Katrina Rore

Katrina Rore
Personal information
Full nameKatrina Rore (Née: Grant)
Born (1987-05-06) 6 May 1987
Papakura, New Zealand
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Spouse
Joel Rore
(m. 2018)
SchoolAuckland Girls' Grammar School
UniversityUniversity of Otago
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
2010 Delhi Tournament
World Netball Series
2009 Manchester Fastnet
2011 Liverpool Fastnet
Netball World Cup
2019 Liverpool Tournament
2015 Sydney Tournament
Updated on 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.

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

Rore was named the 2018 ANZ Premiership Player of the Year.

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