Amanda Newton is an English netball

Netball

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 player. Throughout her career, Newton has played mostly goal defence (GD) but also wing defence (WD).

Newton debuted for the English national team

England national netball team

The England national netball team represent England in international netball competition. The team are presently co-captained by Karen Atkinson and Sonia Mkoloma, and were coached by Australian Sue Hawkins through to the end of the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore...

 in 1996 against Jamaica

The Sunshine Girls (team)

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. Newton first captained the national team in 2003 in a test series against Jamaica. But later that year she ruptured her cruciate ligament

Cruciate ligament

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, and was absent from the national team until 2005. Newton assumed the role of England captain in 2006, leading the England team in the 2007 Netball World Championships

2007 Netball World Championships

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. In June 2008, Newton announced that she was stepping down as England captain and from the England team. During her time in the England national team she won two bronze medals, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

1998 Commonwealth Games

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 and the 1999 Netball World Championships

1999 Netball World Championships

The 1999 World Netball Championships was the tenth staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1999 tournament was held in Christchurch, New Zealand and was contested by 24 teams. All matches were held at the Westpac...

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In domestic netball, Newton has recently played with the Mavericks in the Super League.