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Christian Cullen
Christian Mathias Cullen (born 12 February 1976) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player. He played most of his rugby at fullback for New Zealand (the All Blacks), for the Hurricanes in the Super 12, and for Manawatu, Wellington and later Munster at provincial level. He was nicknamed the Paekakariki Express and was considered to be one of the most potent running fullbacks rugby has ever seen. With 46 tries scored in 58 tests, Cullen is the equal-11th-highest try-scorer in international rugby.
Cullen was born in Paraparaumu and grew up in Paekākāriki, a small town north of Wellington. He is the youngest of three children. He has an elder twin brother named Shane and a sister named Anita. Cullen is of Irish descent; he also has Samoan, Māori and German ancestry.
His rugby talent emerged in his high school years and he was selected in the New Zealand secondary schools team in 1993 and 1994. He played senior rugby for Manawatu in 1995 and scored 70 points through 12 tries, two conversions and two penalty goals. He was selected to the New Zealand sevens squad for tournaments in Fiji and Hong Kong and shortly afterwards he made his All Blacks debut.
Cullen's provincial career started in 1994 season for Horowhenua-Kapiti. In 1996 he played in the first-ever Super 12 game, as full black contested by the Wellington Hurricanes and the Auckland Blues. This game was played on March 1st 1996 and was won 38-26 by the Blues. In total, Cullen played 8 seasons of super rugby for the Wellington Hurricanes from the start of the 1996 season to the end of the 2003 season.
That year of 1996, his debut season he scored seven tries in nine matches for the Hurricanes.
At the 1996 World Sevens competition Cullen Hong Kong he scored 18 tries, including seven in one match. On the back of an outstanding performance at the Hong Kong Sevens, later that year in June, Cullen was selected as an All Black. He scored seven tries in his first two Test matches: a hat-trick on debut against Samoa on June 7th, 1996 and four tries against Scotland. He sustained a knee cartilage injury on the All Blacks' tour to South Africa.
In 1997 Cullen returned from injury and scored 11 tries in 10 games for the Hurricanes, and 12 tries in 12 Test matches for the All Blacks.
The All Blacks had a poor year in 1998 with five consecutive losses, but Cullen scored four tries in seven matches. He represented New Zealand in rugby sevens at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, playing seven games, scoring nine tries and kicking 23 conversions. New Zealand won the tournament and the gold medal.
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Christian Cullen
Christian Mathias Cullen (born 12 February 1976) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player. He played most of his rugby at fullback for New Zealand (the All Blacks), for the Hurricanes in the Super 12, and for Manawatu, Wellington and later Munster at provincial level. He was nicknamed the Paekakariki Express and was considered to be one of the most potent running fullbacks rugby has ever seen. With 46 tries scored in 58 tests, Cullen is the equal-11th-highest try-scorer in international rugby.
Cullen was born in Paraparaumu and grew up in Paekākāriki, a small town north of Wellington. He is the youngest of three children. He has an elder twin brother named Shane and a sister named Anita. Cullen is of Irish descent; he also has Samoan, Māori and German ancestry.
His rugby talent emerged in his high school years and he was selected in the New Zealand secondary schools team in 1993 and 1994. He played senior rugby for Manawatu in 1995 and scored 70 points through 12 tries, two conversions and two penalty goals. He was selected to the New Zealand sevens squad for tournaments in Fiji and Hong Kong and shortly afterwards he made his All Blacks debut.
Cullen's provincial career started in 1994 season for Horowhenua-Kapiti. In 1996 he played in the first-ever Super 12 game, as full black contested by the Wellington Hurricanes and the Auckland Blues. This game was played on March 1st 1996 and was won 38-26 by the Blues. In total, Cullen played 8 seasons of super rugby for the Wellington Hurricanes from the start of the 1996 season to the end of the 2003 season.
That year of 1996, his debut season he scored seven tries in nine matches for the Hurricanes.
At the 1996 World Sevens competition Cullen Hong Kong he scored 18 tries, including seven in one match. On the back of an outstanding performance at the Hong Kong Sevens, later that year in June, Cullen was selected as an All Black. He scored seven tries in his first two Test matches: a hat-trick on debut against Samoa on June 7th, 1996 and four tries against Scotland. He sustained a knee cartilage injury on the All Blacks' tour to South Africa.
In 1997 Cullen returned from injury and scored 11 tries in 10 games for the Hurricanes, and 12 tries in 12 Test matches for the All Blacks.
The All Blacks had a poor year in 1998 with five consecutive losses, but Cullen scored four tries in seven matches. He represented New Zealand in rugby sevens at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, playing seven games, scoring nine tries and kicking 23 conversions. New Zealand won the tournament and the gold medal.
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