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12 Facts About Janine Southby

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Janine Southby Brown is a retired New Zealand netball player who then coached the national Silver Ferns netball team.

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Janine Southby was the coach of the Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship.

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In 2015, Janine Southby was given the role as head coach for the New Zealand netball team the Silver Ferns.

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Janine Southby had resigned on July 20,2018, where the independent review found fault in Janine Southby's coaching style.

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Janine Southby retired from netball after the 2003 season and became the Rebels assistant coach for 2004 and 2005, working under Lois Muir.

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In 2006 Janine Southby was announced the new coach of the Rebels franchise, and held that position until the National Bank Cup made way for the new ANZ Championship in 2008.

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Janine Southby applied for the new coaching role of the Southern Steel, an amalgamation of the championship-winning Southern Sting and Rebels.

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Janine Southby was unsuccessful, with Sting coach Robyn Broughton winning the position and opting to select former Silver Fern Donna Wilkins as her assistant.

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Janine Southby continued her coaching with the Otago provincial side from 2008, and was later announced as coach of the New Zealand under 21 squad in 2010.

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Janine Southby coached the national under 21 side for four years, ending in September 2013 when her side won the World Youth Cup in Glasgow.

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Janine Southby is the current coach of the national senior Fast5 team.

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In July 20,2018, silver ferns coach Janine Southby had resigned in the wake of Netball New Zealand's independent review of the team's disastrous Commonwealth Games campaign, in which they did not even collect a medal.