Ben Smith is pictured above during the match against the Barbarians at Twickenham on 5th December 2009.
As his match record below shows, he only played one International match that year.
2009 v Italy (Milan) W 20-6
2011 v Fiji (Dunedin) W 60-14
2012 v Ireland (Auckland) W 42-10
(R)
2012 v Ireland (Christchurch) W 22-19
(R)
2012 v Ireland (Hamilton) W 60-0
2012 v Australia (Auckland) W 22-0 (RC) (R)
2012 v Argentina (Wellington) W 21-5 (RC)
(R)
2012 v Argentina (Buenos Aires) W 15-54 (RC)
(R)
2012 v Scotland (Murrayfield) W 22-51
2012 v Wales (Cardiff) W 10-33
(R)
2012 v England (Twickenham) L 38-21
(R)
2013 v France (Auckland) W 23-13
2013 v France (Addington) W 30-0
2013 v France (New Plymouth) W 24-9
2013 v Australia (Sydney) W 29-47 (RC)
2013 v Australia (Wellington) W 27-16 (RC Bledisloe Cup)
2013 v Argentina (Hamilton) W 28-13
2013 v South Africa (Auckland) W 29-15 (RC Freedom Cup)
2013 v Argentina (La Plata) W 15-33 (RC)
2013 v South Africa (Jobo) W 27-38 (RC Freedom Cup)
2013 v Australia (Dunedin) W 41-33
2013 v Japan (Tokyo) W 6-54
2013 v France (Paris) W 19-26
2013 v England (Twickenham)W 22-30
2013 v Ireland (Dublin) W 22-24
(R) = Replacement
Three years after his All Blacks debut Ben Smith was again representing New Zealand.
The picture above
was taken during the 22-51 win over Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium,
Edinburgh on 11th. November 2012.
Photo G. Herringshaw. ©