Kathryn Harby-Williams
Kathryn Harby-Williams (born
July 16,
1969) is an
Australian netball player and television presenter. One of the most successful players of her era, she represented Australia for twelve years in her usual positions of goal defence and wing defence, including four years as captain from
2000 to
2003.
She was also the inaugural captain of the successful
Adelaide Thunderbirds in the
Commonwealth Bank Trophy national league from
1997 until
2003, when she retired from Australian netball and moved to
New Zealand to take up a position as a reporter with the
Sport 365 news programme.
Harby-Williams made a brief comeback in New Zealand, playing two seasons with the
Auckland Diamonds in New Zealand's national league, the
National Bank Cup, before retiring permanently at the end of the
2005 season in order to focus on pursuing her television and radio career.