New Zealand Rugby Union League

The nzrl was founded on 25 april 1910 in preparation for a tour of great britain that same year.

New zealand rugby union league. By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies. Citation needed vague the national team the all blacks is currently ranked the second best international rugby team in the world after south africa the sport has been known in new zealand since 1870. Rugby union is the unofficial national sport of new zealand. The top domestic competitions are the semi professional mitre 10 cup and amateur heartland championship and above them super.

A professional new zealand team was touring england and australia before it was even considered that there should be a professional league in new zealand. Citation needed the first makings of a new zealand rugby football schism such as seen in other countries was the creation of albert henry baskerville who set out to sign a group of professional rugby players to tour england. Here you can view scores news articles and team profiles. By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies.

New zealand 7s awarded with men s and women s titles for 2020 season. New zealand rugby nzr is the governing body of rugby union in new zealand it was founded in 1892 as the new zealand rugby football union nzrfu 12 years after the first provincial unions in new zealand in 1949 it became an affiliate to the international rugby football board now known as world rugby the governing body of rugby union for the world. Black ferns the world champion black ferns are new zealand s senior women s rugby team. The nzrl administers the new zealand kiwis the new zealand national team currently they manage the nzrl national secondary schools tournament the nzrl women s national tournament and.

Welcome to the new zealand rugby league official website. New zealand men s and women s 7s teams were awarded the titles for the world rugby sevens series after the remainder of the tournament for 2020 season has been cancelled following the pandemic coronavirus. The top tier is composed of the national representative teams with the men s team known as the all blacks at the top followed by other representative sides such as the junior all blacks and māori all blacks these national sides are administered by the new zealand rugby union nzru.