Regina Sheck is another prop who gets amongst it in the backline. She has a large number of international caps under her hat and is a classy player. Canterbury s Maryanne Prescott is new to the national squad, but holds promise. She is another traditional style player. Two more have just been added to the New Zealand squad - Tia Paasi and Beth Mallard.
Mallard is a hooker come prop and has played since primary school.
Interestingly, her father is the Minister of Sports in our country - Trevor Mallard. Tia Paasi is a promising prop who is naturally powerful like Emma Thomas. She is raw and has a mountain of talent to tap. The Black Ferns' other internationa, Mata Piho, has made herself unavailable due to family commitments. That s only six props, with three of them untested at international level.