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{{Infobox rugby team
| country =New Zealand
| image = All Blacks logo.svg
| union = New Zealand Rugby Union
| nickname = All Blacks, ABs
| emblem = [[Cyathea dealbata|Silver fern]]
| captain = {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Richie McCaw]] | coach = {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Steve Hansen]]
| from = 2003
| caps = [[Richie McCaw]] (116)
| top scorer = {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dan Carter|Daniel Carter]] (1385)
| most tries = {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Doug Howlett]] (49)
| youngest player = {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Jonah Lomu]] 1994 (aged 19 years, 45 days)
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| first = {{ru|AUS}} 3 – 22 {{ru-rt|NZL}} (15 August 1903)
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| bigloss = {{ru|AUS}} 28 – 7 {{ru-rt|NZL}} (28 August 1999)
| World cup apps = 7
| year = 1987
| best = Champions, [[1987 Rugby World Cup|1987]], [[2011 Rugby World Cup|2011]]
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The '''New Zealand men's national rugby union team''', known as the '''All Blacks''', represent [[New Zealand]] in what is regarded as its [[national sport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/web/nzstories.nsf/0/479c4ffcbb884149cc256b1f00001198?OpenDocument |title=Sport, Fitness and Leisure |year=2000 |work=New Zealand Official Yearbook |publisher=Statistics New Zealand |accessdate=21 July 2008 |quote=Traditionally New Zealanders have excelled in rugby union, which is regarded as the national sport, and track and field athletics.}}</ref>
The All Blacks are the holders of the [[2011 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup]], the [[International Rugby Board]] (IRB) Team of the Year, the leading points scorers of all time and the only international rugby team with a winning record against every [[Test match (rugby union)|Test nation]] they have played. The All Blacks have held the sport's top international ranking for longer than all other [[Test match (rugby union)|Test nations]] combined <ref name="WorldRank">{{cite web | publisher=irb.com|title=World Rankings |url=http://www.irb.com/rankings/index.html |accessdate=9 July 2008}}</ref> and in over 110 years only five Test nations have ever beaten New Zealand.{{#Tag:ref|They are Australia, England, France, South Africa and Wales. The [[British & Irish Lions]] and a [[World XV]] side have also beaten New Zealand in Tests, but they are not national teams, or full union members of the IRB.|group =n}}

New Zealand compete with [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]], [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] and [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] in [[The Rugby Championship]] — known as the Tri Nations before Argentina's entry in 2012. The All Blacks have won the trophy a record eleven times in the competition's sixteen-year history. They also hold the [[Bledisloe Cup]], which is contested for annually with Australia, and the [[Freedom Cup]] — contested annually with South Africa. The defeat of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales all in one tour, known as a [[Grand Slam tours|Grand Slam]], has been achieved four times by the All Blacks — 1978, 2005, 2008 and 2010.

The All Blacks have won over 75% of their Test matches which is almost 15% more wins than their nearest rivals. They have also been named the IRB Team of the Year six times since 2005.<ref name="PastIRBawards">{{cite web| url=http://www.irb.com/history/awards/pastwinners/index.html |title=Past Winners |publisher=irb.com |accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref> Two members have won the International Rugby Board Player of the Year award, current captain [[Richie McCaw]], and in 2012, [[Dan Carter|Daniel Carter]]; both McCaw and Carter are the only players to have won the accolade more than once. Fifteen former All Blacks have been inducted into the [[International Rugby Hall of Fame]]; four of these are also inductees of the [[IRB Hall of Fame]].

The team's first ever match was in 1884 against [[Cumberland County, New South Wales]], and their first Test match in 1903 against Australia in Sydney. The following year they hosted their first ever home Test, a match against a British Isles{{#Tag:ref|The British Isles side is now known as the British & Irish Lions.|group =n}} side in [[Wellington]]. This was followed by a [[Original All Blacks|tour]] of Europe and North America in 1905 where the team suffered their first Test defeat — to Wales in Cardiff.

