Kees Junior Meeuws is a New Zealand former rugby union prop and former assistant coach of the Highlanders in the Super Rugby competition, and a real estate agent by trade and a painter by education.
10 Facts About Kees Meeuws
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Kees Meeuws played provincial rugby for Otago and Auckland, and played for the Blues in the Super 12.
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In 2004, Kees Meeuws left New Zealand to take up a contract with French club Castres Olympique, and in 2006 he left Castres for Agen after a falling-out with Castres coach Laurent Seigne.
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In May 2008, it was announced that Kees Meeuws would be joining the Scarlets on a two-year deal.
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Kees Meeuws returned to Otago in 2010 to play in the ITM Cup.
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Kees Meeuws was born in Auckland of Dutch and Maori parentage.
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Kees Meeuws has written an autobiographical book about his experiences in France, Le Rugbyman, published in 2005.
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Kees Meeuws has a long-standing interest in art, and has exhibited his own work in 2011 and 2015.
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Kees Meeuws was an alumnus of Elam School of Fine Arts as part of University of Auckland.
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Kees Meeuws revealed that he lost his mother at age 10, and his father at 20.