Domestic Born in
Mordialloc, Victoria, Layton began her career in 2004 for the
Melbourne Kestrels. She then received a scholarship to the
Australian Institute of Sport in 2007, and was awarded captaincy in 2009. In 2008, Layton was signed to play for the
Melbourne Vixens in the
ANZ Championship. She was not signed the following year, but in 2010 Layton transferred to the
Adelaide Thunderbirds. In 2010, she was the winner of the
ANZ Championship's young player of the year award. She was part of the Thunderbirds winning premiership team that year. Her Thunderbirds career culminated with a stellar defensive performance in the
2013 ANZ Championship Grand Final, which Adelaide won 50–48 over the
Queensland Firebirds. On 29 July 2013, Layton signed with the
New South Wales Swifts, where she grew in popularity over the next three seasons and was elevated in the team's leadership group. In 2017, Layton was one of several high-profile signings for the
Collingwood Magpies in the new
Suncorp Super Netball league. After the conclusion of the
2017 season, which saw the Magpies fall short in a cliffhanger elimination final against the
Giants, Layton revealed she would take an indefinite break from the sport due to severe
exhaustion. Layton returned to the Magpies in time for the
2018 season. On 18 July 2018, Layton announced she would retire from all levels of netball at the end of the season. She finished her career having played in more than 140 domestic matches, winning two premierships with the
Adelaide Thunderbirds and claiming a player of the year award in
2016.
International Layton was a member of the Australian U21 team from 2006 to 2009 winning gold at the 2009
World Youth Netball Championships in the Cook Islands where she was vice captain of the side. Later that year, Layton was selected to debut for the Australian Netball Diamonds at the World Netball Championships in Singapore, where the team won a gold medal and the Holden Netball Test Series, regaining the No. 1 rank in the world. Following Layton's Grand Final performance she was named in the Australian Netball Diamonds squad to attend a selection camp at the AIS. Following the camp, Layton was named in the team to compete against New Zealand in the
2013 Constellation Cup and Malawi later in 2013. In 2014 Layton was named in the
Australian National Netball Team to compete at the
2014 Commonwealth Games who went on to defeat the
New Zealand National Netball Team in the gold medal match. This ended Australia's 12 year
Commonwealth Games gold medal drought. Layton did not feature in the
2018 Quad Series or
Commonwealth Games teams. Layton ended her career having earned 46 national team caps. She is a two-time International Player of the Year winner and she captained the Diamonds in 2017. ==National career facts==