The team's early uniforms consisted of a black jersey with a silver fern and white knickerbockers. By the 1905 tour New Zealand were wearing all black, except for the silver fern, and their name ''All Blacks'' dates from this time. New Zealand perform a [[haka]] (a [[Māori culture|Māori]] challenge or posture dance) before each match. The haka performed has traditionally been [[Te Rauparaha|Te Rauparaha's]] [[Ka Mate]], although since 2005 [[Haka (sports)|Kapa o Pango]] — a modified version of the 1924 All Blacks haka, ''Kia Whaka-ngawari'' — has occasionally been performed.

== History ==

=== Introduction of rugby to New Zealand ===
[[File:New-Zealand-in-NSW,.jpg|thumb|The team that toured New South Wales, [[Australia]], in 1884.]]
Rugby football was introduced to New Zealand by [[Charles John Monro|Charles Monro]] in 1870; Monro discovered the sport while completing his studies at [[Christ's College (Finchley)|Christ's College, Finchley]], England.<ref name="Monro">{{cite news |publisher=BBC |location=UK |title=All Black magic: New Zealand rugby |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/5387120.stm |accessdate=12 November 2006 |date=27 September 2006 |first=Sean |last=Davies | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6FWH9HrMq |archivedate=31 March 2013}}</ref> The first recorded game in New Zealand took place in May 1870 in Nelson between the Nelson club and Nelson College. The first provincial union, the [[Canterbury Rugby Football Union]], was formed in 1879,<ref name="CRFUFormed">Gifford (2004), pg 27.</ref> and in 1882 New Zealand's first internationals were played when the [[New South Wales Rugby Union|Southern Rugby Union]]—later renamed the New South Wales Rugby Union—toured the country. The tourists played Auckland provincial clubs twice, Wellington twice, and once each against Canterbury, Otago, the West Coast, and the North Island—winning four games and losing three. Two years later the first New Zealand team to travel overseas toured New South Wales; where New Zealand won all eight of their games.<ref name="NSWTour">Gifford (2004), p 29.</ref>

A privately organised British team, which later became the [[British and Irish Lions]], toured New Zealand in 1888. No [[Test match (rugby union)|Test matches]] were played, and the side only played provincial sides.<ref name="Giffordp30">Gifford (2004), p 30.</ref> The British players were drawn mainly from Northern England, but there were representatives from Wales and Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lionsrugby.com/history/timeline/1888_australia_and_new_zealand.php|title=1888: Australia & New Zealand|publisher=British Lions|accessdate=arch 2013 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6FWILRA2B |archivedate=31 March 2013}}</ref>

=== International competition begins ===
[[File:1905 All Blacks.jpg|thumb|[[The Original All Blacks]] of 1905 during a [[Haka]]]]
1892 saw the formation of the [[New Zealand Rugby Union|New Zealand Rugby Football Union]] (NZRFU) representing seven provincial unions, but not including Canterbury, [[Otago Rugby Football Union|Otago]] and [[Southland Rugby Football Union|Southland]].<ref name="NZRUNoCanty">Gifford (2004), pg 32.</ref>{{#Tag:ref|Canterbury, Otago and Southland objected to the requirement that NZRFU executive committee members needed to live in Wellington. They eventually all joined the NZRFU, but the residency rule did not change until 1986.|group =n}} The first officially sanctioned New Zealand side [[1893 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia|toured]] New South Wales in 1893, where the [[Thomas Ellison]] captained team won ten of their eleven matches.<ref name=Mulhollandp12>Mulholland (2009), pg. 11.</ref><ref name=1893Tour>{{cite web | url= http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/tourbreak.asp?IDID=2 | title=in New South Wales and Queensland |publisher=allblacks.com |accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref> The following year New Zealand played its first home "international" game, losing 8–6 to [[New South Wales Waratahs|New South Wales]].<ref name="firsthome">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/tourbreak.asp?IDID=3 |title=New South Wales in New Zealand |publisher=All Blacks|accessdate=30 October 2006}}</ref> The team's first true Test match occurred against [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] on 15 August 1903 at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] in front of over 30,000 spectators, and resulted in a 22–3 victory.<ref name=Elliottp109>Elliott (2012), pg. 109.</ref>

