Cardiff Dragons (netball)

Celtic Dragons were formed in 2005 and were named as the Wales franchise in the new Netball Superleague. Together with Brunel Hurricanes, Galleria Mavericks, Leeds Carnegie, Loughborough Lightning, Northern Thunder, Team Bath and Team Northumbria, Dragons were founder members of the league.^[2][3] Their best performance in the Superleague came in 2013 when they finished as runners up to Team Bath.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Playing as Celtic Flames, Celtic Dragons played in the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club. The Celtic Flames squad featured past and present Dragons players, including Chelsea Lewis and Nia Jones, and two guest players, Anna Thompson and Temalisi Fakahokotau of Mainland Tactix. Both were also New Zealand internationals.^{[9][10][11][12][13]} Flames finished in fifth place, ahead of all other invited international teams outside Australia and New Zealand.^[14][15]

Cardiff Dragons work in partnership with both the Welsh Netball Association and the Wales national netball team. Melissa Hyndman, Trish Wilcox and Julie Hoornweg all served as joint head coach of both Dragons and Wales.^{[16][17][18][19]} At the 2018 Commonwealth Games eleven of the squad were Dragons players and the twelfth, Chelsea Lewis was a former player.^[20][21][22]

Dragons' current home venue is the Cardiff City House of Sport, located adjacent to the Cardiff City Stadium, having moved to the 1100-seat venue in 2022.^[24] Until 2022 Dragons played the majority of their home Netball Superleague games at Sport Wales National Centre in Sophia Gardens.^[25][26] They also train and play some home games at Cardiff Metropolitan University.^[27][28] They have also occasionally played home games at Wrexham Glyndŵr University^[29][30] and at Cwmbran Stadium.^[31]

2024 Celtic Dragons roster
Players	Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height Phillipa Yarranton GA, GS 28 November 2003 – Laura Rudland WA, GA 6 November 1994 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Georgia Rowe GS 9 May 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Beth Ecuyer Dale C, WD 6 August 1999 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Hannah Passmore GS, GA 11 December 2000 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Leah Middleton GD, GK 7 April 1995 – Nia Jones WD, GD, C 6 April 1992 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Elle McDonald C, WA, WD 16 September 1994 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Khanyisa Chawane C, WD 14 January 1994 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Jacqui Newton GD, GK, WD 14 February 1997 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Lucy Howells WD, GD, GK 12 September 1994 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Nansi Kuti GK, GS 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Shona O'Dwyer (TP) C, WA 20 January 1998 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Millie Carter (TP) GK, GD 1 May 2003 – Zoe Matthewman (TP) GA,GS 26 January 2000 –	Head coach Jill McIntosh Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player
Player profiles: Team website	Last updated: 13 September 2023

Source:^[26][32][33]

 Wales

• Nia Jones
• Chelsea Lewis
• Nicola Lewis
• Anna Mayes

 England

• Rachel Dunn
• Lindsay Keable

 Fiji

• Adi Bolakoro
• Episake Kahatoka
• Afa Rusivakula

 Jamaica

• Rebekah Robinson

• Netball Superleague
  • Runners Up: 2013: 1

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