She has played at three Commonwealth Games, three World Cups, has more than 100 caps for her country and is in the England Netball Hall of Fame.
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But veteran defender Sonia Mkoloma says she has unfinished business with the NSW Swifts and is determined to help them return to the top of the ANZ Championship.
The 35-year-old will return to Canberra for the first time since a training camp with her national team several years ago when the Swifts take on the Southern Steel at the AIS Arena on Friday.
Mkoloma is one of the most accomplished players in the league, having enjoyed a 13-year international career featuring 111 games for England.
She is in her fifth season with the Swifts after previously having stints with New Zealand sides Central Pulse and Canterbury Tactix.
Mkoloma, the players' player of the year for the Swifts last season, isn't showing any signs of slowing down and continues to be a menace to shooters around the league.
"Hopefully I've got a couple more years left, but we'll see how the body goes,'' she said. "I still love playing and I love it here in Australia. The ANZ Championship is one of the highest leagues in the world and has international players, and it's a great place to play good netball.''
Having played with both New Zealand and Australian domestic teams, Mkoloma said there was a noticeable difference in how both countries attack the game.
''The intensity is the same, but it's a completely differently style of netball,'' she said. ''New Zealand teams play a lot of zone defence, while in Australia it's a lot of man on man. In the UK, we touch a bit on both, so it hasn't been too bad to make that adjustment.''
Mkoloma represented England between 1998 and 2011, winning a bronze medal at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 and 2011 world championships.
While she is available for selection, Mkoloma knows she is unlikely to receive a call-up for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July and August.
She was told she wouldn't be chosen if she played in the trans-Tasman league, but Mkoloma said that stance had changed.
"You can now, we've sorted that out, which is good for the girls that are playing out here,'' she said. "The UK have seen the benefit of the girls playing here and it's not a hindrance and will improve their games.''
ANZ CHAMPIONSHIP: NSW Swifts v Southern Steel at AIS Arena on Friday, 1.48pm. Tickets from Ticketek.
