Gene Solia-Gibb

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Gerardine Nafanua Solia-Gibb (born 16 October 1983)^[1] is a Samoan New Zealander netball and rugby player who has represented Samoa internationally in both sports, including at the Commonwealth Games. She is the sister of netball player Frances Solia.^[2]

Solia-Gibb is from Wainuiomata and was educated at St Mary's College, Wellington.^[2] She works as a fibre-optic cable installer.^[3] She played netball for the Capital Shakers and Central Pulse.^[4] She was selected for the Samoa national netball team for the 2006 Commonwealth Games,^[5] and the 2007 World Netball Championships.^[6]^[7] She was co-captain alongside Brooke Amber Williams for the 2019 Netball World Cup.^[8]

In 2016 she was selected for the Samoa women's national rugby sevens team to play against New Zealand and the Cook Islands.^[2] In November 2020 she was selected for the Samoa women's national rugby union team for the 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifying repecharge match against Tonga.^[9]

References

^ "Gene Nafanua Solia-Gibb". Netball Central. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nicholas Boyack (16 June 2016). "Former netballer and mum of four selected to represent Manu Sina Samoa". Stuff. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ Thomas Airey (28 December 2018). "Mother of five topping the charts in netball training". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ "Parata laments lack of accuracy". Stuff. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ Dan Whitfield (2 May 2018). "Mum of many talents". Wainuiomata News. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 21 July 2022 – via issu.
^ "Netball: The rest of the world minnows chase rankings". New Zealand Herald. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ "Top netters in Samoa WNC side". Fiji Times. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2022 – via PressReader.
^ Thomas Airey (30 May 2019). "Netball World Cup squad train in Sydney". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ "Manusina Announces Squad for World Cup Repechage". Samoa Global News. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

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[Central1-1] "Gene Nafanua Solia-Gibb". Netball Central. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[Stuff2016a-2] Nicholas Boyack (16 June 2016). "Former netballer and mum of four selected to represent Manu Sina Samoa". Stuff. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[3] Thomas Airey (28 December 2018). "Mother of five topping the charts in netball training". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[4] "Parata laments lack of accuracy". Stuff. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[5] Dan Whitfield (2 May 2018). "Mum of many talents". Wainuiomata News. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 21 July 2022 – via issu.

[6] "Netball: The rest of the world minnows chase rankings". New Zealand Herald. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[FT2019-7] "Top netters in Samoa WNC side". Fiji Times. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2022 – via PressReader.

[8] Thomas Airey (30 May 2019). "Netball World Cup squad train in Sydney". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[9] "Manusina Announces Squad for World Cup Repechage". Samoa Global News. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

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