New Zealand Rugby Team All Black
List of new zealand national rugby union players.
New zealand rugby team all black. New māori all blacks. Get the latest news pictures and video. Follow the new zealand rugby team s international tests rugby championship and bledisloe cup matches. After claiming two rugby world cup titles at home in 1987 and 2011 the all blacks beat australia in the 2015 final at twickenham to win their first title outside of new zealand.
This adidas māori all blacks range bears an eye catching allover graphic created by artist dave burke and the team s māori cultural adviser luke crawford. Number name year of debut total matches test caps total points test points 1 james allan. Symbolising commitment the flowing lines display a hint of red on the chest and shoulders. The team has won five of the past six women s rugby world cups.
Official website of the all blacks rugby team of new zealand. Meet the team and find out about upcoming matches and past results. A new zealand women s selection first took the field in 1989 and competed at the 1991 women s rugby world cup. The black ferns successful 2017 season was a landmark one for women s rugby with the black ferns becoming the first women s team to ever be named the world rugby team of the year.
The new zealand national women s rugby union team called the black ferns represents new zealand in women s rugby union which is regarded as the country s national sport. The maori all blacks is a historic team representing the proud culture of new zealand. The tour also took in several matches against british irish french and north american club county and invitational teams. New zealand has a 77 per cent winning record in test match rugby and is the only international men s side to.
The latest all black news analysis fixtures match coverage live scores video and photos. The team won the rugby world cup in 2011 and 2015 as well as in the inaugural tournament in 1987. The 1972 73 new zealand rugby union tour of the britain ireland france and north america was a collection of rugby union test match games undertaken by the all blacks against england scotland wales ireland and france. The new zealand national rugby union team commonly known as the all blacks represents new zealand in men s international rugby union which is considered the country s national sport.
They have an 87 winning record in test match rugby and are the only women s international side with a winning record against every opponent. The first all black was james allan which was decided by alphabetical order while the most recent all black is josh ioane 1185. Since october 2003 when world rugby introduced a rankings system the all blacks have held the number one position for over 80 of the time. In 1888 new zealand natives was one of the country s maiden national rugby sides playing hawke s bay in their first ever match on june 23 with the natives winning 5 0.
A display of devotion.