Richie Mo'unga

Mo'unga scored 7 points, scoring the game's opening try and also converting a Barbarian try in the 31st minute.

After the Barbarians match, Mo'unga joined the All Blacks for their Northern Tour, having warranted a place in the squad through his performance in the Mitre 10 Cup.

Mo'unga was named on the bench for a New Zealand side for a midweek game against a French side.

He converted a try by lock Patrick Tuipulotu after coming on as a replacement in the second half.

This match however did not count as an official test match.

Mo'unga replaced winger Waisake Naholo, in the 51st minute against South Africa, with Ben Smith moved to wing, and Beauden Barrett moved into fullback, to accommodate for Mo'unga at first-five.

Mo'unga took kicking duties off Barrett, who had missed a drop goal during the match.

Mo'unga converted Ardie Savea's last minute try, after the 80th minute, winning the game for the All Blacks, making the final result against South Africa 32-30.

Richie Mo'unga (born 25 May 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player who plays as a first five-eighth for Japan Rugby League One club Toshiba Brave Lupus and the New Zealand national team.

Mo'unga was born in Christchurch, to a Tongan-born father and a Samoan-born mother.

He was initially educated at Riccarton High School in his hometown before being offered a scholarship at St. Andrew's College where he played U15 in 2009 then first 15 rugby for 3 years and captained them in his senior year (2012).

After graduating college, he began playing for Linwood in the local Canterbury senior club rugby competition while at the same time being a member of the Academy.

He was not named as a full member of Canterbury's squad for the 2013 ITM Cup, but in what was just his first year out of school, he was called up to cover injuries and All Black absences and went on to make 8 appearances during the campaign which finished with Canterbury defeating in the Premiership final.

He was upgraded to a full squad member in 2014 and played in 10 matches, featuring both at first five-eighth and fullback as Canterbury fell in the tournament's semifinal stage.

Mo'unga was a member of the New Zealand Under 20 side, which finished 3rd in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship in New Zealand, where he scored 29 points in 5 games.

He again made 10 appearances as Canterbury regained their ITM Cup Premiership title in 2015 with a 50-20 win over Springboks in the final.

As a result of his excellent domestic showings for Canterbury, Mo'unga was named in the Wider Training Group for the 2015 Super Rugby season.

However due to the presence of the likes of Dan Carter, Colin Slade and Tom Taylor in the Crusaders backline, he did not get any game time in his first season at Super Rugby level.

Nonetheless, the departures of all three players ahead of the 2016 season saw Mo'unga promoted to the full Crusaders squad.

He made his debut on 27 February 2016 in a match at home to the and went on to start all 16 matches during a season which ended with Crusaders losing 42-25 to the in Johannesburg in the quarterfinals.

The 2016 Mitre 10 Cup saw him firmly established in the number 10 jersey for Canterbury, as they went on to be crowned New Zealand champions for the 8th time in 9 years.

Mo'unga started in all of his 13 games in the 2017 season for the Crusaders.

Mo'unga scored 10 points in the 2017 Super Rugby Final in Johannesburg, South Africa against the Lions, leading the Crusaders to a 25-17 win and their 8th Super Rugby title.

Mo'unga finished the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup season as the leading point scorer in the competition, scoring 160 points in just 10 games for.

In the final against, Mo'unga broke the record for the most points scored in a final when he scored 25 points (2 tries, 3 conversions and 3 penalties).

He was named Man of the Match.

Mo'unga represented the Barbarians against New Zealand, on 4 November 2017, at Twickenham Stadium, London.

In 2018, Mo'unga started in 12 games for the Crusaders.

This included a Man of the Match performance in the Super Rugby Final played in Christchurch, New Zealand where he scored 17 points to lead the Crusaders to their second consecutive title.

Mo'unga made his official test debut on 23 June 2018 against France during the France test series where he replaced Damian McKenzie in the 69th minute.

The All Blacks won 49–14.

Mo'unga made his first ever start for New Zealand during Round 3 of the competition, on 8 September 2018.

Mo'unga led the All Blacks to a 46-24 victory over Argentina by scoring 16 of the team's points.

Mo'unga only missed one kick on the night and lasted the full 80 minutes.

Mo'unga's starting performance against Argentina saw him temporarily overtake Damian McKenzie, as backup to regular starter Beauden Barrett.

This saw Mo'unga feature off the bench against Argentina and South Africa in the final two rounds of the competition.

Mo'unga had a poor start to the 2019 Super Rugby season, beginning the season with a low kicking percentage.

Despite his poor start to the season, Mo'unga eventually kicked on, finishing the Crusaders "three peat" season as one of the competition's highest points scorers, second only to Handré Pollard from the Bulls.

Mo'unga scored 20 points in the semifinal, as well as 14 points in the final, which was a win over the Jaguares.

Since the start of 2020 Mo'unga has become one of the best first five-eighth in New Zealand with outstanding performances during Super Rugby, leading the Crusaders to Super Rugby Aotearoa titles in both 2020 and 2021 and again in the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season with the side now having won six years in a row.