Beauden Barrett
Back-to-back World Rugby Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017.
Beauden Barrett is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays first five-eighth or fullback for the All Blacks. He was World Rugby Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017, only the second player after Richie McCaw to win it in consecutive years.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Beauden John Barrett
- Born
- 27 May 1991
- Birthplace
- New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
- Height
- 1.87 m / 6 ft 2 in
- Weight
- 87 kg / 192 lb
- School
- Francis Douglas Memorial College
- Relatives
- Jordie Barrett (brother)
- Kane Barrett (brother)
- Scott Barrett (brother)
- Position
- Fly half, Fullback
Lore & Background
Born in New Plymouth in 1991, he grew up on a farm at Pungarehu in South Taranaki, one of eight children; brothers Kane, Scott and Jordie also play top-level rugby. He played for New Zealand at under-20 and sevens level, debuted for Taranaki in 2010 and for the Hurricanes in 2011, and later moved to the Blues.
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