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Wyatt Crockett

Wyatt William Vogels Crockett (born 24 January 1983) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played at prop for the Crusaders in Super Rugby, Canterbury and Tasman in the National Provincial Championship, and the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. Crockett has played in 202 Super Rugby fixtures and is the second most-capped Super Rugby player of all time.

Crockett attended Nelson College from 1994 to 2000, and Otago Boys High School in 2001.

Crockett made his Super Rugby debut in 2006, quickly becoming a regular starter for the Crusaders, starting for the Crusaders in the 2006 and 2008 Grand Final-winning games against the Hurricanes and Waratahs respectively.

He made his All Blacks debut in a win against Italy on 27 June 2009, starting over the world-class Tony Woodcock. Crockett also started three times for New Zealand on the 2009 end-of-year tour, but was not selected in 2010 due to injury.

In 2011 he was selected in the All Blacks Tri-Nations Squad as injury cover and started against South Africa and Australia, following a start against Fiji prior to the Tri-Nations. Crockett was not subbed off against South Africa and also scored his first try for the All Blacks in the 40-7 win, a rare feat for a front-rower, however he narrowly missed selection to the victorious New Zealand squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Crockett was re-selected for New Zealand in 2012 as injury cover, cementing a place as a regular off the bench after starting against Australia and Scotland. Crockett played in every single test of 2013 except for one, making five starts and eight appearances as a replacement for Woodcock off the bench.

In 2014, First choice prop Tony Woodcock was injured in the All Blacks third test against England, Crockett played nearly all the rest of the games on tour for the All Blacks and started eight times in 2014.

Crockett was selected for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, where New Zealand retained the Webb Ellis Cup. He notably started in the quarter-final against France which was a 62-13 win to New Zealand. Crockett was injured in that game however, ending his World Cup campaign. This saw Crockett lose his chance for a place in the All Blacks as a starter to Joe Moody, who was called up as a replacement for the World Cup, succeeding Crockett as a starter in 2016. Crockett would replace Moody off the bench eleven times in 2016, including in his 50th test in a 29-9 win against Australia after starting the week before due to Moody being injured. Crockett also started in the 68-10 win against Italy on 12 November, scoring his second try for the All Blacks in a 70-minute game that day.

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