All Blacks captain Read to retire from international rugby after the World Cup

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  • New Zealand captain Kieran Read will bow out from Test rugby after the World Cup later this year.

    The Crusaders number eight, who has won 118 caps and played in two All Blacks World Cup-winning teams, has confirmed he will leave New Zealand and join Japanese club Toyota Verblitz.

    Read, 33, has skippered New Zealand 43 times, including in the drawn Test series against the British and Irish Lions in 2017.

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