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| Full name | Katrina Rore (née Grant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
(1987-05-06) 6 May 1987 (age 37) Papakura, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Joel Rore[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Married | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing position(s): GK, GD, WD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Canterbury Flames | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Otago Rebels | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Southern Steel | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | New South Wales Swifts | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2020 | Central Pulse | 147 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–present |
 New Zealand | 133 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 19 September 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Katrina Rore (née Grant; born 6 May 1987 in Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand international netball player. Rore is the current vice-captain of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for the Central Pulse in the ANZ Championship. Rore signed to the New South Wales swifts in the suncorp super netball league in the latter half of the 2018–2019 season following the netball World Cup.
In domestic netball, Rore previously played for the Canterbury Flames in the National Bank Cup in 2005, before moving south for a two-year stint with the Otago Rebels (2006–07). In the ANZ Championship, she played for the Southern Steel in 2008 and 2009, before signing with the Wellington-based Central Pulse for 2010.[3]
Rore was included in the Silver Ferns team for 2008.[4] She made her on-court debut the same year against Australia, partnering Casey Williams in the defence circle.[5] She also played with the Silver Ferns at the 2009 World Netball Series in Manchester and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, with New Zealand winning gold medals at both events.[6][7]
In 2018 Rore was named ANZ Premiership Player of the Year.[8]
Katrina Rore is married to Joel Rore, to whom she proposed on Fiji island. Rore is sitting out the 2021 season due to pregnancy. On 4 May 2021, she gave birth to the couple's first child, a girl called LilyBud Maria Rore [9][10] Katrina Rore was set make her domestic comeback in the 2022 for the ANZ Premiership after the birth of her first child with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic however this was cut short when she announced her second pregnancy [11]
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