Bianca Giteau

{{short description|Australian netball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}

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|name = Bianca Giteau

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|updated = 13 December 2010

|fullname = Bianca Giteau

|maidenname = Franklin

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|02|11|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Dowerin, Western Australia

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|height = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}}

|school = St Mary's Anglican Girls' School

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|relatives = Lance Franklin (brother)

|spouse = Matt Giteau

|marrieddate = 11 December 2010

|children =

|positions = GA, GS

|clubyears1 = 2002

|clubteam1 = Perth Orioles

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|clubyears2 = 2003–05

|clubteam2 = AIS Canberra Darters

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|clubyears3 = 2006

|clubteam3 = Melbourne Kestrels

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|clubyears4 = 2008–10

|clubteam4 = West Coast Fever

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|clubyears5 = 2011–

|clubteam5 = Adelaide Thunderbirds

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|nationalyears1 = 2004–05

|nationalteam1 = Australian U/21

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Bianca Giteau (née Franklin) is a former Australian netball player. Giteau played with the Perth Orioles in 2002, the Canberra Darters from 2003 to 2005 and the Melbourne Kestrels in 2006 in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. She also played with the Australian U21 team from 2004 to 2005. In the ANZ Championship, Giteau played for the West Coast Fever from 2008 to 2010, and with the Adelaide Thunderbirds in 2011.

Giteau is the older sister of Australian rules footballer Lance "Buddy" Franklin. An Indigenous Australian, she received an ATSIC award for West Australian Young Achiever of the Year in 2003 and was nominated for Female Sportsperson of the Year at The Deadlys in 2006. In May 2009 she became engaged to Australian rugby union player Matt Giteau, whom she met at the Australian Institute of Sport.{{cite news |last=Payten |first=Iain |title=Force calls on ARU for help |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25090636-5001023,00.html |date=2009-02-23 |accessdate=2009-03-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227005938/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0%2C22049%2C25090636-5001023%2C00.html |archivedate=27 February 2009 |url-status=live }} The couple married in December 2010 on the Gold Coast,{{cite news |last=Low |first=Clair |title=Giteau gets hitched under veil of secrecy |newspaper=Canberra Times |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/giteau-gets-hitched-under-veil-of-secrecy/2024612.aspx |date=2010-12-14 |accessdate=2010-12-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215134456/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/giteau-gets-hitched-under-veil-of-secrecy/2024612.aspx |archivedate=2010-12-15 }}{{cite web |last=Partland |first=Warren |title= Star by another name |url=http://netballonline.info/viewtopic.php?p=166022&sid=ed6f3d144573aaab0b41a9bc0f5ff717|date=2010-11-16 |accessdate=2010-12-14}} and have three children together, Levi, Kai and Winter.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/i-won-t-play-for-the-wrong-reasons-matt-giteau-opens-up-on-future-20180522-p4zgpg.html|title='I won't play for the wrong reasons': Matt Giteau opens up on future|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|first=Chris|last=Dutton|date=2018-06-16|accessdate=2019-08-28}}