Rachel Dunn

Rachel Margaret Dunn (born 14 November 1982) is an English former international netball player who was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and who has over 250 Netball Super League appearances. She is the current assistant coach of new Super League franchise Birmingham Panthers and head coach of their NXT Gen team.

Club career Dunn played in the Netball Super League from its beginning in 2005, making over 250 domestic appearances.

Team Bath Dunn started her career at Team Bath, winning titles in 2006, 2007, and 2009. She also played the 2008 season in the Australasian ANZ Championship for the Canterbury Tactix in New Zealand, replacing pregnant Tactix shooter Jodi Brown.

Surrey Storm She then moved from Bath to Surrey Storm in 2009, winning back-to-back titles in 2015 and 2016. where they won back-to back titles and continued through 2024 as part of the Celtic Dragons coaching set up.

International career Dunn debuted for the England national netball team in 2004 against South Africa and has over 90 caps for England.

She won a Silver medal at the 2010 World Netball Series. then a Gold medal at the 2011 World Netball Series.

She was a member of the team that won Bronze at the Commonwealth Games in 2006 in Melbourne and 2010 in Delhi. Netball World Cups, winning a Bronze medal at each tournament. A fan favourite, Dunn's last appearance for England was in the final minutes of the 2019 Netball World Cup. With the Bronze medal secured, the crowd chanted "We want Dunn" until teammate Jo Harten called time to allow her teammate to enter the court for a final send-off.

Coaching career In 2025 she was the assistant coach of new Super League franchise Birmingham Panthers and head coach of their NXT Gen team.

Personal life Dunn started playing netball in Year Four at school. Her elite netball career began when she joined Team Bath while attending Bath University. She balanced her elite netball with a career as a genetic technologist for the NHS.

Honours

England

Commonwealth Games: Bronze: 2006, 2010 Netball World Cup: Bronze: 2011, 2015, 2019 Fast5 Netball World Series: 2011 Silver: 2010

Team Bath

Netball Super League: 2006, 2007, 2009

Surrey Storm

Netball Super League: 2015, 2016

Wasps Netball

Netball Super League: 2017, 2018 Runners up: 2019