den Dekker represented Australia in 84 tests between 1988 and 1995, including a record 71 as captain.

She received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to sport.

[3][4] In the national league, den Dekker was captain-coach of the Queensland Firebirds in 1997-98 before returning home to the now defunct Adelaide Ravens.

[1] den Dekker OAM was appointed Head Coach of Netball Australia’s new Centre of Excellence in Canberra in April 2014.

Currently still works as a consultant for Netball Australia as a Defence Specialist coach and manages her own Netball consultancy business working to develop our next generation of players and coaches in South Australia