Rugby News - Breaking News All Blacks captain Kieran Read will leave New Zealand Rugby at the end of this year's Rugby World Cup. 33-year-old Read will join Japanese club Toyota Verblitz
![Kieran Read retires from rugby as 35-year-old former All Blacks skipper bows-out in Japan | Daily Mail Online Kieran Read retires from rugby as 35-year-old former All Blacks skipper bows-out in Japan | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/05/16/12/43049429-0-image-a-75_1621165779105.jpg)
Kieran Read retires from rugby as 35-year-old former All Blacks skipper bows-out in Japan | Daily Mail Online
![New Zealand's Kieran Read during the 2019 Rugby World Cup Semi Final match against England at International Stadium Yokohama Stock Photo - Alamy New Zealand's Kieran Read during the 2019 Rugby World Cup Semi Final match against England at International Stadium Yokohama Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2A6ENJR/new-zealands-kieran-read-during-the-2019-rugby-world-cup-semi-final-match-against-england-at-international-stadium-yokohama-2A6ENJR.jpg)
New Zealand's Kieran Read during the 2019 Rugby World Cup Semi Final match against England at International Stadium Yokohama Stock Photo - Alamy
![Ex-All Blacks captain Kieran Read supports calls for reforms to rugby calendar | Rugby Union News | Sky Sports Ex-All Blacks captain Kieran Read supports calls for reforms to rugby calendar | Rugby Union News | Sky Sports](https://e0.365dm.com/20/06/2048x1152/skysports-kieran-read-rugby-union_5004108.jpg?20200602080035)
Ex-All Blacks captain Kieran Read supports calls for reforms to rugby calendar | Rugby Union News | Sky Sports
![Kieran Read Inks Two-Year Deal With New Zealand Rugby | Ultimate Rugby Players, News, Fixtures and Live Results Kieran Read Inks Two-Year Deal With New Zealand Rugby | Ultimate Rugby Players, News, Fixtures and Live Results](http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/69/590x/Kieran-Read-604924.jpg)
Kieran Read Inks Two-Year Deal With New Zealand Rugby | Ultimate Rugby Players, News, Fixtures and Live Results
![Kieran Read returns to play for the Crusaders in Fiji - Super Rugby Pacific | Super Rugby Championship news, results and fixtures from Super XV rugby Kieran Read returns to play for the Crusaders in Fiji - Super Rugby Pacific | Super Rugby Championship news, results and fixtures from Super XV rugby](https://www.superxv.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GettyImages-1142590435-Kieran-read.jpg)
Kieran Read returns to play for the Crusaders in Fiji - Super Rugby Pacific | Super Rugby Championship news, results and fixtures from Super XV rugby
![All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says he's confident Kieran Reed will play against England - The Japan Times All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says he's confident Kieran Reed will play against England - The Japan Times](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/uploads/imported_images/uploads/2019/10/sp-allblacks-a-20191023.jpg)