Raelene Castle
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Born30 September 1970
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationSports executive
Yearsactive2001−present
Parent(s)Bruce Castle (father)
Marlene Castle (mother)
Marlene Castle (mother)
Raelene Castle | |
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.jpg) Castle in 2015 | |
| Born | 30 September 1970 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Sports executive |
| Years active | 2001−present |
| Parent(s) | Bruce Castle (father) Marlene Castle (mother) |
Raelene Castle ONZM (born 30 September 1970) is a sports executive who has worked in Australia and New Zealand. She was chief executive officer of Rugby Australia from 2017 to 2020, before becoming chief executive officer of Sport New Zealand.
Castle was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, on 30 September 1970, the daughter of Bruce and Marlene Castle.[1] Both of her parents represented New Zealand internationally in sports: her father as a rugby league footballer and her mother as a lawn bowler.[1] The family returned to New Zealand when Castle was six months old.[1]