Published: October 24, 2019
The goal shooter’s Constellation Cup performances have indicated she is still a player in her prime
Last Sunday Caitlin Thwaites came into the third Constellation Cup game with the Diamonds in trouble, having surrendered an eight-goal lead to be down by two. She shot 16 goals at 94% in 25 minutes, brought the team within one goal of a win and four days later announced her international retirement.
Should she take the court in Perth this weekend, Thwaites will notch up her 55th cap in the green and gold. It’s an enviable stat, but it could have been so many more, had she not entered the international arena in the same era as another Caitlin, also a goal shooter, a year younger and five centimetres taller.
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