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| Full name | Kelly Jackson (Née: Jury) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (age 29) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| School | New Plymouth Girls' High School | |||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Waikato | |||||||||||||||||||
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Kelly Jackson (born 22 October 1996), previously known asKelly Jury, is aNew Zealand netball international. She representedNew Zealand at the2018 and2022 Commonwealth Games. During theANZ Championship era Jackson played forWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic. Since 2020, she has played forCentral Pulse in theANZ Premiership. She was a prominent member of the Pulse teams that won the2020 and2022 ANZ Premierships. AlongsideTiana Metuarau, she was co-captain of the2022 Pulse team. She was the 2022 ANZ Premiership Player of the Year and shared the 2022Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award withGrace Nweke.
Jury isMāori withNgāti Kahungunu affiliations.[3] She also hasEuropean ancestry. She was born inStratford, New Zealand.[1][2]Kelly grew up on a large sheep and beef farm nearMakahu. She attended Makahu Primary School andNew Plymouth Girls' High School.[4][5][6][7] She attended theUniversity of Waikato, where she studied for a Bachelor of Sport and Leisure Studies.[2][8][9][10]
Jury began playing netball aged seven. In her youth she played for various representative teams. She played for Taranaki at under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels as well as the New Zealand Maori Secondary Schools and the Manawatu NPC teams. She originally played as a goal shooter before switching to goal keeper.[4][6] She also captainedNew Plymouth Girls' High School. Shortly after being named in the 2015Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic squad she suffered anAchilles tendon rupture while playing for her school.[8][9][11][12]
Between2015 and2019, Jury made 40 senior league appearances forWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic.[1][13] Jury was just 17 and still attendingNew Plymouth Girls' High School when she signed her first Magic contract. However she missed the 2015 season because of injury.[8][9][12][14][15][16] During a2018 Round 2 match againstSouthern Steel, Jury suffered adislocated shoulder. She subsequently missed most of the season.[17][18][19][20]
Jury signed forCentral Pulse ahead of the2020 ANZ Premiership season.[15][16] She made her debut for Pulse during the pre-season Otaki tournament.[21] She was a member of the Pulse team that were 2020 minor premiers and overall champions.[22][23][24][25] Although Jury mainly plays as a goalkeeper, she can also play as a goal defender.[26][27] Ahead of the2022 ANZ Premiership season, Jury was named Pulse co-captain alongsideTiana Metuarau.[28][29][30] Jury was a stand out player for the2022 Central Pulse team that won the premiership title.[31][32] She was included inBrendon Egan'sStuff's team of the season,[33] was named MVP as Pulse defeated Stars 56–37 in the grand final,[34] was named the 2022 ANZ Premiership Player of the Year and shared the 2022Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award withGrace Nweke.[35][36][37]
Jury was a member of theNew Zealand team that won the2016 Fast5 Netball World Series.[10][14][38] Jury made her senior debut for New Zealand on 2 February 2017 during aQuad Series match againstEngland. She came on in the final quarter and helped New Zealand secure a 61–37 win.[6][39][40][41][42] She was subsequently a member of the New Zealand team that won the2017 Netball World Youth Cup. She was the player of the match as New Zealand defeatedAustralia 60–57 in the final.[3][43][44] In September 2017, she was again player of the match as New Zealand defeated Australia 57–47 to win their firstQuad Series.[45][46][47] She went on to represent New Zealand at the2018[2][48][49] and2022 Commonwealth Games.[50][51][52][53] She captained New Zealand for the second test of the2025 Taini Jamison Trophy Series.[54]
| Season | Team | G/A | GA | RB | CPR | FD | IC | DF | PN | TO | MP |
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| 2016 | Magic | 8[1][30] | |||||||||
| 2017 | Magic | 0/0 | ? | 21 | 0 | ? | 37 | 63 | 198 | 3 | 15 |
| 2018 | Magic | 0/0 | ? | 1 | 0 | ? | 5 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | Magic | 0/0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 79 | 187 | 5 | 15 |
| 2020 | Pulse | 0/0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 47 | 153 | 6 | 14 |
| 2021 | Pulse | 0/0 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 51 | 170 | 12 | 14 |
| 2022 | Pulse | 0/0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 116 | 189 | 9 | 16 |
| 2023 | Pulse | ||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2022[34] | Grand Final MVP |
| 2022[35][36][37] | Dame Lois Muir Supreme Award |
| 2022[35][36][37] | ANZ Premiership Player of the Year |
