A late starter, Denise began her footballing life at Rockingham City FC 45mins south of Perth where she began her football career as a gun striker, but a change of locale prompted a change of position that lead to a a spot as backup to fellow sandgroper Tracey Wheeler in Sweden.
She made her one and only appearance for Australia in the lead-up to the World Cup, in a game against New Zealand
against whom she kept a clean sheet.
The 1-gamers are the hardest to track down and invariably the most gratifying stories to tell.