Owen Thomas Franks was born on 23 December 1987 and is a New Zealand rugby player who currently plays for Hurricanes in the Super Rugby competition.
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28 Facts About Owen Franks
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Owen Franks made his debut for New Zealand in 2009 and played 108 tests across a 10-year period, making him one of the most-capped rugby players of all time.
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Owen Franks was a member of the squads that won the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups, and is one of only 21 players who have won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions.
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Owen Franks did not score any points for New Zealand during his international career.
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Owen Franks represented New Zealand at Under-21 and Secondary School level.
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Owen Franks made his debut for Canterbury in the Air New Zealand Cup in 2007.
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Owen Franks was Campbell Johnstone's understudy before he left for France and Franks assumed the tighthead duties for the Canterbury team.
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Owen Franks's older brother, Ben Franks is a prop and has played alongside Owen.
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Owen Franks made his debut for the Crusaders in 2009 as a substitute against the Western Force but made his first start in the victory over the Bulls and his stellar performance secured him an All Black contract.
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Owen Franks has played over 100 games for the Crusaders since his debut, becoming the 13th Crusader to do so, against the Highlanders in 2015.
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Owen Franks made his Hurricanes debut on the 8th of May 2022 in Wellington against the Fijian Drua.
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Owen Franks was chosen for the 2009 Tri-Nations tournament in New Zealand's first match against Australia.
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Owen Franks went on to play the next two games against South Africa before playing against Australia.
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Owen Franks played the penultimate match against South Africa but missed the final match, with Neemia Tialata playing instead.
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Owen Franks became a regular starter for the All Blacks in 2010, supplanting the long-serving Neemia Tialata as New Zealand's first-choice tighthead prop.
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Owen Franks played in the Tri-Nations tournament, starting the first four matches against South Africa and Australia.
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Owen Franks started in all of the knockout rounds, playing the full 80 minutes of the World Cup Final against France on 23 October 2011, with the replacement prop, his brother Ben, not making the field.
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Owen Franks carried a heavy workload for the All Blacks in 2012, appearing in 13 tests.
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Owen Franks was replaced by Faumuina in the 64th minute of the test.
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Owen Franks opened the 2015 Rugby World Cup final, against Australia on 31 October 2015, with a huge tackle on Wallabies fullback Israel Folau and played for 54 minutes before being replaced by Charlie Faumuina, who had returned from injury to take part in the tournament.
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Owen Franks still managed to play in five tests for the All Blacks in 2017, including the Lions series, before being ruled out of the second Bledisloe Cup test of the year against Australia due to tearing his achilles' tendon at training.
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Owen Franks was immediately replaced on the match-day sheet by former Crusaders team-mate Nepo Laulala who had not played for the All Blacks since 2015 due to his own run of injury.
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Owen Franks was re-selected for New Zealand in 2018 for the three-test series against France for the June internationals, having recovered from injury during the 2018 Super Rugby season.
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Owen Franks started in all three tests against France despite his lack of game-time in 2018, and performed to a reasonable level, with Ofa Tu'ungafasi replacing Owen Franks off the bench in all three tests.
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Owen Franks became the first rugby player in history to reach 100 tests without scoring any points in his career, but performed well before being replaced by Ofa Tu'ungafasi in the 52nd minute.
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On 28 August 2019, Owen Franks was dropped from the All Blacks, missing out on the 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, with Nepo Laulala, Atu Moli, Joe Moody, Angus Ta'avao, and Ofa Tu'ungafasi being the preferred props.
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