Early years Wood started playing netball when she was six and was playing in division one with the
Pine Rivers Netball Association when she was twelve. She represented
Queensland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. In 2010 she captained the under-19 team to an
Australian National Netball Championships title and was named Tournament MVP. Her shooting partner was
Ameliaranne Wells. Wood also played for both Suncoast Lynx and
Carina Tigers in the
Queensland State Netball League.
Queensland Fusion Between 2009 and 2014, Wood played for
Queensland Fusion in the
Australian Netball League. In 2014 she was a member of the Fusion team that finished as runners up in the ANL. She was also named the 2014 Queensland Fusion MVP. While playing for Fusion, Wood was also called up as a replacement player for
Queensland Firebirds during the
2012 ANZ Championship season. However she never made a senior appearance for Firebirds.
Australian Institute of Sport Between 2010 and 2011, Wood played for the
Australian Institute of Sport. In 2011 she won the Gweneth Benzie Award for the best player in the program.
New South Wales Swifts In 2014 Wood signed for
New South Wales Swifts. She subsequently made her
ANZ Championship debut with Swifts in a
2015 Round 2 match against
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. During 2015, Fretwell played for
NNSW Waratahs in the
Australian Netball League. Wood played for Swifts in two successive grand finals in
2015 and
2016. However, on both occasions they lost to
Queensland Firebirds.
Sunshine Coast Lightning Since
2017, Wood has played for
Sunshine Coast Lightning in
Suncorp Super Netball. Together with
Caitlin Bassett, she was one of the first players to join the new franchise. Wood was a member of the Lighting teams that won the 2017 and
2018 Suncorp Super Netball titles. In 2018 she was named Lightning's Members' Player of the Year. She also shared the main MVP award with
Karla Pretorius.
Australia Wood made her senior debut for
Australia on 27 August 2016 against
South Africa during the
2016 Netball Quad Series. She had previously represented Australia at under-19 and under-21 levels. Wood was subsequently a member of the Australia teams that won the silver medals at the
2018 Commonwealth Games and at the
2019 Netball World Cup. Wood was appointed as vice-captain of the Diamonds in 2021, alongside captain
Liz Watson, with the team winning every major tournament under their leadership, including gold medals at the
2022 Commonwealth Games and
2023 Netball World Cup. Following the 2023 Netball World Cup, Wood announced her retirement from international netball after 56 matches for the Diamonds. ==Honours==