She was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

[1] Francis plays for the Melbourne Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

In the WNBL, she has played for the Australian Institute of Sport, Adelaide Lightning, Logan Thunder and Townsville Fire.

[5][7] Francis started out playing netball, but ultimately chose basketball because she preferred the contact aspect of the sport.

[3][4] Francis played in the Central Australian Basketball League for the Eastern Mavericks.

[14] Francis earned a silver medal with South Australia Metro at the 2005 U18 National Junior Championships.

[15] She participated in the U16 National Junior Championships in 2005, playing for South Australia Country.

Francis played for the Australian Institute of Sport team[8][16] for three years,[9][16] including for the 2005/2006 season.

[9] In a November 2008 90–62 win over the Australian Institute of Sport, she scored 17 points, and had 7 rebounds in the game.

[17] In a November 2009 game against the Australian Institute of Sport which her won 100–77, while on the court 23:38 minutes, she scored 24 points and had a field goal percentage of 75%.

[18] In an October 2009 game Adelaide won 75–66 against Dandenong, she had 26 points and 17 rebounds, and had a field goal percentage of 50%.

[15] In late March, early April 2008, she participated in a week long training camp with the national team in Canberra.

[29] In 2008, she had her first Opals cap in a game against New Zealand women's national basketball team.

[11] She was scheduled to participate in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.

[3][4] In 2006, as a member of the Gems, she participated in the Taipei hosted William Jones Cup.

[15] As a member of the Australian team at the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women, she finished fifth.

[31] Francis earned a silver medal at the 2007 FIBA World Championship for Under 21 Women held in Moscow.

[3][4] Francis, like all the other members of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opals women's basketball team, had a difficult tournament.