Te Paea Selby-Rickit

Te Paea Selby-Rickit (born 14 January 1992) is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2019 Netball World Cup. She has also represented New Zealand at the 2018 and the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 Netball World Cup. She was a member of two premiership winning teams – the 2017 and 2018 Southern Steel teams. She was also a member of the Steel team that won the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. Since 2019 she has played for Mainland Tactix. Her older sister, Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit, is a former New Zealand netball international. Her father, Hud Rickit, is a former New Zealand rugby union international.

Te Paea Selby-Rickit

Personal information
Born	(1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 33) Ōtaki, New Zealand[1][2]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
University	University of Otago
Relatives	Hud Rickit (father) Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit (sister) Manaaki Selby-Rickit (brother)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS, GA
Years	Club team(s)	Apps
2011–2019	Southern Steel	93
2019–	Mainland Tactix
Years	National team(s)	Caps
2016–	New Zealand
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Netball World Cup 2019 Liverpool Team Fast5 Netball World Series 2016 Melbourne Team Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team

Early life, family and education

Selby-Rickit is a Māori with Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Porou affiliations.^[3][4][5][6] She was born and raised in Ōtaki.^{[1][2][7][8][9][10]} She is the daughter of Mereana Selby and Hud Rickit. Her mother is the CEO at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Her father is a former New Zealand rugby union international. She has four siblings. Her older sister, Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit, is a former New Zealand netball international. They were team mates at Southern Steel. A third sister, Miriama, also played netball at National Provincial Championship level. Her brothers, Manaaki Selby-Rickit and Ngarongo Selby-Rickit, are both rugby union players. The five siblings were all educated at kura kaupapa and were raised speaking te reo Māori.^{[6][7][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]} Between 2010 and 2018, Selby-Rickit attended the University of Otago where she trained to be a teacher at the College of Education.^{[3][19][20][21][22]}

Playing career

Southern Steel

Between 2011 and 2019, Selby-Rickit made 93 senior appearances for Southern Steel, initially in the ANZ Championship and later in the ANZ Premiership.^{[1][2][21][23][24][25]} Her 2011 team mates included her older sister, Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit.^[26] On 14 February 2011, Selby-Rickit made her ANZ Championship debut for Steel in a Round 1 match against Northern Mystics, acting as cover for an injured Daneka Wipiiti.^[21][23] Between 2011 and 2014, she made just 18 appearances for the Steel, finding herself behind Jodi Brown and Donna Wilkins when it came to selection.^[22][27][28] On 19 April 2017, Selby-Rickit made her 50th senior league appearance for Steel in a Round 4 match against Mainland Tactix.^[21][23][29] Together with Te Huinga, she was subsequently a prominent member of the Steel teams that won the 2017 and 2018 ANZ Premierships and the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament.^{[18][30][31][32][33]}

Mainland Tactix

Since 2019, Selby-Rickit has played for Mainland Tactix.^{[2][24][25][34][35]} On 13 July 2020, she made her 100th senior league appearance in a Round 5 match against Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.^[36][37][38] She was subsequently a prominent member of the 2020 and 2021 Mainland Tactix teams that finished as ANZ Premiership runners up and grand finalists.^{[39][40][41][42]} On 27 March 2023, she made her 50th appearance for Tactix in a Round 4 match against Magic.^[43] On 7 May 2023, she made her 150th senior league appearance in a Round 10 match against Northern Stars.^[44]

New Zealand

In August 2016, Selby-Rickit was called up for the senior New Zealand team.^[45][46] On 27 August 2016, Selby-Rickit made her senior debut against England during the 2016 Netball Quad Series. She made her international debut at goal attack, coming on at the start of the fourth quarter, to replace Ameliaranne Wells. With her older sister, Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit, already an international, the Selby-Rickit sisters became only the second set of sisters, after Maxine Blomquist and Annette Heffernan, to play for New Zealand.^[14][47] Selby-Rickit was subsequently a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series,^[48] the 2017 Netball Quad Series,^[49][50][51] the 2019 Netball World Cup^[52][53] and the 2020 Netball Nations Cup.^{[54][55][56][57][58]} She also represented New Zealand at the 2018^[59][60] and 2022 Commonwealth Games^[5][61][62] and the 2023 Netball World Cup.^{[63][64][65][66][67]}

