Maleta Roberts

{{Short description|Papua New Guinean netball player (born 1985)}}

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|name = Maleta Roberts

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|updated = 8 October 2010

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|04|25|df=yes}}[http://www.griffith.edu.au/sport/profiles/content_maleta.html Griffith University Elite Athletes profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810204708/http://www.griffith.edu.au/sport/profiles/content_maleta.html |date=2008-08-10 }}

|birth_place = Arawa, Papua New Guinea

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|spouse = Scott Meehan

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|positions = GA, GS

|clubyears1 = 2006–07

|clubteam1 = Queensland Firebirds

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|nationalyears1 = 2007–present

|nationalteam1 = {{nb|Papua New Guinea}}

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Maleta Roberts (born 25 April 1985) is a Papua New Guinean international netball player. Roberts was a member of the Papua New Guinea national team that played in the 2007 Arafura Games and the 2007 Netball World Championships,[http://www.qasport.qld.gov.au/december_2006.cfm Queensland Academy of Sport: December 2006 results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630025742/http://www.qasport.qld.gov.au/december_2006.cfm |date=2008-06-30 }} and subsequently at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In 2013 she was appointed Co-Captain of the PNG Pepes for the Pacific Series in Samoa. She also played with the Queensland Firebirds in Australia's Commonwealth Bank Trophy,[http://www.netballonline.com/Comps/AUSCommonwealthBankTrophy/2006/tabid/86/Default.aspx NetballOnline: 2006 Commonwealth Bank Trophy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224114948/http://www.netballonline.com/Comps/AUSCommonwealthBankTrophy/2006/tabid/86/Default.aspx |date=2008-12-24 }} and played with the Queensland Fusion in the inaugural Australian Netball League.[http://netball.asn.au/teamroster.asp?comp=3525&team=24121&orgid=1 Queensland Fusion playing roster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001023444/http://www.netball.asn.au/teamroster.asp?comp=3525&team=24121&orgid=1 |date=2009-10-01 }} at Netball Australia At State League level, Roberts played in the Holden Astra Cup (Tier 1) and was Co-Captain of Suncoast Lynx and later played for the Gold Coast Jaguars. Appointed Co-Captain of PNG Pepes in 2013 for successful Pacific Series in Samoa and later in year the 6 Nations Tournament in Singapore. Since 2013 Roberts has been living, playing and coaching netball in Bendigo, Victoria. She has now moved to Brisbane Australia in 2020.