Lauren Moore

Lauren Moore also currently plays for the Giants and started playing at 5 years old. She has been a professional ​player since 2016, and has won two Premierships with the NSW Swifts, and then moved clubs to cross ​town rivals, the Giants in 2022. Lauren is passionate about helping others live a happy, healthy life. ​She is a Disability Support worker with the Whatability Foundation.​

Born in Riverton, New Zealand, Mere debuted with the Aotearoa Māori Women’s Sevens in 2000. Since then, she has embarked on a career as an internationally renowned athlete and coach, playing professionally in Europe, Australia and in the USA. Mere returned to New Zealand in 2019 to take up the position of Women’s High-Performance manager with Rugby Southland. Mere also developed the Hapori Project, a coaching, cultural and life skills programme which includes the Hapori Festival, an initiative for rangatahi and their extended whānau.