15/05/2026
She was a really raw teenager, just out from Jamaica as one of our first importsβ¦
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Goal keepers were getting flogged week on week by this girl shooting an unbelievable amount of goals; about 40 per game, which back then was a lot.
I remember one poor old keeper saying publicly, βOh God, if Romelda shoots 40 on me, Iβll be horrified.β
Romelda shot ππππ than 40 on her. The best keepers we had were like, βAh, thatβs not gonna happen to meβ β¦ and she kept right on doing it.
So that was how Australian netball met Romelda Aiken, right back in 2008 with the Queensland Firebirds. Vicki Wilson signed her after an astonishing World Cup debut with Jamaica.
She was a homesick 19-year-old whoβd barely played elite-level netball, but we fast realised how good she was going to become.
In fact, a just-retired Liz Ellis made an extraordinary prediction early in that first season of the new ANZ Championship π
πΎπΌππ πΎππ writes a special tribute as Romelda-Aiken George passes her all-time games record β€οΈ
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