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Mehrtens is widely regarded as one of the greatest players New Zealand has ever produced and in his 70 appearances for the All Blacks he collected a record haul of 967 Test points.
Born in Durban, South Africa, Mehrtens moved to Christchurch in New Zealand with his parents as a young child and would go on to make his name in the city.
He made his debut for Canterbury in 1993 and went on to make his All Blacks bow in 1995 against Canada. Later that same year he helped steer his country to the Rugby World Cup Final in South Africa where they were beaten by the hosts.
With the advent of Super Rugby, he joined the Canterbury Crusaders in 1996 and by the time he was done, after the 2005 final, he held the record for the most points by any player in the competition. He had also played a key role in his side's five titles, perhaps most significantly breaking the ACT Brumbies' hearts in the 2000 finale in Canberra where his long-range penalty goal just before the death clinched a 20-19 win. He was also on three NPC-winning Canterbury sides, in 1997, 2001 and 2004.
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Andrew Mehrtens
NZ international rugby union player
Rugby player
Andrew Philip MehrtensMNZM (born 28 April 1973) is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He was regarded as a top first five-eighth, having played first for Canterbury in 1993, before being selected for the All Blacks (New Zealand's national team) in 1995 when he played in the 1995 World Cup.
After his move to England, and later to France, he helped his first three clubs to promotion into their country's top flight. He first joined Harlequins in England, where in his first season he played a major factor in leading the freshly relegated club to an immediate return to the top-level Guinness Premiership. After seeing Harlequins successfully through their first season back in the Premiership, he went to the ambitious Pro D2 club Toulon for the 2007–08 season. After Toulon won the title to secure an immediate return to the Top 14, he remained in Pro D2, moving to another ambitious side, Racing Métro. For the second straight season, his team won the Pro D2 crown and a spot in the Top 14.
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Andrew Mehrtens: A Tribute to a Rugby Genius (Celebrity Portrait Series) - Hardcover
Synopsis
New Zealand rugby has had few players who have won such wide popularity and affection as Andrew Mehrtens who in a 12-year career at first class level became a national figure rather than simply an icon of his beloved Canterbury province. However, there was never total agreement on his ranking in the pecking order of All Black first five eighths. Some headed by Colin Meads believed that Mehrtens was the best in his position ever produced by New Zealand.Others believed that despite his immense skills, vision, kicking and ability to throw long cut out passes to his outsides he had limitations. But what is undisputed is his hold on the New Zealand public as one of the game's great characters. Andrew Mehrtens - A Tribute to a Rugby Genius - celebrates his time in the All Blacks jersey which spanned 70 tests between 1995 and 2004 and through his words and dozens of interviews with fellow players, coaches and administrators tells, for the first time, the inspiring story of the manchild as
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