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Kristiana Manu’a and Giants ‘strengthened’ by challenging 2020 Super Netball season
At 25, Kristiana Manu’a has already faced some incredibly tough challenges in her professional netball career.
Key points:
- Manu’a was the first player in Super Netball history to be sent off the court last year
- She says she learned from the experience and is using it as motivation
- The Giants player spends much of her time working with disability service What Ability
The Giants Netball defender was signed to the club’s inaugural squad in 2017, but sat out the first season of Super Netball after rupturing her Achilles tendon and having to learn how to walk again.
Eighteen months later, Manu’a made her debut for the Giants in their second season, becoming a regular feature of their defence and working her way into a starting GD role once…
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