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Biography
Rebecca Jane Rolls (born 22 August 1975) is a cricketer and association football player who represented New Zealand in both sports.
Cricket
Rolls had a long One Day International career, representing New Zealand in 104 matches, as well as 1 Test match. She was only the second New Zealand woman to reach the 100 ODI milestone, after Debbie Hockley. She was a wicketkeeper batsman. She played in the victorious Women's Cricket World Cup at Lincoln in 2000 and she also played for the Auckland Hearts in the State League. She was born in Napier.
Football
Rolls has played internationally for New Zealand as a goalkeeper. She made her Football Ferns debut in a 0-1 loss to Bulgaria on 24 August 1994 and ended her international career with 11 caps to her credit.
Sixteen years later Rolls made a shock comeback for the national team, being called into the 2012 Cyprus Cup squad. In July 2012 she was named in the New Zealand party for the London Olympics. She also played in the final of the 2013 Valais Cup competition for New Zealand against the People's Republic of China. She was part of New Zealand's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.
Personal life
Of Māori descent, Rolls affiliates to the Ngāti Porou iwi.