Samantha Wallace (netball)

Samantha Wallace-Joseph
Personal information
Born (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994[1]
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Netball career
Playing position: GS
Years Club team Apps
2016 Hertfordshire Mavericks
2017-2024 New South Wales Swifts
2025-present Loughborough Lightning
Years National team Caps
2015-present Trinidad and Tobago

Samantha Wallace-Joseph (born 16 January 1994) is an international netball who plays Loughborough Lightning in the Netball Super League and the Trinidad and Tobago national netball team. She previously played for the New South Wales Swifts in the Suncorp Super Netball league.[1]

Club career

Hertfordshire Mavericks

Wallace-Joseph joined Hertfordshire Mavericks in the English Netball Super League ahead of the 2016 season.[2][3]

New South Wales Swifts

Wallace-Joseph moved to Australia to play for the New South Wales Swifts at the start of the 2017 season.[1] She was the first player from Trinidad and Tobago to play in Australia's Super Netball.[4] Wallace-Joseph played GS for the duration of her time at the Swifts. In 2019 and 2021 she was part of the Swifts premiership winning teams and was awarded the MVP Award for her performance in the 2019 Super Netball Grand Final.[5][6] After 7 years with the club Wallace-Joseph left the Swifts by mutual agreement over concerns about her behaviour “within the team environment”.[6] Earlier in the season she was invesigated by the governing body for posting anti-trans sentiment on instagram.[6] She later apologised for her comments.[6]

Loughborough Lightning

Wallace-Joseph made her return to the Netball Super League, signing for Loughborough Lightning ahead of the 2025 season.[7] Lightning reached the 2025 grand final where they lost to London Pulse.

International career

Wallace has represented the Trinidad and Tobago national netball team at the 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cups.[1][8]

During the 2021 season she was said to be the fifth best Netball player tying with Towera Vinkhumbo of Malawi in a poll by Netball Scoop.[9]

Honours

New South Wales Swifts

Super Netball

Loughborough Lightning

Netball Super League

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sam Wallace". New South Wales Swifts.
  2. ↑ "Netball Superleague - ones to watch from home and abroad". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Hertfordshire Mavericks announce Netball Superleague squad". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Rising star Sam Wallace to boost Swifts Super Netball squad". SBS News. 15 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Swifts thrash Lightning in Super Netball grand final". The Guardian. 15 September 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Top Aussie netball club lays down the law and sacks premiership hero". 7NEWS. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Lightning reveal stellar squad ahead of 2025 Netball Super League season". Loughborough University. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Wallace ready to fire again after harrowing year off court". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Towera Vinkhumbo Voted one of World's Best Players". MaSP. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
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