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Sasha Corbin

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Sasha Da Costa
Personal information
Full name Sasha Da Costa (née Corbin)
Born (1988-04-23) 23 April 1988 (age 37)
London, England
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
University University of Bath
Relatives Kadeen Corbin (sister)
Asha Philip (cousin)
Netball career
Playing position(s): WA, C
Years Club team(s) Apps
2005 Galleria Mavericks
2006–2010 Team Bath
2010–2015 Saracens Mavericks
2016 Loughborough Lightning
2017 Northern Mystics
2018–2023 Saracens Mavericks
Years National team(s) Caps
2007–2018  England 71
2023  Barbados

Sasha Da Costa (née Corbin; born 23 April 1988) is a former English international and Netball Super League player for Hertfordshire Mavericks and Team Bath. She also played for the Barbados national netball team.

Early life

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Corbin was born in London. Her younger sister Kadeen Corbin is also an English international netball player and their cousin Asha Philip is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth medallist in the 4 x 100m relay.[1]

Club career

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Corbin played for Hertfordshire Mavericks in the Netball Super League's inaugural season.[2]

Team Bath

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She then moved moved to Team Bath in 2006 whilst she was studying at the University of Bath where she won the 2006–07, 2008–09 and the 2009–10 titles.

Hertfordshire Mavericks

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Corbin moved back to Mavericks in 2010 and helped the side win the 2011 Super League title. This was Corbin's third consecutive title. She would make the grand final again in 2015 however Mavericks would go on to lose to Surrey Storm.[3]

Loughborough Lightning

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Corbin then did a season with Loughborough Lightning in 2016 however she suffered a cruciate knee injury which cut her season short.[4][5]

Northern Mystics

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She moved to New Zealand in 2017 to join the Northern Mystics in the ANZ Premiership.[6] The Mystics finished the 2017 season in third.[7]

Hertfordshire Mavericks

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Corbin returned to Hertfordshire Mavericks as captain in 2018 where she played until her retirement from netball at the end of the 2023 season.[5][8] She was announced as a Brand Ambassador for the rebranded London Mavericks in 2025.[9]

International career

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Corbin made her debut with the England national team against Malawi in 2008[4] She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where England lost the bronze medal match to Jamaica to finish fourth.[10][11][12]

In 2023 she switched nationalities to represent Barbados at the 2023 Netball World Cup alongside her sister Kadeen Corbin.[13]

Honours

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Team Bath

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Hertfordshire Mavericks

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References

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  1. ^ Kessel, Anna (14 February 2014). "Sasha and Kadeen Corbin and Asha Philip show off benefit of family values". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  2. ^ Ratcliffe, Katherine (23 April 2021). "Happy birthday, Sasha Corbin!". England Netball. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Surrey Storm beat Hertfordshire Mavericks to Superleague title". BBC Sport. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Sasha Corbin signs for Lougborough Lightning". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Sasha Corbin returns to Hertfordshire Mavericks". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Sasha Corbin". MG Mystics. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Home • ANZ Premiership Netball". anzpremiership.co.nz. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Sasha Corbin Retires". Crazy Catch UK. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  9. ^ sizzlecreative. "Sasha Da Costa (nee Corbin) announced as Brand Ambassador – London Mavericks". Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Sasha Corbin returns to Hertfordshire Mavericks". Sky Sports. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Previous Netball Superleague squads". teambath.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Netball Bronze Medal Match". glasgow2014.com. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  13. ^ sizzlecreative. "Sasha Da Costa (nee Corbin) announced as Brand Ambassador – London Mavericks". Retrieved 8 May 2025.