# Raelene Castle

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{{Short description|Australian sports executive}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
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| image            = Raelene Castle (cropped).jpg
| caption          = Castle in 2015
| name             = Raelene Castle
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}}
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|09|30}}
| birth_place      = [Wagga Wagga](/source/Wagga_Wagga), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia
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| occupation       = Sports executive
| years_active     = 2001−present
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| spouse           = 
| parents          = [Bruce Castle](/source/Bruce_Castle_(rugby_league)) (father)<br>[Marlene Castle](/source/Marlene_Castle) (mother)
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'''Raelene Castle''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|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](/source/Rugby_Australia) from 2017 to 2020, before becoming chief executive officer of [Sport New Zealand](/source/Sport_New_Zealand).

==Early life and family==
Castle was born in [Wagga Wagga](/source/Wagga_Wagga), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia, on 30 September 1970, the daughter of [Bruce](/source/Bruce_Castle_(rugby_league)) and [Marlene Castle](/source/Marlene_Castle).<ref name="birthdetails">{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Madonna|title=Raelene Castle: game changer|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/raelene-castle-game-changer-20141208-122e2o.html|accessdate=30 March 2018|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 December 2014|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211512/https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/raelene-castle-game-changer-20141208-122e2o.html|archive-date=30 March 2018}}</ref> Both of her parents represented New Zealand internationally in sports: her father as a [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer and her mother as a [lawn bowler](/source/Bowls).<ref name="birthdetails"/> The family returned to New Zealand when Castle was six months old.<ref name="birthdetails"/>

==Career==
From 2007 to 2013, Castle was the chief executive officer (CEO) of [Netball New Zealand](/source/Netball_New_Zealand).<ref name="New Bulldogs CEO">{{cite web|url=https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/new-zealander-raelene-castle-appointed-ne-ceo-bull/1887035/|title=New Zealander Raelene Castle appointed new Bulldogs CEO|publisher=sunshine coast daily|date=29 May 2013|accessdate=17 June 2017}}</ref> In 2013, she was appointed CEO of [Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs](/source/Canterbury-Bankstown_Bulldogs), becoming the first female CEO of a club in the [National Rugby League](/source/National_Rugby_League).<ref name="Game changer">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/canterbury-bulldogs-appoint-raelene-castle-as-their-new-ceo-replacing-todd-greenberg/news-story/e2b9f5b382027a3a9b716964c5aec9c9|title=Bulldogs appoint castle|publisher=daily telegraph|date=29 May 2013|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref> At the end of the 2017 season, she was replaced by Rugby League World Cup boss Andrew Hill.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bulldogs appoint veteran rugby league administrator to replace Raelene Castle|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/95647278/bulldogs-appoint-veteran-rugby-league-administrator-to-replace-raelene-castle|accessdate=10 August 2017|work=[Stuff.co.nz](/source/Stuff.co.nz)|date=10 August 2017}}</ref>

In December 2017, Castle was appointed as CEO of Rugby Australia,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/dec/13/rugby-australia-choose-best-person-for-job-but-castles-appointment-still-symbolic |title=Rugby Australia choose best person for job but Castle's appointment still symbolic |first=Kate |last=O'Halloran |date=13 December 2017 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref> and served in that role until her resignation in April 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-24/raelene-castle-defended-by-rugby-australia-after-quitting-as-ceo/12180290 |title=Raelene Castle defended by Rugby Australia after stepping down as chief executive |date=24 April 2020 |work=ABC News |accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=Australian Associated Press|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/23/raelene-castle-steps-down-as-ceo-of-rugby-australia|title=Raelene Castle steps down as CEO of Rugby Australia|date=2020-04-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-27|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In December 2020, Castle took up a role as CEO of [Sport New Zealand](/source/Sport_New_Zealand)<ref>{{cite web |title=Raelene Castle, Chief Executive |url=https://sportnz.org.nz/about/our-structure/raelene-castle/ |website=Sport New Zealand |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> following contract work on Sport New Zealand's ''Strengthen and Adapt'' project.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/lockerroom/new-sport-nz-boss-raelene-castle-brings-her-battle-scars |title=New Sport NZ boss Raelene Castle brings her battle scars |first=Suzanne |last= McFadden |date=4 November 2020 |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=[Newsroom](/source/Newsroom_(website))}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Financial support for the sector due to COVID-19 Tautoko ā-pūtea |url=https://sportnz.org.nz/covid-19-response/financial-support-for-the-sector-due-to-covid-19/ |website=Sport New Zealand |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

==Honours==
In the [2015 New Year Honours](/source/2015_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)), Castle was appointed an [Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit](/source/Officer_of_the_New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit), for services to sport and business.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2015 | title=New Year honours list 2015 |date=31 December 2014 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=20 February 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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{{succession box|title= [Australian Rugby Union CEO](/source/Rugby_Australia) |before=[Bill Pulver](/source/Bill_Pulver) |after=Rob Clarke (interim) |years=2017–2020}}
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Category:1970 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian sports executives and administrators
Category:New Zealand sports executives and administrators
Category:New Zealand rugby league administrators
Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:People from Wagga Wagga
Category:Australian women chief executives
Category:New Zealand women chief executives
Category:New Zealand netball administrators

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