Before Stamp rose to the top as a Roos' premiership player, she was taking on some of the nation's best netballers.

"I'd say the highlight of my netball career was playing for Tassie at nationals," she said.

"I always look at it and say that I got lucky to play for Tassie, because I know I wouldn't have been able to play for Victoria."

After growing up in Wodonga and learning to play netball on the courts at Kelly Park, Stamp went on to represent her town before moving to Melbourne for university.

She joined Heights Netball Club before later finding herself relocating to Tasmania to work as a physiotherapist.

It was then that her career truly started to take off.

"I was playing against some of the best players in the world, like Vicki Wilson and Sharelle McMahon," she said.

"I just go wow, I got lucky to play against those players.

"It was a big commitment and a fair bit of training, but I got to play at a level that I never expected to play at otherwise."

The talented defender recalls Victoria and NSW as being the powerhouses of the national competition.

While she relished the opportunity, it came with hard work and sacrifices.

"I trained every day and was working full-time," she said.

"It was a bit of a juggle, but it was pre-kids, so I only had myself to worry about.

"We had a development team from Tassie who got the opportunity to play in the Melbourne State League competition.

"We would fly over and play double headers on a weekend and stay at the Urban Camp at Royal Park.

"My boss would be able to say leave early Friday afternoon, so that made life a bit easier."

After two years of competing against the best, Stamp longed to travel.

"I based myself in England and did a fair bit of travelling," she said.

"Because I did a number of locum jobs working in different spots, I'd be able to say I could play netball.

"They'd say 'can you play this position?' And I'd say 'yeah, I'll play anywhere.'

"It was a good way to meet people."

After four years abroad Stamp landed back home where she began training with Wodonga in 2003.

But her return was short lived, moving to Young and joining Cootamundra in the Farrah League

"I ended up playing centre, which was fun being out of position," she said.

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It wasn't long before she was on the road again, settling in Yackandandah.

Joining the Roos in 2005, Stamp went on to win three premierships and claim the league's highest honour in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2012.

While the first acknowledgement was a surprise for her, the real shock had come prior.

"The shock was probably the year before when I only started playing mid-season," she said

"They asked me to go to the awards at the end of the year and I said why would I bother going to the awards? I'd only played half a season.

"I came runners-up.

"The next year when they told me I needed to go to the awards ceremony I did actually turn up.

"There was another year where I hadn't won the club best and fairest and won it, I wasn't expecting that.

"I didn't play netball for those sorts of awards.

"I played netball to enjoy netball, and we had some really good teams.

"I always found it easier to play well when you have good players around you."

The Roos dominated the competition from 2005 to 2007, claiming three consecutive flags.

However, Stamp missed the club's last premiership while pregnant with daughter Zoe.

"We actually ended up moving to Cootamundra because of my husband's (Richard) work that season, so not being around was probably easier than not thinking about being involved," she said.

Having already welcomed son Will three-years prior to Zoe, Stamp admitted returning to sport after having babies was a challenge.

"I remember their first trial was the first day I could start running again after I had Zoe," she said.

"I found it a lot tougher coming back that second time."

Stamp became a leader for the Roos, coaching from 2010 to 2012.

"By that stage the team had changed and we had a lot of young players coming through," she said.

"I remember one year I was on the court and I could almost have been the mother of all of the other girls.

"It was really good to coach and see them develop.

"Emma Maslen was part of our juniors that came up and played A-grade when I was coaching. To see her coaching now is really good."

However, Stamp admits the role was something she fell into.

"We had another coach start in 2010 but it didn't work out," she said.

"Basically someone had to coach, so I put my hand up.

"I was able to be on the sidelines because I hurt my knee in 2010.

"I saw it differently, because it's quite hard to coach if you're involved on the court.

"But the hard thing about being on the sidelines is that you can't do anything to help."

Stamp went on to play three more seasons, retiring in 2013 after further troubles with her knee.

While she hasn't been involved in netball since, Stamp now spends more time back at the club with daughter Zoe playing in the under-15s this season.

However, with Will and Zoe both playing soccer, Stamp has become a coach of different kind.

"I've learnt enough of the rules that I can now run the line for soccer matches," she said.

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