Kieran Read
Kieran James Read (born 26 October 1985 in Papakura, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player in the position of winger and the number eight.
Read went to college in the Auckland suburb of Rosehill ( Papakura District ) to school. In his youth he was a player of the national New Zealand rugby school choice (2003), the U-19 national team ( 2004) and the U-21 national team ( 2005-2006). He also played in the New Zealand national youth teams as a batsman cricket.
After high school he moved to Christchurch to study at the University of Canterbury. There he joined the rugby club of the University. In 2009, this honored him with the Blues Award and the appointment Sportsman of the Year. Since 2006 he plays for the selection of the Canterbury RFU in the New Zealand Rugby Championship. With her he was 2008 champion as their team captain. 2009, 2010 and 2011 was followed by three additional championships won. In addition, he won the Ranfurly Shield with Canterbury in 2007 ( a successful defense ), 2009 ( four successful defenses ) and 2010 ( two successful defenses ). In the last three seasons, he was due to Nationalmannschftsverpflichtungen but hardly or not used.
In addition, he has been running since 2007 to the Crusaders in the international Super Rugby. With them he received the 2008 title. 2007, 2009 and 2010, they failed in the semi-finals and final of the 2011 Championship.
In 2008, he debuted because of its benefits for the New Zealand national team ( All Blacks ) during the November internationals in Europe after he was previously accrued for the Junior All Blacks in 2007.
The next year he established himself as a regular in the national team. With her he could 2009, 2010 and 2011 successfully Bledisloe Cup against the Australian national team ( Wallabies ) defended the win Tri Nations 2010 and the Grand Slam win in the same year. Furthermore Read 2010 was appointed New Zealand rugby player of the year by the New Zealand Rugby Union ( NZRU ).
His biggest success in rugby was winning the Rugby Union World Cup 2011 in their own country.