After a decorated 17 years of playing elite netball, Bianca Chatfield has called time on her career.
The Melbourne Vixens captain and Commonwealth Games gold medallist will retire at the end of the trans-Tasman championship season.
"After finishing my international career last year, I knew I wanted to enjoy one more season with the Vixens," Chatfield said on Tuesday.
"I am one of the few fortunate athletes that is lucky enough to be able to retire on my terms, when I'm ready."
Chatfield ended her international career after helping lift the Australian Diamonds to a Commonwealth Games gold medal in Glasgow.
With 59 Test caps to her name, Chatfield first made the national team as an 18-year-old and went on to claim a Commonwealth Games silver medal in 2006 and a world netball championship title in 2007.
The 33-year-old defender has been a part of the Vixens for all eight seasons of the domestic competition, playing more than 100 games and captaining the side to premierships in 2009 and 2014.
Chatfield said she'd made Vixens coach Simone McKinnis aware of her intentions at the start of the year.
"We both knew that to give us the best chance of defending the title and ensuring I leave the club in the best possible position, it was important to manage my load and to give our young defenders an opportunity to develop other combinations out there on court," she said.
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