Barrett in 2014
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Full name | Beauden John Barrett | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
School | Francis Douglas Memorial College | ||||||||||||||||
University | Massey Wellington | ||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Kevin "Smiley" Barrett (father) Robyn Barrett (mother) Kane Barrett (brother) Scott Barrett (brother) Jordie Barrett (brother) |
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Position | Fly-Half, Full-back, Wing | ||||||||||||||||
New Zealand No. | 1115 | ||||||||||||||||
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Provincial/State sides | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2010– | Taranaki | 26 | (191) |
Correct as of 29 August 2015
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Super Rugby | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2011– | Hurricanes | 86 | (961) |
Correct as of 18 March 2017
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National team(s) | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2011 2012– |
New Zealand U-20 New Zealand |
5 49 |
(15) (297) |
Correct as of 26 November 2016
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Sevens national teams | |||
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Years | Club / team | Comps | |
2010 | New Zealand | 2 |
Beauden John "Beaudy" Barrett (born 27 May 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the fly-half position for Taranaki and the Wellington based Super Rugby side the Hurricanes, and for New Zealand's national team the All Blacks. He was key member of 2015 Rugby World Cup winning team. Barrett also plays fullback and wing as demonstrated with Taranaki and the All Blacks.
Barrett has played at under-20 and Sevens levels for New Zealand before being called into the All Blacks' training squad in May 2012 and made his international debut as a replacement in the final test against Ireland in Hamilton, when he kicked nine points. He debuted for Taranaki in 2010, and debuted in Super Rugby with the Hurricanes in 2011. In 2016, he won the World Rugby Player of the Year award.
Barrett was born in New Plymouth and grew up on a dairy farm in Pungarehu, a small town in Coastal Taranaki up the Surf Highway near Hawera, with his seven siblings. He has four brothers and three sisters; Kane, Scott, Blake, Jordie, Jenna, Zara and Ella. When he was eight years old, the Barrett family spent a year in Ireland. At St Fiach's National School in Ballinacree, Oldcastle, County Meath, he and his brother Kane learned how to play Gaelic football. From an early age, he played with the local Coastal Rugby and Sports Club. He attended Francis Douglas Memorial College in New Plymouth, where he excelled in its first XV.