Brackin Karauria-Henry

Brackin Karauria-Henry (born 31 July 1988) is a New Zealand rugby footballer who has played rugby sevens for Australia. As of 2018^[update] he plays for Japanese Top League club NTT Com Shining Arcs. He previously played Super Rugby for the Brumbies and NSW Waratahs. His usual position is centre.

Brackin Karauria-Henry

Birth name	Brackin Karauria-Henry
Date of birth	(1988-07-31) 31 July 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
School	Christchurch Boys’ High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2022 NTT Com Shining Arcs 72 (95) 2022–2024 Mitsubishi DynaBoars () Correct as of 21 February 2021 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2010 Brumbies 2 (0) 2011–2012 Waratahs 2 (0) Correct as of 21 April 2012 National sevens teams Years Team Comps 2009–2010 Australia Sevens 8 2021– Japan Sevens Correct as of 21 February 2021

Rugby career

Karauria-Henry was born in Auckland and grew up in Christchurch where he attended Christchurch Boys' High School.^[1]

In 2006 Karauria-Henry left New Zealand to play rugby league in Australia for the Cronulla Sharks in the NSW Cup competition.^[2][3] He was just 16 at the time and attended Endeavour Sports High in Sydney.^[4]

He switched codes in 2009 to play rugby union for Southern Districts and became qualified to play for Australia.^[4] Selected in the national sevens team,^[2] Karauria-Henry was Australia's leading try scorer during the 2009–10 Sevens World Series circuit.^[5] He signed with the Brumbies in 2010 and,^[2] in October that year, was selected to join the Wallabies training squad for the 2010 Spring Tour.^[6]

Karauria-Henry joined the NSW Waratahs for a further two seasons of Super Rugby,^[6][3] before moving to Japan where he signed with NTT Com.