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10 Facts About Tania Dalton

1.

Tania Mary Dalton was a New Zealand international netball player.

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Tania Dalton was a member of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, from 1996 to 2004 and from 2006 to 2007; she was named in 2005 but was forced out through injury.

3.

Tania Dalton played domestic netball for the Northern Force from 1998 until 2000, and the championship-winning Southern Sting from 2002 to 2006.

4.

Tania Dalton was part of the 2003 Netball World Championships winning Silver Ferns squad.

5.

Tania Dalton made 12 caps for the Silver Ferns in total, playing in the positions of goal shooter and goal attack.

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In 2008, Tania Dalton made a minor comeback to elite netball replacing injured Australian import Megan Dehn in the Southern Steel line.

7.

Tania Dalton did not take the court but was offered a two-game contract by Northern Mystics who lost Paula Griffin to injury, which she declined.

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Tania Dalton collapsed on 23 February 2017 while playing a regular game of social touch rugby in her home suburb of Takapuna, Auckland.

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Tania Dalton was running at the time and was not injured in the game.

10.

Tania Dalton was immediately hospitalised in a critical condition with a ruptured internal carotid artery aneurysm.