Beth Mallard

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Beth Mallard
BornBeth Louise Mallard
(1981-08-05) 5 August 1981 (age 44)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
UniversityUniversity of Otago
Notable relativeTrevor Mallard (father)
Rugby union career
Position 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 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Women's rugby union
Rugby World Cup
Gold medal – first place 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

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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

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