Super Netball round 12: Hulita Veve ruled out for season with ACL injury
Queensland Firebirds co-captain Hulita Veve will be sidelined for the rest of the season after suffering an ACL tear - the second player to be ruled out for the remainder of the club's 2025 campaign this week.
The Firebirds revealed on Friday the 29-year-old midcourter and Tongan international injured her ACL in training earlier this week.
The club said Veve would consult with a specialist in the coming days to determine when she would undergo surgery.
Veve's injury comes after Firebirds goal attack Tippah Dwan was this week also ruled out of the rest of the season due to an ongoing knee injury.
Firebirds head coach Kiri Wills said the loss of Veve's was a blow to the team's on-court leadership.
'This is a massive blow for Hulita and for all of us at the club,' Wills said.
'Not only is Hulita a leader in our club, she's a hugely popular and important part of our purple family and I know everyone will be doing all we can to support her as she begins her rehabilitation.
'It's a huge loss for us on court - but we have a resilient group and I know Hulita will want us to do all we can to finish the season as strongly as possible.'
Veve was named as a co-captain alongside defender Ruby Bakewell-Doran this year.
A premiership winner with the Firebirds in 2016, the mother-of-two made a successful return as a full-time contracted Super Netball player last season.
The Firebirds sit at the bottom of the Super Netball ladder with three rounds remaining in the regular season.
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