All Blacks and Chiefs flanker Sam … Kieran Read suggests retirement plans before All Blacks beat Japan 69-31 This article is more than 1 year old Captain says he is likely to take a contract overseas They want allowances made for the head knocks and back problems or to emphasise the significance of Read’s leadership skills.We somehow got to the point last year where these defenders of the faith demanded Read be given a prize, and certainly an apology, on the occasions when his play lived up to his reputation.Well, if he was that good, he wouldn’t have spent so much time at blindside flanker. It is the experience for the kids that will be the main thing and it has to work for us as a family.“I hope to have [plans] wrapped up before the start of [next] season because then you can give 100 per cent because you know what you will be doing.”The All Blacks head to Twickenham this week to meet Eddie Jones’ England before wrapping up their season with away tests against Ireland and Italy.Read and most first-choice All Blacks were rested for the match against Japan on Saturday at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo, with No 8 Luke Whitelock leading the side against the Brave Blossoms.The All Blacks side – featuring eight debutants – crushed Japan 69-31, with centre Ngani Laumape running in a hat-trick for the world champions.Winning an IndyCar race is nothing new for New Zealander Scott Dixon, particularly this year. It has been an interesting week in the sport with World Rugby proposing a new competition, which has been widely condemned, and Loose Pass added its voice to the conversation. Why Kieran Read won't be remembered as an all-time great Documentaries, Highlights, Shows, and More, all for Free! But there’s no world cup title on his captaincy CV, nor the kinds of performances in recent years that would have him in the great category as a footballer.Both of his big captaincy assignments – the 2017 British and Irish Lions’ series and last year’s World Cup – saw the All Blacks fail to emerge victorious. As it was, Ardie Savea’s claims to the No.8 jersey were so strong that he and Read ended up job sharing.It’s hard to imagine many other players being accommodated in that fashion, but so much store appeared to have been put in Read – and the number on his back – that starting him at blindside or leaving him out of the team was unthinkable.Savea finished the year by winning all the big prizes at the New Zealand Rugby Awards, despite the job-sharing arrangement.
Access a 16,000 story archive of New Zealanders in international media 2000-2020All Blacks captain Kieran Read, 33, has said he is likely to quit international rugby after next year’s World Cup in Japan, his third Webb Ellis campaign, and take a contract overseas.“So for me I think it probably won’t be in New Zealand,” Read told New Zealand media of his post-Japan plans.