Sharni Layton won the Netball World Championships in 2011 and 2015, a Commonwealth Games Gold in 2014 and two ANZ Championships. After 46 Tests for the Australian Diamonds, Sharni in 2018 switched to the AFL Women’s competition playing for the Collingwood Football Club. Sharni is currently in her third season.

Starting her career playing for the Melbourne Kestrels in 2004, Sharni received a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport for the 2007 season. Signing for the Melbourne Vixens for the first two seasons of the ANZ Championships, she made the switch to the Adelaide Thunderbirds in 2010. Sharni immediately made an impression in Adelaide, winning the competition’s Young Player of the Year award and was a key member of Thunderbirds 2010 premiership success.

Sharni’s impressive form earned her selection to debut for the Australian Diamonds in the 2011 World Netball Championships where she won her first of two World Championships and the Holden Netball Test Series. She was elevated to Vice-Captain in 2011 for the Thunderbirds and then once again in 2012 to co-Captain. Her time at the Thunderbirds culminated with stellar defensive performances in their 2010 & 2013 Premierships. In a move that would challenge her in an effort to grow as a person, she relocated to Sydney to play for the NSW Swifts ahead of the 2014 season. Continuing her winning streak, Sharni was named in Australia’s squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal in Delhi before being a part of the World Championship Diamonds team that triumphed in Sydney in 2015.

In her last season with the Swifts before the inaugural Suncorp Super Netball league season, Sharni was awarded the Australian ANZ Championship Player of the Year & International Player of the Year in both 2016 and 2017.

Sharni joined the Collingwood Magpies for the 2017 season and in that year was also named as the Australia Diamonds Captain. Still at the peak of her career in 2018, and after achieving over a decade of international accolades including 46 Diamonds caps, Sharni made the ultimate decision to move away from netball and pursue a career in the AFLW with the Collingwood Football Club. A part of the Pie’s VFLW Premiership winning team in 2019, Sharni’s growth in the game of Australian Football was recognised, named the AFLW All Australian ruck in 2020.