Keith Ross Lowen (born 14 July 1974) is a former New Zealand

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player. A second five-eighth, Lowen represented

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at a provincial level for most of his career, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the

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, in 2002. He played one international for the All Blacks against

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. Lowen scored a hat-trick for the Chiefs against the

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in a

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match in 2001.

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