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{{short description|Australian netball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
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|name    = Leah Shoard
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|updated = 2009-03-29
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|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1986|05|23|df=yes}}
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|occupation   = Student
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|positions     = GS, GA, WA
|clubyears1 = 2010
|clubteam1  = [[West Coast Fever]]
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|clubyears2 = 2009
|clubteam2  = [[Southern Steel (netball)|Southern Steel]]
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|clubyears3 = 2008
|clubteam3  = [[New South Wales Swifts]]
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|clubyears4 = 2007
|clubteam4  = [[AIS Canberra Darters]]
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|clubyears5 = 2006
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|nationalyears1 = 2007
|nationalteam1  = Australia U21
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'''Leah Shoard''' (born 23 May 1986) is an Australian [[netball]] player in the [[ANZ Championship]], playing for the [[Southern Steel (netball)|Southern Steel]] in New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.southernsteel.co.nz/K/Leah-Shoard-goal-shooter-goal-attacker-wing-attacker-netballer/_I.3581 2009 Southern Steel profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408232222/http://www.southernsteel.co.nz/K/Leah-Shoard-goal-shooter-goal-attacker-wing-attacker-netballer/_I.3581 |date=2009-04-08 }}.<!--What kind of url is that?!--> Retrieved on 2009-03-29.</ref>
She played for the [[New South Wales Swifts]] in the 2008 season, having previously been signed for the [[Sydney Swifts]] and [[AIS Canberra Darters]] in the [[Commonwealth Bank Trophy]].<ref>[http://www.nswswifts.com.au/extra.asp?ID=2825 2008 New South Wales Swifts profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719224818/http://www.nswswifts.com.au/extra.asp?ID=2825 |date=2008-07-19 }}. Retrieved in 2008.</ref> While she was not signed up for the Swifts for the 2009 season, in December 2008, the [[Southern Steel (netball)|Southern Steel]] and [[Netball New Zealand]] announced that Shoard was allowed to join the New Zealand franchise in 2009, due to star shoot [[Donna Wilkins]] being unavailable for the first two rounds after the birth of her first child.<ref>{{cite news |title=Steel tops up squad with Aussie shooter |publisher=stuff.co.nz |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/756863 |date=2008-12-11 |accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref> Despite the eligibility rules for New Zealand franchises, the Steel fought to include Shoard over a New Zealand player, saying they needed a relatively experienced player to take the goal attack positions in the opening games.
In 2010, Shoard was playing for the [[West Coast Fever]] in hopes to gain more court time after playing for one quarter for the Swifts in 2008 and two quarters for the Steel in 2009. In 2009, she only had one attempt and missed, giving her the lowest shooting percentage score of 0% (0/1).{{cn|date=September 2024}}
==References==
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{{2006 Sydney Swifts squad}}
{{2008 New South Wales Swifts squad}}
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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian netball players]]
[[Category:Sydney Swifts players]]
[[Category:New South Wales Swifts players]]
[[Category:Southern Steel players]]
[[Category:West Coast Fever players]]
[[Category:AIS Canberra Darters players]]
[[Category:Australian expatriate netball people in New Zealand]]
[[Category:New South Wales state netball league players]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]