Sure, she played some games or a season here and there as a teenager for fun.
But as a basketballer through her junior years, Cuttriss was somewhat a late starter to netball.
“(Basketball) was always what I thought I'd play forever,” Cuttriss said.
“It wasn't until later I converted to netball. I was about 20 when I started playing (at Rochester).
“I met my husband Dylan here and, I suppose, he always played footy and it was nice to have my sport alongside that as well and play here. Then I started to enjoy it.
“It wasn't something I thought I'd do as a kid, but it's funny where life takes you sometimes.”
Travelling back and forth from Melbourne as a fill-in during her first season, Cuttriss found herself starting in the A-grade team the following year.
Bringing much of her basketball background with her to the court, Cuttriss eventually consolidated her spot at wing attack.
“Netball is a really physical game now and very quick and strong, but 10 years ago when I started it wasn't as much,” she said.
“I think the basketball background helps with the physicality of the game now and being hard on the ball, and reading the play too, and thinking ahead of the play with passes, especially as a wing attack and feeding into the ring.”
Fast forward 10 years and a lot of netball in between and Cuttriss is one game away from recording her 150ths A-grade (and club) game with the Goulburn Valley League Tigers.
The feat will also have her join Dylan as a life member at the club they love.
In an unusual build up to her milestone match, it will have been five weeks between game 149 and 150, due to Victoria's recent COVID-19 restrictions.
But if all goes according to plan, Cuttriss will reel in the milestone at her home court against Shepparton on Saturday.
“Only because I'm a mum of three and juggling so many things with work, the weeks go by and I haven't had a lot of time to think about it not happening,” Cuttriss said.
“But it has crept up a little bit, because the season goes fast when it starts.
“And I know it will happen when things open up.”
Thinking back on what has made her time so special at Rochester, Cuttriss said it wasn't the on-court action as much as raising her sons Judd, 10, Orly, 7, and Patch, 1, around a family-friendly environment.
“It's not an easy thing to do as a mum, to reach 150 games and having three kids along the way,” Cuttriss said.
“But it's only really possible because I've had some great family and friends, and my husband is supportive, that my boys are looked after.
“We joke how this place is almost like a second home for our boys.
"It's been a huge part of their lives. They are totally part of the club and the memories for us here as a family are some of our greatest memories.
"And I've made some really good lifelong friends, whether they be teammates or coaches as well.
"You don't remember the games so much, the wins and losses — it's the people.”
That family environment is why Cuttriss can't predict an expiration date on her netball career, admitting it will be up to her body to tell her when to stop.
“Life is busy, manic sometimes, but at the same time, I really think clubs are a great place for people to be around and they offer so much more than a sport,” she said.
“So, while my body allows me too, and the club has a positive impact on my family, I'll keep going until anything changes.”
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