Kate Heffernan

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Kate Alexandra Heffernan (born 7 October 1999) is a New Zealand netball international and former cricketer who plays for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Super Netball. She was part of the New Zealand team which won gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. In 2018, she also made two appearances for the New Zealand women's national cricket team. Heffernan comes from a family of netball internationals: at the 2024 Netball Nations Cup, Kate and her sister, Georgia Heffernan, became the third set of sisters to play international netball for New Zealand. Her mother, Annette Heffernan and her aunt, Maxine Blomquist, were the first set. However, the Heffernan sisters were the first sisters to play in the same team at the same time. A cousin, Shirley Langrope, was also a New Zealand netball international. As well as playing netball together for New Zealand, the Heffernan sisters have played together in several teams, including the Southern Steel netball team and the Otago Sparks women's cricket team.

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