Samantha Poolman
Samantha Poolman is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for Giants Netball.
Poolman began her professional netball career in 2013 at the Adelaide Thunderbirds, who played in the now defunct ANZ Championship competition. Poolman was a member of the premiership winning Thunderbirds squad in the 2013 season. She stayed with the Thunderbirds for the following three seasons, before moving to new club Giants Netball in the Suncorp Super Netball league. Since her move to the Giants, she has been one of the league's leading defenders and has played in back-to-back finals series. She reached her 50th elite domestic league appearance in the 2018 season.
As of April 2017, Poolman is the only Newcastle native in the Super Netball league. She was made captain of the Australian Fast5 team for the 2018 tournament in Melbourne. Despite this appointment, Poolman has never represented the national team in Tests, having only ever been called up in the past to participate in Diamonds training camps.
