Owen Franks has represented New Zealand at Under-21 and Secondary School level.

The tighthead prop was Campbell Johnstone's understudy and assumed greater responsibility after Johnstone's move to play in France halfway through the last Air New Zealand Cup. Franks’ older brother Ben, also a prop, has been a Crusader for the last two seasons.

Owen made his debut for the Crusaders in 2009 when coming on as a substitute against the Force and made his first start in the victory over the Bulls where he made a big impact against the big South Africans.

He scored his first Super rugby try against the Reds in what was his eighth game.

FULL NAME

Owen  Franks

BORN

Wednesday, 23 December 1987 in Motueka

AGE

22

PHYSICAL

1.85m, 117kg

POSITION

Prop

LAST SCHOOL

Christchurch Boys' High

RUGBY CLUB
(First made All Blacks from)

Linwood

PROVINCE

Canterbury

SUPER 14 TEAM

Crusaders

ALL BLACK DEBUT

Saturday, 27 June 2009
v Italy at Christchurch
aged 21 years, 186 days

INTERNATIONAL DEBUT

Saturday, 27 June 2009
v Italy at Christchurch
aged 21 years, 186 days

LAST TEST

Saturday, 7 August 2010
v Australia at Christchurch
aged 22 years, 227 days

ALL BLACK TESTS

16 (0 as Captain)

ALL BLACK GAMES

0 (0 as Captain)

TOTAL ALL BLACK MATCHES

16 (0 as Captain)

ALL BLACK TEST POINTS

0pts

ALL BLACK GAME POINTS

0pts

TOTAL ALL BLACK POINTS

0pts

ALL BLACK NUMBER

1094

The All Black Games that Franks has played.
(+) = substitute; (-) = replaced

Click on the date to be taken to the Match Card

2009

 27 Jun vs Italy at Christchurch 27-6 (+) 

 18 Jul vs Australia at Auckland 22-16 (+) 

 25 Jul vs South Africa at Bloemfontein 19-28 (+) 

 1 Aug vs South Africa at Durban 19-31 (-) 

 22 Aug vs Australia at Sydney 19-18 (-) 

 12 Sep vs South Africa at Hamilton 29-32 (-) 

 7 Nov vs Wales at Cardiff 19-12 (+) 

 21 Nov vs England at London 19-6 (-) 

 28 Nov vs France at Marseilles 39-12 (+) 

2010

 12 Jun vs Ireland at New Plymouth 66-28 (-) 

 19 Jun vs Wales at Dunedin 42-9  

 26 Jun vs Wales at Hamilton 29-10 (+) 

 10 Jul vs South Africa at Auckland 32-12 (-) 

 17 Jul vs South Africa at Wellington 31-17 (-) 

 31 Jul vs Australia at Melbourne 49-28 (-) 

 7 Aug vs Australia at Christchurch 20-10 (-) 

Franks has yet to score any points for the All Blacks.

Test Record by Nation

P

W

D

L

t

c

p

dg

pts

Australia

4

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

England

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

France

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ireland

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Italy

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

South Africa

5

2

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

Wales

3

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Totals

16

13

0

3

0

0

0

0

0