Kieran Read, full name Kieran James Read, is a New Zealand former rugby union player born in 1985 who played as a number eight and captained the All Blacks. He played for New Zealand from 2008 to 2019, winning 127 tests, scoring 26 international tries and captaining the side 52 times, which makes him the fifth-most-capped All Black in history. He was the IRB Player of the Year in 2013 and a key member of the 2011 and 2015 World Cup winning teams. At club level he played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and for Canterbury and Counties Manukau in the Mitre 10 Cup, before a final season in Japan with Toyota Verblitz.
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is a New Zealand former rugby union player
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born 26 October 1985
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He played as a number 8 and is a former captain
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a key member of New Zealand's 2011 and 2015 World Cup-winning teams
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