Paige Reed confirmed as NIC Leeds Rhinos Captain in 2026

NIC Leeds Rhinos Netball have announced Paige Reed as their new captain for the 2026 Netball Super League season.

Reed is the seventh captain in the club’s history, following in the footsteps of Jade Clarke, Fi Toner, Vicki Oyesola, Nia Jones, Geva Mentor and Beth Brittain.

Paige Reed returns for her second spell at the club, having previously played for the Rhinos in 2023.

Reed, who plays at both goal attack and goal shooter, joins from AO Manchester Thunder where she played for the last two seasons, helping the team to a Grand Final spot in 2024.

This will be Reed’s eighth Netball Super League season, having made her debut in 2018 with Team Bath and then joining Severn Stars, where she played over 40 games.  For the Rhinos she made 18 appearances and scored 310 goals before the switch to northern rivals Thunder.

Internationally, Reed has come through the Roses Pathway, representing England at Under-17 and Under-21 and joined the Future Roses programme in 2018-19. Her first Vitality Roses call-up was in 2022 and the Fast5 World Series. Last year she made her international debut against Malawi and won Player of the Match and helped her team go onto win a series victory in the Vitality Netball Nations Cup.

Head coach Lauren Palmer also confirmed that she will be supported by a leadership group of England Vitality Rose and 2025 All-star 7 Goalkeeper Jasmine Brown, and Future Rose, All-star 7 and 2025 NIC Rhinos Fans player of the year Cassie Howard, who returns to the Rhinos this season having initially joined the club in 2023 as a training partner.

NIC Rhinos Netball play their first home game of the Netball Super League on Friday 6th March against Loughborough Lightning at the Canon Medical Arena, Sheffield. 

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