Izzi Phillips is out to continue her rapid rise after swapping one side of London for the other.
Phillips burst onto the scene at London Pulse last season, and was named Netball Super League Young Player of the Season for her high-energy performances at centre.
The teenager swapped to London Mavericks ahead of the 2025 season, where she will be hoping to replicate her form.
Phillips also finished in the top four with Pulse, eventually claiming a bronze medal in the third-place play-off and will have eyes on helping Mavericks return to the play-offs.
With maturity beyond her years in both attitude and playing ability, Phillips is hoping the other side of the city can help continue her development.
“I’m really excited to be able to be mentored and coached by the great coaching team that’s at hand, as well as the amazing group of girls,” she said.
“Watching them play last season, looking at the culture, I feel like I was really excited to get stuck in, and I really bought into the brand and the belief of Mavericks, so I just wanted to be a part of it.”
Phillips first started out playing for Raiders Netball Club before progressing along the London Pulse pathway from the age 13 and went on to captain the Under-19 squad in an undefeated season.
Following a broken leg that kept her sidelined for seven months, Phillips was called up to the England FAST5 squad for the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, where they won bronze.
In the same year, she led England in the Europe Netball Under-17 Championship where the team was unbeaten en route to gold.
Phillips is part of the Future Roses programme this 2024-25 season.
The youngster is proud of her South London roots where she grew up in Lewisham and her familial ties in Australia and Jamaica.
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