Brodie Retallick

Brodie Retallick is a New Zealand rugby union footballer born in 1991 who plays as a lock for the Kobelco Kobe Steelers in Japan Rugby League One. He previously played for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and for Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's National Provincial Championship. He made his international debut for New Zealand against Ireland on 9 June 2012, starting in a locking partnership with Sam Whitelock that the All Blacks have used regularly ever since, and he has won over 100 test caps. He was a key member of the 2015 Rugby World Cup-winning team and won World Rugby Player of the Year in 2014, the youngest winner of that award. He has often been compared with the late All Black lock Sir Colin Meads.