Defenders like Tracey Fear, who played alongside Forsyth for the Verdettes club, Waikato and the Silver Ferns. “She was the hardest player I ever played against. Even though I played with her for so many years, I still couldn’t work her out,” Fear says. “And she would do it all with such bloody grace. I was in awe of her - even when she was doing it against you and made a dick out of you.” But Forsyth was loved and resepcted for more than just her exceptional netball talent. She was a woman who gave back – as a successful coach, role model and mentor; a teacher, police officer and a city councillor. She was a wonderful mother to her three sons, and a new grandmother.
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Auckland Storm lock Maia Roos is set to be part of the historic match between the Blues women and Chiefs women this Saturday at Eden Park.
Yet might only be a three-letter word, but it has plenty of power as far as Maia Roos is concerned. The 19-year-old lock is only in her second year out of high school at Tāmaki College, where she was head girl, and she is already around the fringes of the Black Ferns on the back of a strong Farah Palmer Cup campaign with the Auckland Storm in 2020. But this Saturday she is set to swap her Storm jersey for a Blues one, as the Super Rugby franchise stages a historic clash with the Chiefs at Eden Park – a match that will hopefully be a taste of things to come for the women’s game.