Matilda Garrett

Dual premiership defender Matilda Garrett will return for her sixth season with the Adelaide Thunderbirds in 2026.

Garrett stepped up further in the side’s defensive unit in 2025 in the absence of Shamera Sterling-Humphrey.

She impressed at both GD and GK and created a formidable partnership with Latanya Wilson.

Across the season, she recorded 524 Nissan Net Points, 48 deflections and 12 intercepts.

During the season, Garrett earned her third-consecutive selection in the Australian Diamonds national squad for 2025-26.

The Victorian first came on to the netball scene in 2017 when she was chosen to represent her country at the World Netball Youth Cup in Botswana.

She made her SSN debut in 2018 for the Collingwood Magpies, before making the move to Adelaide for 2021.

Off the court, Garrett studies Exercise and Sport Science.