Editing Doug Howlett (section)

===International===
Howlett debuted for the [[All Blacks]] on 16 June 2000. In his career, he scored on average 4 points per game (155 from his first 38). He was also a first choice winger in the [[2003 Rugby Union World Cup|2003 World Cup]].

Howlett scored 49 tries for the All Blacks, a team record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superxv.com/news/rugby_union_news.asp?id=28038 |title=Howlett & Munster wary of Holah's Ospreys |publisher=superxv.com |date=7 December 2010 |access-date=28 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525214248/http://www.superxv.com/news/rugby_union_news.asp?id=28038 |archive-date=25 May 2012}}</ref> His hat-trick against [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] on 8 September 2007, at the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]], brought him level with the record of [[Christian Cullen]], the All Blacks' previous leading try scorer and then his try in the 15th minute against Scotland on 23 September gave him the record.

He was selected for the Rugby World Cup squad ahead of Canterbury and Tasman player [[Rico Gear]]; however, he was expected to play the first three rounds of the 2007 Air New Zealand Cup. He scored a [[hat trick]] in Auckland's victory over Counties Manukau in the first round, and on 11 August against [[Waikato Rugby Union|Waikato]] he scored two, bringing his try total for Auckland to 50. Howlett was known as a winger with a high work rate and strong defensive tackling ability.