|date=5 July 2004|accessdate=26 November 2020|archive-date=9 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109205752/http://www.sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=236|url-status=dead}}</ref> She later became the head netball coach at Good Shepherd Lutheran College.<ref name="gslc149">{{Cite web|url=https://www3.gslc.qld.edu.au/pageview.aspx?pageid=149|title=GSLC Netball Academy|publisher=Good Shepherd Lutheran College|accessdate=25 November 2020|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204120533/https://www3.gslc.qld.edu.au/pageview.aspx?pageid=149|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Australia *'''World Netball Championships''' **''Winners'': 1999 *'''Commonwealth Games''' **''Winners'': 2002 ;Adelaide Thunderbirds *'''Commonwealth Bank Trophy''' **''Winners'': 1998, 1999 **''Runners Up'': 1997 ;Contax *'''South Australia State League''' **''Winners'': 1996
==References== {{Reflist|3}}
{{Australia squad at the 1999 World Netball Championships}} {{2002 Commonwealth Games Australia netball team squad}}
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