Beauden Barrett

Beauden Barrett is a New Zealand rugby union player born in New Plymouth in 1991 who plays as first five-eighth or fullback for the All Blacks and the Blues in Super Rugby, having formerly played for the Hurricanes, and for Taranaki in the National Provincial Championship. He grew up on a farm in Pungarehu in South Taranaki, one of eight siblings that include the rugby players Kane, Scott and Jordie. He played under-20 and sevens rugby for New Zealand before making his All Blacks debut as a replacement against Ireland in Hamilton on 23 June 2012. He won the World Rugby Player of the Year award in 2016 and 2017, only the second player after Richie McCaw to win it in consecutive years, and he scored the final try of the 2015 Rugby World Cup final against Australia.