Rebecca Bulley

Rebecca Bulley (born 18 August 1982), also known as Rebecca Strachan, is a former Australia netball international and current netball coach. Between 2008 and 2015 she made 42 senior appearances for Australia. Bulley was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medal at the 2015 Netball World Cup and the silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Bulley also won three ANZ Championship titles with three different teams – the 2008 New South Wales Swifts, the 2013 Adelaide Thunderbirds and the 2015 Queensland Firebirds. She began her senior club career with Melbourne Kestrels during the Commonwealth Bank Trophy era and finished it playing for Giants Netball in Suncorp Super Netball.

Bulley is the daughter of Leon and Lynley Strachan. She was born in Victoria and raised in the Pyramid Hill and Bendigo districts. She attended Pyramid Hill College and Bendigo Senior Secondary College. Her sister, Meredith Ball (née Strachan), also played netball for Melbourne Kestrels, Melbourne University Lightning and Sandhurst. Her younger brother, Kieran Strachan is an Australian rules footballer. Rebecca is married to Randall Bulley, a schoolteacher who was based in Wollongong, but now teaches in Brisbane. She gave birth to a daughter, Indie in 2016. The Bulley family home is in Woonona, New South Wales.

As Rebecca Strachan, Bulley began her netball career as a junior with Calivil United in the Loddon Valley Football Netball League. Her mother, Lynley Strachan, coached at the Calivil United club. After her family moved to Bendigo, she switched to Sandhurst in the Bendigo Football Netball League. Her team mates at Sandhurst included her sister, Meredith.

Between 2000 and 2007, Bulley played 85 games for Melbourne Kestrels and AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She also captained both teams. Between 2001 and 2003 she also played for the Australian Institute of Sport.

Between 2008 and 2011, Bulley played for New South Wales Swifts in the ANZ Championship. After missing out on selection for the Melbourne Vixens squad, Bulley was encouraged by Liz Ellis to join Swifts. She was subsequently a member of the Swifts team that won the inaugural 2008 ANZ Championship title. At the end of the 2010 ANZ Championship season, Bulley was named the Holden Cruze ANZ Championship Player of the Year, the QBE NSW Swifts MVP and the NSW Swifts Members' Player of the Year.

Between 2012 and 2014, Bulley played for Adelaide Thunderbirds. In 2013 she was a member of the Thunderbirds team won the ANZ Championship.

In 2015 Bulley played for Queensland Firebirds and finished the season with a third Championship winners medal.

Between 2017 and 2018, Bulley played for Giants Netball in the Suncorp Super Netball. Bulley had initially retired after the 2015 Netball World Cup in order to start a family. However, Giants head coach, Julie Fitzgerald, subsequently persuaded her to come out of retirement as an injury replacement for Kristiana Manu'a. In August 2018 Bulley announced her retirement as a player for the second time.