Adine Wilson

Adine Rachel Wilson (née Harper; born 8 June 1979) is a former New Zealand netball international and current commentator.

While still attending Hawera High School, she had previously represented New Zealand at the 1996 World Youth Netball Championships.

She was a member of six premiership winning teams – the 1998 Otago Rebels team and the 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007 Southern Sting teams.

In 2022, she was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature in netball leagues in New Zealand since 1998.

Wilson was born Adine Rachel Harper, the daughter of Annette and Peter Harper.

She has an older sister, Leah.

Her father played representative rugby union for Taranaki while her mother and sister played netball.

She was born and raised in Hāwera, Taranaki where she attended Hawera High School.

She subsequently studied at the University of Otago where she gained a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Physical Education.

She is married to Jeff Wilson, a dual international who represented New Zealand at both rugby union and cricket.

Between 1998 and 2000, while studying at the University of Otago, Harper played for Otago Rebels in the Coca-Cola Cup league.

Together with Lesley Nicol, Belinda Blair, Belinda Colling, Victoria Edward, Anna Rowberry and Jo Steed, Harper was a member of the Rebels team that finished the inaugural 1998 season as champions.

Between 1999 and 2007, Wilson made 79 senior appearances for New Zealand.

She represented New Zealand at the 1999 and the 2003 World Netball Championships, winning a gold medal at the latter.

They met in 1999 and married in 2006.

They have two sons.

As a schoolgirl, Harper represented Taranaki at various under age groups.

While still attending Hawera High School, she was selected to play for the Taranaki senior women's team.

She subsequently represented Taranaki at the National Championships in Christchurch.

At the end of the tournament, she was selected to play for the New Zealand under-21 team.

Between 1999 and 2007, Wilson made 79 senior appearances for New Zealand.

On 19 June 1999, she made her senior debut for New Zealand against South Africa as a goal shooter.

She subsequently represented New Zealand at the 1999 World Netball Championships.

Harper captained the New Zealand under-21 team that were bronze medalists at the 2000 World Youth Netball Championships.

Between 2001 and 2007, Wilson played for Southern Sting in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league.

While playing for Sting, she a member of five premiership winning teams, helping them win titles in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007.

Her team mates at Sting included Donna Loffhagen, Bernice Mene, Belinda Colling, Tania Dalton and Lesley Nicol.

She was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2003 World Netball Championships.

Between 2005 and 2007, Wilson served as captain of New Zealand.

She captained New Zealand when they won gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and again at the 2007 World Netball Championships.

During the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup era, she played for Otago Rebels and Southern Sting.

During the early ANZ Championship era, she captained Southern Steel.

Wilson captained Sting during the 2006 season.

In April 2022, she was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature in netball leagues in New Zealand since 1998.

She captained New Zealand when they won the gold at 2006 Commonwealth Games.

In the final New Zealand won the Commonwealth title for the first time with a 60–55 win over Australia.

Wilson missed the inaugural 2008 ANZ Championship season with Southern Steel because of pregnancy.

In 2009, she returned and was named Steel captain.

However she struggled with a calf injury and also became pregnant for a second time.

In 2012, Wilson made a cameo appearance for Steel as a temporary replacement player during the final quarter of a Round 11 against Northern Mystics.