Beauden Barrett

Beauden Barrett

Barrett before All Blacks vs England, Dunedin
Full name	Beauden John Barrett
Date of birth	(1991-05-27) 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)
School	Francis Douglas Memorial College
University	Massey Wellington
Notable relative(s)	Kevin Barrett (father) Kane Barrett (brother) Scott Barrett (brother)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fly-half / Fullback
New Zealand No.	1115
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2010–	Taranaki	25	(191)
correct as of 20 October 2012.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2011–	Hurricanes	60	(690)
correct as of 26 April 2015.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2012–	New Zealand	28	(119)
correct as of 23 November 2014.
Sevens national teams
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 (and occasionally fullback) position for the Wellington based Super Rugby side the Hurricanes, and for New Zealand's national team the All Blacks.^[1]

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 went on to make his international debut as a replacement in the final test against Ireland when he kicked nine points. He made his debut for Taranaki in 2010 and made his Super Rugby debut for the Hurricanes in 2011.

Early life

Barrett was born in New Plymouth and grew up on the farm in Pungarehu, Coastal Taranaki along with his four brothers and three sisters; Kane, Scott, Blake, Jordie, Jenna, Zara and Ella. From early age, he played with the local Coastal Rugby Club. He attended Francis Douglas Memorial College in New Plymouth, where he excelled in its first XV.

Barrett came to the attention of national selectors at the age of 19, after he was selected in the New Zealand Sevens team for the final two legs of the 2010 IRB Sevens World Series in England and Scotland and debuted for Taranaki in the ITM Cup against Northland. The following year he along with Charles Piutau was selected in the New Zealand under 20 squad (coached by Mark Anscombe) and featured (in the starting XV) at Fullback mostly of the tournament, which won the world championship in Italy.

Domestic career

Barrett made his debut for Taranaki in the 2010 ITM Cup competition, coming on as a replacement against Northland. The then teenager was named most promising player of the year after a season that saw him break into the ITM Cup squad before he became the first choice first five-eighth at the end of the season. Barrett signed a development contract with the Hurricanes to become a Hurricanes wider squad member in 2011 after turning down an offer from the Blues.^[2]

He was called up by the Hurricanes before the side's 2011 tour to South Africa where he saw time off the bench, earning his first four Hurricanes caps. He made his debut in a 50-47 win over the Central Cheetahs in Bloemfontein, a match that saw the Hurricanes prevail on full-time with a try to lock Jeremy Thrush that Barrett converted.^[3] Returning to Taranaki for the 2011 ITM Cup, Barrett kicked 29 points – including an ITM Cup record nine penalties – in a 39-33 win over Bay of Plenty.^[4] With Barrett playing, Taranaki finished third in the ITM Cup and lifted the Ranfurly Shield off Southland. Barrett was then named Taranaki Back of the Year later that year.^[5]

In 2012 Barrett scored 197 season points and broke Jon Preston’s previous Hurricanes single season scoring record of 152 points set in 1997. Due to his All Black duties, Barrett appeared only four times in 2012 for Taranaki, recording 60 points.

In 2013, Barrett represented the Hurricanes in his second Super Rugby season and finished with 186 points for the year. By early April, in the 2014 Super Rugby season, Barrett had already scored 100 points.^[6]

International career

In June 2012, Barrett was named in the All Blacks squad for the Irish tour of New Zealand.^[7] Barrett’s Test debut was a memorable one; the first five-eighth coming off the bench after 24 minutes and helping the All Blacks contribute 9 points to a record 60-0 win over the Irish. He went on to play five Tests in 2012.

Barrett returned to international rugby in 2013, being named in the All Blacks squad for the French tour of New Zealand.^[8] Barrett was a key player, playing in the historic 30–0 victory over France, scoring his first test try, which was subsequently voted International Rugby Players' Association's Try of the Year for 2013.^[9]

Barrett holds the world record for consecutive wins since his first test (19 wins from 19 tests).^[10]

In June 2014, Barrett featured in all of the 3-Tests against England starting on the bench, in the mid-year Test series. He played in the opening 2 Bledisloe Cup Test games against Australia starting from the bench in August.

In September 2014, Barrett then got an opportunity to start in the All Blacks No. 10 role for the first time in his All Black career playing against Argentina at McLean Park in Napier following an injury to Aaron Cruden. Despite having a tough night with the goal-kicking, kicking only one from five attempts, he produce a strong 55-minutes performance and being involved in setting-up the team's 3 tries. He was then sub off by Colin Slade in the 55th minute. The following week, he was benched for the home-game clash against South Africa and had came on to replace Aaron Cruden in the 58th minute of the All Blacks 14-10 win over South Africa kicking a successful penalty goal attempt.

Following Aaron Cruden's boozy night out and off-field drama, Barrett got more opportunity to start in the All Blacks No. 10 (Fly Half) role, starting for the last 2 Tests of the Rugby Championship. He even guided the All Blacks to a 3-straight Rugby Championship Title in the All Blacks' 34-13 win over Argentina in La Plata and then he featured in the 25-27 loss to South Africa in Johannesburg. He finished the Rugby Championship with 30 points (6 Conversion Goals and 6 Penalty Goals) as 5th highest point-scorer (behind team-mate Aaron Cruden with 37 points).

On October 2014 (on the 18th), despite Aaron Cruden returning to the team squad for the third Bledisloe Cup match in Brisbane, coach Steve Hansen select Barrett at start at No. 10 for the team's clash against the Wallabies. He played for 72 minutes, kicking 3 goals from 4 attempts and produce a strong performance, before being replace by Colin Slade. The All Blacks end-up winning the game 29-28.

Test Match Record

Test Match Record
Against	Pld	Won	Drawn	Lost	Tries	Con	Pen	Drop	Points	% Won
Australia	6	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	15	83.33
Argentina	5	5	0	0	0	5	4	0	22	100
England	4	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	10	100
France	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	100
Ireland	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	9	100
Italy	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
Japan	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	9	100
Scotland	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
South Africa	4	3	0	1	1	6	5	0	32	75
Wales	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	15	100
Total	28	26	1	1	6	22	15	0	119	92.86
Pld = Games Played, Won = Games Won, Drawn = Games Drawn, Lost = Games Lost, Tries = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, Drop = Drop Goals, Points = Points Scored

Family

Barrett has followed in the footsteps of his father Kevin (Smiley), who made 15 appearances for the Hurricanes in 1997 and 1998 season and played 167 first-class matches for Taranaki. He also is younger brother of former Taranaki captain and Blues player Kane Barrett and older brother of current Crusaders lock, Scott Barrett.

References

External links

• Beauden Barrett at AllBlacks.com
• IRB profile
• itsrugby.co.uk profile