Ashleigh Dekker brings plenty of know-how to the NIC Leeds Rhinos mid-court.
Dekker signed for Rhinos ahead of the 2025 season, having finished in the play-offs for the past three seasons and will hope to continue her streak in Yorkshire.
The centre, who can also play at wing attack, spent the 2024 season at Severn Stars following four seasons at London Pulse, where she made her Netball Super League debut in 2020.
With Pulse, Dekker helped the side reach their first-ever Grand Final in 2023 before playing her role in Severn Stars’ debut play-off campaign a year later.
Dekker began her career at Jelly Netball in her native Portsmouth and plays for Weston Park Blades in the Netball Premier League.
She represented England Under-19s in a series against Jamaica in 2016, and then earned a bronze medal at the 2023 FAST5 World Series in New Zealand in 2023.
She was part of the England Future Roses programme for 2023-24.
Dekker is a quarter Dutch and was formerly a national level swimmer.
She currently works as a management consultant and enjoys horse riding and playing piano, reaching grade 6 with the latter.
She studied Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, where she captained the university netball team.
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