Netball Australia congratulates Tegan Philip on her career, with the Victorian shooter today announcing she will be retiring from the sport after the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball season.
Diamond #162, Tegan Philip, has been a part of the Origin Diamonds program for the past seven years, playing 14 test matches and scoring 130 goals.
Philip was a part of the gold medal-winning 2014 Commonwealth Games team in the same year she debuted for the Diamonds, she won a Constellation Cup title in 2019 and a bronze medal with the 2017 Australian Fast5 team.
A Melbourne Vixen for her entire professional career, Philip joined the team in 2010 and has represented them 131 times, becoming the club’s most capped player and one of only four to have played 100 games for the club.
Philip has scored 2,729 goals for the Vixens over her 11 seasons, was named Rookie of the Year in her debut season and won a premiership with the club in 2014, where she was named Grand Final Player of the Match.
Philip overcame an ACL injury in 2016 to return to the court in 2017 for the start of the Suncorp Super Netball era, becoming Co-Vice Captain of the Vixens and being named the best goal attack in the league that year.
Philip's Melbourne Vixens teammate Caitlin Thwaites, who retired from international play at the end of 2019, also announced she would be finishing her career at the end of the 2020 Super Netball season.
Netball Australia CEO Marne Fechner reflected on Thwaites’ and Philip’s careers.
“Both Caitlin and Tegan have been exemplary ambassadors for netball over their long and illustrious careers and I thank them for their respective contributions to the sport, both on and off the court. Everyone from Netball Australia and the broader netball community wishes both Caitlin and Tegan the very best with what comes next,” she said.
Philip reflected on what it meant to her to have worn the gold dress.
“I feel very privileged to have been able to represent Australia in the sport that I love. It’s such an enjoyable but hard working environment and one that I am grateful to have been a part of. I have so many great memories that I will certainly cherish. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of my time at this level,” she said.
Thwaites and Philip will now prepare for the Vixens’ major semi-final against the Sunshine Coast Lightning being played this Saturday at 1pm AEST. The match will be broadcast live on Nine and the Netball Live Official App.
