Beth Mallard

Beth Mallard

Birth name	Beth Louise Mallard
Date of birth	(1981-08-05) 5 August 1981 (age 43)
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
University	University of Otago
Notable relative(s)	Trevor Mallard (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–1998 Wellington (0) 1999–2002, 2005–2010 Otago 50 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006–2009 New Zealand 8 (0)
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Women's rugby union Rugby World Cup 2006 Canada Team competition

Beth Louise Mallard (born 5 August 1981) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She played for New Zealand and for Otago and Wellington. She was in the squad that won the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1]

Career

Mallard began her rugby career at Wellington Girls' College. She is the daughter of former Labour MP Trevor Mallard.[2][3]

Mallard made her provincial debut for Otago in 1999 against Southland in Invercargill. She made her 50th appearance for Otago in 2010.[2] She made her international debut for the Black Ferns on 4 September 2006 against Samoa at Edmonton.

In 2007, She was named in the Black Ferns squad that played Australia in a two test series.[4] She featured in the two tests against England in 2009.[5][6]

Mallard graduated with a doctorate in physiology in 2011 from the University of Otago.[7][8]

References

1. "Black Ferns World Cup squad named". NZ Herald. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
2. Hepburn, Steve (10 September 2010). "Rugby: 50th game creeps up quietly on long-serving prop". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
3. Boyack, Nicholas (20 November 2022). "Rugby at the heart of home-town farewell to long-time parliamentarian Trevor Mallard". Stuff. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
4. "Black Ferns side named". ESPN.com. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
5. "Test debut for Otago's Kelly Brazier". RNZ. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
6. Kitson, Robert (20 November 2009). "England women confident of beating New Zealand". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
7. Gibb, John (7 May 2011). "Ex-Black Fern also on the ball academically". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
8. Mallard, Beth (2011). The role of Toll-like receptor 4 in Concanavalin A-induced immune-mediated hepatitis (Doctoral thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/606.

External links

• Black Ferns Profile