It was in the fifth minute of the third quarter that a Verity Simmons’ pass found Fowler under the post, who was able to calmly convert the shot into a goal as the 10,764 strong crowd went wild.
The 33-year-old is the competition’s greatest shooters and is the highest SSN goal scorer of all time, with 5,018 Goals in the league.
This year, she has shot 648 goals at an eyewatering rate of 96 per cent, 124 more than the next best player.
Fowler begun her time in the National League with the Southern Steel in 2013 and immediately made her mark, winning the league’s Most Valuable Player that year.
When the league revamped into Suncorp Super Netball in 2018, Fowler found her home with West Coast Fever.
The milestone is just another remarkable achievement for the Jamaican Goal Shooter.
The 198-centimetre shooter has taken home the SSN’s Player of the Year Award a breathtaking five times and they have all been accompanied by the Leading Goal Scorer award.
In 2020, Fowler scored 979 goals at an accuracy of 94 per cent throughout the season, an all-time National League record.
Fowler has scored more than 700 goals in every full edition of the SSN she’s played and is showing no signs of slowing down.
The premiership player also holds the record for the most goals in a game, when she scored 70 Goals against the Swifts in Round 12 of 2020.
Fowler almost broke this record in last year’s grand final when she scored 67 against the Vixens. While this wasn’t enough for the all-time record, it did set a new benchmark for goals in a final.
This year, Fowler cracked past 7,000 National League goals in Round 1 against the Vixens and now sits second on the all-time National League goal scorer list with 7,601, behind only Romelda Aiken-George.
Her focus will now be on helping her side make an impact in finals, with Fever’s top-four place now locked in.
Article By. Oliver Lane
