19 Facts About Jodi Brown

Jodi Anne Brown is a retired New Zealand netball player.

Jodi Brown played for the Central Pulse in 2015 and was getting set to play her final season in 2016 before she injured her ACL in the preseason and decided to retire from domestic netball after she had retired from international netball in 2015.

In 2015, Jodi Brown began co-coaching at St Hilda's Collegiate, Dunedin with the year nine A team.

Jodi Brown has since followed this team through the years, which included a devastating 1 point loss in the SISS final.

In 2018, Jodi Brown coached the St Hilda's Senior A team and coached the Dunedin U17 team to 11th place at Nationals.

Jodi Brown then moved to the Auckland Diamonds the following year, and then captained the Otago Rebels in 2007.

Jodi Brown returned to the Tactix the following year, but switched to the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic for the 2010 season.

Jodi Brown was partnered in the Magic shooting circle with Irene van Dyk, delivering a strong performance that helped the Magic progress to the grand final that year.

However, Jodi Brown did return to netball seven weeks since birth of her second child.

Jodi Brown was called in to play for the Southern Steel against the West Coast Fever, but lost; Jodi Brown played in the second half.

Jodi Brown played for the Central Pulse in the 2015 ANZ Championship Season and was intending to retire after the 2016 season.

The damage did not finish there, Jodi Brown sustaining a grade two tear of the Medial Cruciate Ligament.

Jodi Brown received her first call-up to the Silver Ferns in 2002, but debuted the following year against Jamaica, and was a member of the team that won the 2003 Netball World Championships.

Jodi Brown suffered a left knee injury just days before the Silver Ferns' opening match at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, ruling her out of the competition.

Jodi Brown stayed in the squad for the 2007 Netball World Championships.

Jodi Brown pulled out of the Silver Ferns in early 2008 when she became pregnant with her first child.

Jodi Brown was widely touted to rejoin the Silver Ferns in 2010 for their Commonwealth Games campaign, but pulled out for family reasons.

Jodi Brown returned to the Silver Ferns in 2012 for the Constellation Cup and Quad Series.

Jodi Brown officially retired from international netball in 2015 after 13 years and 61-test internationals, after helping the Silver Ferns level the Constellation Cup series against Australia.