Imogen Allison
Imogen Allison (born 24 April 1998)[1] is an English netball player, who has represented the national side since 2020. At club level, she plays for Queensland Firebirds and has previously played for Manchester Thunder, Team Bath & Yorkshire Jets. Club careerAllison plays as a wing defence or centre for Manchester Thunder.[1] She played for Yorkshire Jets in the 2016 Netball Superleague season.[2] She joined Team Bath ahead of the 2017 season.[3] She re-signed for Bath for the 2018 season.[4] During the 2019 season, Allison was Bath's captain when regular captains Eboni Usoro-Brown and Serena Guthrie were away on international duty.[5] She was shortlisted for the 2019 Superleague Young Player of the Year Award, and later re-signed for Bath for the 2020 season.[6] She was named Bath's Player of the Year for the 2021 Netball Superleague season,[7] and later captained Bath in the 2021 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship,[8] a tournament which they won.[9] In January 2022, she was named the team's captain for the 2022 Netball Superleague season.[7][9] Bath coach Anna Stembridge told Allison that she would be captain on FaceTime, as Allison was at the 2022 Netball Quad Series at the time.[10] She missed a March 2022 match against Wasps after testing positive for COVID-19.[11] On 28 August 2023, it was confirmed that she would be signing for Manchester Thunder ahead of the 2024 season. [12] Allison signed with the Australian Queensland Firebirds ahead of the 2025 Suncorp Super Netball season. She signed a two-year contract with the Firebirds.[13] International careerAllison competed for England-under 21s at the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup, where the team finished third overall.[1] She was a co-captain of the England A side for fixtures alongside the 2020 Netball Nations Cup.[14] She was in the England senior squad for a 2019 tour of Oceania,[5][14] and also for the 2020 Taini Jamison Trophy Series.[14] She made her debut for the senior team at the age of 22 in October 2020,[15] coming on as a replacement for Jade Clarke.[16] She played in the 2021 Vitality Roses Reunited Series[17] and the 2022 Netball Quad Series.[10] Allison was named as a reserve in the England squad for the netball event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[18] On 17 July, she replaced the injured Beth Cobden in the England squad for the Games.[19] Personal lifeAllison attended The Brooksbank School[9] and started playing netball in Year Seven.[15] She later studied Sports & Exercise Science[6] at the University of Bath.[20] References
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