Shannon Francois is a New Zealand netball

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...

 player, who is currently contracted to the Southern Steel

Southern Steel

The Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. The franchise was formed as an amalgamation of two teams from the National Bank Cup, the Dunedin-based Otago Rebels and the Invercargill-based Southern Sting...

 in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship

ANZ Championship

The ANZ Championship is the pre-eminent netball league in the world. The competition is held annually between April and July, comprising 69 matches played over 17 weeks. It is contested by ten teams, five from Australia and five from New Zealand...

. Francois, who is a midcourter has played for Otago in the National Provincial Championships since 2010. She made the New Zealand under 21 squad in 2011 and played against Australia in three tests.
She was later named in the FastNet Ferns squad to compete the World Netball Series

World Netball Series

The World Netball Series is an international netball competition that was contested for the first time in October 2009. The new competition features modified "fastnet" rules, and has been likened to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens...

, in Liverpool in late November.
Francois will join Silver Fern players Irene van Dyk

Irene van Dyk

Irene van Dyk, MNZM is one of the world's best-known netball players and the most capped player of all time....

, Maria Tutaia

Maria Tutaia

Solonaima Maria Tuta'ia is a New Zealand international netball player. She can play at goal attack and goal shooter, and stands at 1.88 m....

 and Katrina Grant

Katrina Grant

Katrina Grant is a New Zealand international netball player. Grant is a current member of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for the Central Pulse in the ANZ Championship....

in the side.