Kees Meeuws, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kees Meeuws

New Zealand rugby union player

Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1974

Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand

Profession: rugby union player

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Kees Junior Meeuws (; born 26 July 1974) is a New Zealand former rugby union prop and current assistant coach of the Highlanders in the Super Rugby competition.
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 Maori 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.