Te Paea Selby-Rickit
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Te Paea Selby-Rickit is a New Zealand netball
player, who plays for the Southern Steel
in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship
. Te Paea Selby-Rickit comes from a sporting family. Her two sisters both play netball, including Pulse defender Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit. Her father, Hud Saunders-Rickit, is a former All Black lock.
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
player, who plays for the Southern Steel
Southern Steel
The Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The franchise was formed as an amalgamation of two teams from the National Bank Cup, the Dunedin-based Otago Rebels and the Invercargill-based Southern Sting...
in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship
ANZ Championship
The ANZ Championship is the pre-eminent netball league in the world. The competition is held annually between April and July, comprising 69 matches played over 17 weeks. It is contested by ten teams, five from Australia and five from New Zealand...
. Te Paea Selby-Rickit comes from a sporting family. Her two sisters both play netball, including Pulse defender Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit. Her father, Hud Saunders-Rickit, is a former All Black lock.