Beauden Barrett turned out for his amateur rugby team (Image: Coastal Rugby Club on Facebook) Rugby legend Beauden Barrett has made a surprise appearance for his childhood grassroots team after returning from Japan. The New Zealand star, who has been playing for Toyota Verblitz in Japan's Rugby League One division since the end of the Rugby World Cup, is back in his homeland and is set to re-sign with the Auckland Blues. Despite training with the Blues since his return, he was deemed ineligible to play in the latter stages of the Super Rugby Pacific knock-outs.
As a result, he will be a spectator when the Blues face the Chiefs in the final on Saturday, June 22. In the meantime, Barrett donned his boots for amateur club Coastal, his first game for them in 14 years. He played a key role in their 52-12 victory over Inglewood in the Taranaki Premier club rugby competition, setting up several tries.
Barrett's participation was kept under wraps until Saturday morning, as he didn't want his involvement to overshadow the match. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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