A representative New Zealand team, since referred to as [[The Original All Blacks|the Originals]], first toured the British Isles in 1905. The emergence of the name ''All Blacks'' occurred during this tour when, according to team member [[Billy Wallace]], a London newspaper reported that the New Zealanders played as if they were "all ''backs''".<ref name="ABname">{{cite web | publisher= New Zealand Rugby Museum | title=All Blacks &nbsp;– The Name? |url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/asp/container_pages/normal_menu/rmArticle.asp?IDID=138 |accessdate=26 March 2013 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6FP9ApgoJ |archivedate=26 March 2013}}</ref> Wallace claimed that because of a typographical error, subsequent references were to "All Blacks". This account is most likely a myth, and the team was probably referred to as the ''Blacks'' before they had left for tour; due to their playing strip of all black. Although the name ''All Blacks'' did probably not originate during the Originals' tour, the tour certainly popularised it.<ref name="ABname"/>

The Originals played 35 matches on tour, and loss was 3–0 to Wales at [[Cardiff]].<ref name=Originals>{{cite web| title=The 1905/06 'Originals' | url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/asp/container_pages/normal_menu/rmArticle.asp?IDID=150 |publisher=New Zealand Rugby Museum |accessdate = 26 March 2013 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6FPA71C2A |archivedate=26 March 2013}}</ref> The match has entered into the folklore of both countries because of controversy over whether All Black [[Bob Deans]] scored a disallowed try; which would have earned them a 3–3 draw.<ref name=McLean1959p2325>McLean (1959), pg. 23–25.</ref> In contrast to the success of the Originals on the field, the team did antagonise many in the rugby establishment of the Home Nations; both administrators and the press complained that the All Blacks did not play the game within the amateur and gentlemanly spirit promoted by the [[International Rugby Board|International Rugby Football Board]]. These complaints would continue to dog New Zealand teams until the 1930s.<ref name=Ryan201114091422>Ryan (2011), pg. 1409–1422.</ref> A team representing the British Isles—known as the Anglo-Welsh since it consisted of English and Welsh players only—undertook a return tour to New Zealand in 1908, and were defeated 2–0 in the Test series by New Zealand. The Anglo-Welsh did however manage to draw the second Test match 3–3.<ref name="Vincent129">Vincent (1998), pg 123.</ref>

=== Development of a legacy ===
New Zealand's rivalry with [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] began in 1921, when the [[South Africa national rugby union team|Springboks]]—as the South African team is known—toured New Zealand for a Test series that ended [[Tie (draw)|all square]]. New Zealand conducted a return tour to South Africa in 1928, and the Test series was draw; both teams winning two Tests each.<ref name="Harding234235">Harding (2000), pg. 234–235.</ref>

The 1924 All Black tourists to the British Isles and France were dubbed ''[[1924–25 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France|the Invincibles]]'' because they won every game. However, the team was deprived of completing a grand slam when Scotland refused to play them because of an argument over expenses.<ref>Palenski (2003), pg 74.</ref> The first truly representative British Isles side toured New Zealand in 1930. Although the Lions won the first Test, the home side regrouped and went on to win the series 3–1.<ref name="1930Lions">{{cite web | url=http://www.lionsrugby.com/history/timeline/1930_new_zealand_and_australia.php | title=1930: New Zealand & Australia |publisher=lionsrugby.com |accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref> New Zealand toured the UK again in 1935–36, losing only three games (including two Tests) during a 30-match tour.<ref name="1935AllBlackTour">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/tourbreak.asp?IDID=33 |title=In the British Isles and Canada |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=24 January 2007}}</ref> In one of these losses, [[Alexander Obolensky|Prince Obolensky]] famously scored two tries to help England to a 13–0 win—their first over New Zealand.<ref name="Obolensky">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/7813726.stm | title=Statue for rugby's Russian prince | publisher=BBC News |accessdate=31 March 2013 |date=8 January 2009 |last=Sherlock |first=Grant}}</ref>

