Kieran Read (born 26 October 1985) is a rugby union player for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition and New Zealand internationally. He was the IRB Player of the Year in 2013, and a member of team that won the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He supplanted Rodney So'oialo as the All Blacks first-choice number 8 in 2009, and can also play blind-side flanker.