Katrina Rore

Katrina Rore
Personal information
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
​
(m. 2018)​
[1]
Netball career
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 150
Years National team(s) Caps
2008–2022 New Zealand 137
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's netball
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi Tournament
World Netball Series
Gold medal – first place 2009 Manchester Fastnet
Silver medal – second place 2011 Liverpool Fastnet
Netball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Liverpool Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2015 Sydney Tournament
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 a previous 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.[2]

Rore was included in the Silver Ferns team for 2008.[3] She made her on-court debut the same year against Australia, partnering Casey Williams in the defence circle.[4] 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.[5][6] Rore was selected as the 26th captain of the Silver Ferns in 2017,[7] however her leadership fell under criticism when the team did not win a medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[8] Rore failed to make the Silver Ferns selection under Noeline Taurua coaching for the 2019 Netball Quad Series[9] she was however re-selected for the 2019 Netball World Cup.[10]

Rore was named the 2018 ANZ Premiership Player of the Year.[11]

December 2022 Rore announced her official retirement from international netball, Rore was only one of four Silver Ferns to become a centurion with 137 caps to her name behind Irene van Dyk, Maria Folau and Laura Langman.[12]

Personal life

Katrina Rore is married to Joel Rore, to whom she proposed in Fiji. Rore missed the 2021 season due to pregnancy, and gave birth to the couple's first child, in May that year.[13][14] Rore planned to make her domestic comeback in 2022 with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, but this did not eventuate after she announced her second pregnancy.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Netball: Silver Ferns captain Katrina Grant reveals plans for a fresh start in her netball career". 1 July 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ^ Seconi, Adrian (7 August 2009). "Family first for departing defender". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ^ Hepburn, Steve (23 August 2008). "Silver Ferns selection yet to sink in". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. ^ Seconi, Adrian (23 September 2008). "Quiet show of faith repaid in debut test". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Silver Ferns win World Series". The New Zealand Herald. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. ^ Ford, Greg (15 October 2010). "Silver Ferns take gold in thriller". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. ^ Silver Ferns captain Katrina Grant to notch her 100th test
  8. ^ Netball: Katrina Grant at peace with the possibility of losing her role as Silver Ferns captain
  9. ^ Silver Ferns selection shock as former captain Katrina Rore misses Quad Series cut
  10. ^ Netball: Katrina is ready to roar and fight back
  11. ^ "Katrina Grant named Player of the Year". www.anzpremiership.co.nz. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Former Silver Ferns captain Katrina Rore retires from international netball". stuff.co.nz. 3 December 2022.
  13. ^ Bertrand, Kelly (26 June 2018). "Silver Ferns captain Katrina Grant's idyllic Fijian proposal". Woman's Day.
  14. ^ Bertrand, Kelly (10 December 2018). "Silver Fern Katrina Grant marries her soulmate in a spectacular clifftop ceremony". Woman's Day.
  15. ^ "Rore reveals surprise pregnancy". RNZ News. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.