Scott Barrett (rugby union)

Scott Barrett

Birth name	Scott Kevin Barrett
Date of birth	(1993-11-20) 20 November 1993
Place of birth	New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb)
School	Francis Douglas Memorial College
University	Lincoln University
Notable relative(s)	Kevin Barrett (father) Robyn Barrett (mother) Beauden Barrett (brother) Kane Barrett (brother) Jordie Barrett (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2016 Template:Rut Canterbury 19 (5) Correct as of 29 October 2016 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2014– Template:Rut Crusaders 22 (15) Correct as of 22 February 2015 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2013 2016– New Zealand under-20 New Zealand 4 16 (0) (10) Correct as of 25 November 2017

Scott Barrett (born 20 November 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a lock for the All Blacks, the Template:Rut Crusaders in Super Rugby and Taranaki in the Mitre 10 Cup.

Early Life

Raised in a rugby household, where older brothers Beauden and Kane also went on to become professional rugby players, Scott Barrett cut his teeth playing for Francis Douglas Memorial College in his native New Plymouth. Barrett's older brother Beauden is his current All Black team-mate.

Career

Barrett got his big break in June 2014, when he was named in a Crusaders side shorn of its international players which played a midweek match against the touring England national team. The result did not turn out as Barrett would have liked, however when the Super Rugby season resumed following the mid-year internationals he gained his first full cap for the Crusaders. Injuries to international second-row forwards Sam Whitelock and Luke Romano saw Barrett named on the replacements bench for the match against the Template:Rut Blues on 5 July 2014. He came on as a 74th minute replacement for Jimmy Tupou in a 21-13 win for his side.

Barrett had become a regular starter for the Crusaders by 2017, replacing Luke Romano as newly-appointed captain Sam Whitelock's locking partner, with Romano shifting to a regular bench spot for the 2017 season. Barrett missed the 3-12 loss against the touring British and Irish Lions for the Crusaders due to injury but recovered to start for them in all three of the knockout rounds of the 2017 season, being a part of the 2017 Super Rugby Final winning Crusaders side who beat the Lions 25-17 in Johannesburg on 5th August.

International

Barrett was a member of the New Zealand Under 20 team which participated in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France where he made 3 appearances in total.

Scott Barrett made his debut for the All Blacks squad against Ireland on November 5, 2016, in Chicago. Barrett came on as a substitute early in the second half for Jerome Kaino who had been selected to unusually start at lock following injury to Sam Whitelock and Brodie Retallick, as well as Luke Romano returning home due to family bereavement. Barrett scored his first international try during that match, with the try converted by his older brother Beauden. The match was a historic loss to Ireland, the final score 40-29.

Barrett earned a start the following week against Italy, coming off the bench again for victories against Ireland and France. Barrett was the only All Black to play in all four tests on the 2016 end-of-year tour, a milestone for him as he had never been capped prior to the tour.

Barrett has not missed selection for New Zealand since his debut, and was selected for the 33-man squad for the Pasifika Challenge against Samoa and the British and Irish Lions test series in mid-2017 alongside brothers Beauden and Jordie Barrett.

Barrett carried a heavy workload for the All Blacks in 2017 and he came off the bench in all three tests against the British and Irish Lions in the 2017 drawn series, but unfortunately only played a total of 15 minutes during the series due to the dominant play by Whitelock and Retallick.

Barrett returned to action after missing the first Bledisloe Cup test and replaced blindside flanker Liam Squire off the bench in the second of the series. Barrett only touched the ball once in the whole test, but used it to set his older brother up for the winning try. Barrett had a world-class impact off the bench against South Africa on 19th September. He joined the side of the scrum at blindside flanker after Squire was concussed in the 27th minute, scoring his second test try in the 57-0 win. Barrett was subsequently chosen to start in round 4 and 5 of the 2017 Rugby Championship against Argentina and South Africa, playing well in both, staying on the field for the full 80 minutes against Argentina. Barrett started another two times that year, against Australia and against the Barbarians due to Retallick's choice not to play rugby for the rest of 2017 due to personal reasons. Barrett went back to his regular role on the bench against France, a French XV and against Wales on the 2017 end-of-year tour, having made 14 appearances for the All Blacks after the season finished, including every single test but two.