Tournaments	Place	Goals (%)
2016 Netball Quad Series[14][68]	2nd	2/3 (67%)
2016 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[69][70][71]	1st	60/77 (78%)
2016 Constellation Cup[72][73][74][75]	2nd	59/75 (79%)
2016 Fast5 Netball World Series[48]
2017 Netball Quad Series (January/February)[76][77]	2nd	31/34 (91%)
2017 Netball Quad Series (August/September)[49][50][51]	1st	52/62 (84%)
2017 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[78][79]	1st	32/39 (82%)
2017 Constellation Cup[80][49][81][82]	2nd	51/62 (82%)
2018 Netball Quad Series (January)[3][83][84]	3rd	48/55 (87%)
2018 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[85][86][87]	2nd	82/95 (86%)
2018 Commonwealth Games[59][60]	4th	104/123 (85%)
2018 Netball Quad Series (September)[88][89][90]	3rd	48/55 (87%)
2018 Constellation Cup[91][92][93][94]	2nd	47/67 (70%)
2019 Netball World Cup[52][53]		95/101 (94%)
2019 Constellation Cup[95]	2nd	(Note 1)
2020 Netball Nations Cup[54][55][56][57][58]		35/41 (85%)
2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[96][97]	2nd	31/38 (82%)
2022 Commonwealth Games[5][61][62]		102/115 (89%)
2022 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[98][99]	1st	11/11 (100%)
2022 Constellation Cup[100]	2nd	7/7 (100%)
2023 Netball Quad Series[101]	2nd	4/4 (100%)
2023 Netball World Cup[63][64][65][66][67]	4th	107/119 (90%)

Notes

• ^1 Member of the squad. However she did not play in the series.

Sources:^[102]

Statistics

Grand finals

	Grand finals	Team	Place	Opponent	Goals (%)
1	2017[31]	Southern Steel	Winners	Central Pulse	13/19 (68%)
2	2018[33]	Southern Steel	Winners	Central Pulse	14/18 (78%)
3	2020[40]	Mainland Tactix	Runners up	Central Pulse	12/13 (92%)
4	2021[42]	Mainland Tactix	Runners up	Northern Mystics	21/39 (54%)

Individual

Season	Team	G/A	GA	RB	CPR	FD	IC	DF	PN	TO	MP
2011	Steel	16/26 (62%)									2[22]
2012	Steel	?/?									5?
2013	Steel	8/13 (62%)									3
2014	Steel	45/56 (80%)									5
2015	Steel	175/220 (80%) 3									14
2016	Steel	172/225 (76%)									14
2017	Steel	230/304 (76%)	?	16	272	?	3	14	33	47	14
2018	Steel	397/509 (78%)	?	50	273	?	2	17	57	95	17
2019	Steel	290/381 (76%)	184	27	362	248	5	15	54	88	16
2020	Tactix	200/252 (79%)	205	7	194	291	4	13	37	73	15
2021	Tactix	207/290 (71%)	226	21	276	316	0	15	47	94	15
2022	Tactix	258/315 (82%)	228	19	307	302	1	7	13	100	15
2023	Tactix	286/337 (85%)	?	13	290	258	4	13	44	90	15
Career

Sources:^[2][102]

Notes

• ^2 Between 2011 and 2016, Selby-Rickit made 46 ANZ Championship appearances with Southern Steel.^[1][23][103]
• ^3 Includes goals in the regular season only.

Honours

New Zealand

• Netball World Cup
  • Winners: 2019
• Netball Quad Series
  • Winners: 2017 (August/September)
• Netball Nations Cup
  • Winners: 2020
• Taini Jamison Trophy
  • Winners: 2016, 2017, 2022
• Fast5 Netball World Series
  • Winners: 2016

Southern Steel

• ANZ Premiership
  • Winners: 2017, 2018
• ANZ Championship
  • Minor premiers: 2016
• Netball New Zealand Super Club
  • Winners: 2017

Mainland Tactix

• ANZ Premiership
  • Runners Up: 2020, 2021