Kees Meeuws

Kees Meeuws

Birth name	Kees Junior Meeuws
Date of birth	(1974-07-26) 26 July 1974
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	184 cm (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	121 kg (19.1 st; 267 lb)
School	Kelston Boys High School,
Notable relative(s)	Johan, Roberta, Syliva, Gloria, Monique and Johnny Meeuws.
Spouse	Juanita Meeuws
Children	Javier, Cayne, Tayla, Eva, Inez and Serg.
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 Castres Agen Castres Scarlets 34 12 18 12 (45) (0) (5) (5) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1996 1997–2001 2002–2004 2009–2011 Auckland Otago Auckland Otago 3 40 16 31 (10) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1997–2001 2002–2004 Highlanders Blues 47 33 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1998–2004 New Zealand 42 (50)
Other names	Casey
Parent(s)	Cornelius and Rebecca Meeuws

Kees Junior Meeuws (/ˈkeɪs ˈmjuːz/; born 26 July 1974) is a New Zealand former rugby union prop and former assistant coach of the Highlanders in the Super Rugby competition, and also a real estate agent by trade and a painter by education. Meeuws played 42 tests for the All Blacks between 1998 and 2004, scoring 10 test tries. He played provincial rugby for Otago and Auckland, and played for the Blues in the Super 12. In 2004, Meeuws left New Zealand to take up a contract with French club Castres Olympique, and in 2006 he left Castres for Agen after a falling-out with Castres coach Laurent Seigne. Following Agen's relegation after the 2006–07 season, Meeuws left Agen and returned to Castres, signing a two-year contract with the club. In May 2008, it was announced that Meeuws would be joining the Scarlets on a two-year deal. However, shortly into his Scarlets career, he suffered a long-term injury. In July 2009, having made just 12 appearances and scored 1 try, his contract with the Scarlets was cancelled by mutual consent. He returned to Otago in 2010 to play in the ITM Cup.

Meeuws was born in Auckland of Dutch and Māori parentage. He has written an autobiographical book about his experiences in France, Le Rugbyman (co-written with Heather Kidd), published in 2005.

Meeuws has a long-standing interest in art, and has exhibited his own work (created in collaboration with David Burke) in 2011 and 2015. He was also an alumnus of Elam School of Fine Arts as part of University of Auckland.

In 2020, he is in the alumni Match Fit squad to face New Zealand Barbarians. He revealed that he lost his mother at age 10, and his father at 20. He returned in season 2 in 2021/22 as the most powerful, strongest and most explosive player in the team.

External links

• Kees Meeuws at AllBlacks.com
• Kees Meeuws (official website)
• Scarlets profile