Kees Meeuws

Kees Junior Meeuws (/ˈkeɪs ˈmjuːz/; born 26 July 1974) is a New Zealand former rugby union prop and former assistant coach of the Highlanders in the Super Rugby competition, and also a real estate agent by trade and a painter by education.

In July 2009, having made just 12 appearances and scored 1 try, his contract with the Scarlets was cancelled by mutual consent.

He has written an autobiographical book about his experiences in France, Le Rugbyman (co-written with Heather Kidd), published in 2005.

Meeuws has a long-standing interest in art, and has exhibited his own work (created in collaboration with David Burke) in 2011 and 2015.

[2] He was also an alumnus of Elam School of Fine Arts as part of University of Auckland.