Brackin Karauria-Henry (born 31 July 1988) is a New Zealand rugby footballer who has played rugby sevens for Australia. he plays for Japanese

Top League Japan Rugby League One (formerly the Top League) is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by absorbing the ...

club NTT Com Shining Arcs. He previously played Super Rugby for the

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and

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. His usual position is centre.

Rugby career

In 2006 Karauria-Henry left New Zealand to play

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in Australia for the

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in the

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competition. He was just 16 at the time and attended Endeavour Sports High in Sydney. He switched codes in 2009 to play

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for Southern Districts and became qualified to play for Australia. Selected in the national sevens team, Karauria-Henry was Australia's leading try scorer during the 2009–10 Sevens World Series circuit. He signed with the

in 2010 and, in October that year, was selected to join the Wallabies training squad for the 2010 Spring Tour. Karauria-Henry joined the

for a further two seasons of Super Rugby, before moving to Japan where he signed with NTT Com.

References

External links

Search for "Karauria" at rugbyleagueproject.orgStars of Tomorrow - Brackin Karauria Henry
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