[2] Taylor had two elder sisters, Claire and Faye, who were both netball players, and she followed in their footsteps.

[1][2] Taylor was selected for the New Zealand national netball team, known as the Silver Ferns, for the 1975 world championships, which were held in Auckland, making her debut against Fiji on 26 August, and playing in two other matches.

[1][2][3] In 1974, Taylor returned to Matamata College, as a teacher of accounting and physical education.

Married to Phil Taylor, she left the school in 1978 to have four children, returning to the College in 1985.

Her two daughters went to the same school and played for its netball team, which Taylor coached for a number of years.