SONNY Parker is ready for 'the most emotional experience of my life' when he plays for Wales against his native New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

The Welsh team will be announced on Thursday, but Parker is a certainty for his fourth cap after qualifying for Wales on a three-year residency basis and playing against Romania, Fiji and Canada this month.

But Saturday's match will be the biggest of them all as it will be the Pontypridd centre's first in front of a capacity 72,500 crowd and he will be up against the All Blacks.

"It will be a very emotional experience playing in front of such a crowd," admitted Parker this morning.

"It will be really strange hearing both anthems, and seeing the haka will be exciting. It well gear me up as well.

"I've got no regrets about coming to Wales, I've got a lot of close mates here. They haven't selected the team yet so we'll have to wait and see, but it would be a great honour to play against the All Blacks, though every Test is a bonus at the moment.

"I've talked to my parents and they're very proud of me, they have always supported me." Parker picks out one former New Zealander and two current ones as big influences.

"I suppose I've modelled myself on Frank Bunce, who is a legend, though I've got my own style," said Parker.

"I know Doug Howlett of the current players because we were in school together in Auckland, we played a lot at school in Auckland and with the Northern Regions.

"And Steve Hansen has helped me a lot as well. It's all about running lines and communication.

"But it's also about personal goals and achievements, and as long as everyone does his job, we can get a result.

"It's a young All Blacks side, but when you pull on that jersey, you are always a threat." Parker says the biggest threat on Saturday will come from opposite number Tana Umaga, who is in cracking form, scoring a try against France last Saturday and highly-rated by Hansen.

"I have watched Tana a lot, he makes the All Blacks tick and he's playing really well," added the Pontypridd player.

"We have gone down a similar route. He was with Viadana in Italy in 1993 and I was there in 1998, but he went back to New Zealand and I came to Wales."

The All Blacks are set to name two more new caps when the side is announced later today. They are likely to be flanker Rodney So'oiala and hooker Kevan Mealawu, in addition to Regan King, Tony Woodcock and Daniel Braid.

Wales may play Pontypridd's Michael Owen on the blindside in place of Dafydd Jones.