As a player, McIntosh was a member of the Australia team that won the gold medal at the 1983 World Netball Championships.

She later coached Australia at the 1995 and 1999 World Netball Championships and at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games, guiding the team to four gold medals.

McIntosh subsequently worked as a coach with the International Netball Federation, Central Pulse and with the national teams of Singapore, Northern Ireland and Jamaica.

As well as playing netball, in her youth McIntosh also represented Western Australia at the Australian Swimming Championships, winning medals at butterfly and medley events.

In 1989, McIntosh was a member of the Coastal Raiders team that won the inaugural West Australian Netball League title.

Between 1973 and 1986, she was a regular member of the senior Western Australia team that played in the Australian National Netball Championships.

[1][3][17] In July 2007, McIntosh was appointed director of coaching for Central Pulse as they prepared to make their debut in the 2008 ANZ Championship.

[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] In May 2012, McIntosh served as head coach of Northern Ireland at the European Netball Championship, guiding them to a silver medal.