[2] A defender, Bridgette was first named in the Australian Women's soccer squad at 16 years of age.
Bridgette was selected as one of the 20 national squad players to take a full-time residential scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport Canberra for 1998, 1999 and early 2000.
She scored her first international goal in the must-win final of the Oceania World Cup qualifiers in October 1998.
Bridgette won the 1999/2000 Ansett Summer Series national league as a member of the NSW Sapphires.
[3] She was a member of the Australia women's national soccer team that competed at the Sydney Olympic Games.