In 1937, South Africa toured New Zealand and decisively won the Test series despite losing the first Test; this [[1937 South Africa rugby union tour to Australasia|1937 South African]] team has been described as the best team ever to leave New Zealand.<ref>Palenski (2003), pg 192.</ref><ref name="Harding39">Harding (2000), pg. 39.</ref> It was not until 1949, that New Zealand next played the Springboks when they visited South Africa with [[Fred Allen (rugby union)|Fred Allen]] as captain. The tour witnessed an infamous All Blacks record, the loss of two Test matches on the same day. This was possible because Australia were touring New Zealand at the same time. On the afternoon of 3 September New Zealand, captained by [[Johnny Smith (rugby union)|Johnny Smith]], were beaten 11–6 by Australia in Wellington.<ref name="AustLoss">{{cite web | publisher=All Blacks | title=67th All Black Test : 362nd All Black Game|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=1362 |accessdate=8 September 2006}}</ref> That same afternoon in South Africa New Zealand, captained by Ron Elvidge, lost 9–3 to the Springboks in [[Durban]].<ref name="SALoss">{{cite web | publisher=All Blacks | title=68th All Black Test : 363rd All Black Game | url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=1363 |accessdate=8 September 2006}}</ref>{{#Tag:ref|Allen was injured.|group =n}} New Zealand then lost their second Test 16–9, which gave Australia a [[Bledisloe Cup]] series win in New Zealand for the first time.<ref name=Howell128>Howell (2005), pg. 128.</ref> Although each Test against South Africa was very close, New Zealand lost the series 4–0. The two tours coincided because Maori players were not able to go to South Africa at the time, meaning the Australians, who were not considered strong opposition, played against a New Zealand team made up of the best Maori and the reserve non-Maori players, while the South Africans encountered the best [[pākehā]] (non-Maori) players.<ref name=Howell128/>{{#Tag:ref|This restriction on non-White players representing New Zealand in South Africa lasted until the 1970 tour, in which [[Bryan Williams (rugby)|Bryan Williams]] famously shone.|group =n}} As part of the 1949 tour, a contingent of 26 All Blacks travelled to [[Rhodesia]] for two non-Test exhibition matches. The Rhodesia side beat the All Blacks 10–8 in Bulawayo, and then drew 3–3 in the follow up match in Salisbury.<ref name=ABGame354>{{cite web|title=354th All Black Game|url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=1354|publisher=New Zealand Rugby Museum|accessdate=16 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=ABG353>{{cite web|title=353rd All Black Game|url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=1353|publisher=New Zealand Rugby Museum|accessdate=16 February 2013}}</ref>

The two consecutive series losses to South Africa made their [[1956 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia and New Zealand|1956 tour of New Zealand]] highly anticipated. New Zealand were captained by Bob Duff and coached by [[Bob Stuart]], and their 3–1 series win was their first over the Springboks and the Springboks' first series loss outside South Africa.<ref name="1956stats">{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/tourbreak.asp?IDID=46 |title=South Africa in New Zealand |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=3 November 2006}}</ref> During the series, New Zealand introduced [[Don Clarke]] and brought back [[Kevin Skinner (rugby union)|Kevin Skinner]] in the last two Tests to help secure the win. Skinner, a former New Zealand boxing champion, had retired from international rugby, but was convinced to return for the third and fourth Tests. One reason for Skinner's selection was to "sort out" the South African props,<ref name="Harding56">Harding (2000), pg. 54.</ref> while Don Clarke become known as "The Boot" for his goal kicking.<ref name="SkinnerProfile">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=798 |title=Kevin Skinner |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=3 November 2006}}</ref><ref name="TheBoot">{{cite web| url=http://www.nzhalloffame.co.nz/Inductees/C/Don-Clarke.aspx |title=Don Clarke(1933– ) |publisher= NZ Hall of Fame |accessdate=14 June 2008}}</ref>

New Zealand's 3–1 series win over the Lions in 1959 proved to be the start of a dominant period in All Black rugby. This was followed by the 1963–64 tour to the UK, led by [[Wilson Whineray]], in which New Zealand were deprived of a Grand Slam by a scoreless draw with Scotland.<ref name="GrandSlamAttempts">{{cite news| url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_id=1500971&ObjectID=10357266 |title=Beach beckons as All Blacks celebrate history |work= NZ erald |accessdate=12 November 2006 |date=27 November 2005}}</ref> The only loss on this tour was to [[Newport RFC]], who won 3–0 at [[Rodney Parade]], [[Newport]] on 30 October 1963.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofnewport.co.uk/games/games.php?id=000018 |title=New Zealand (30 October 1963)|accessdate=14 June 2008 | work=History of Newport | publisher=Friends of Newport Rugby Trust }}</ref> The [[1967 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, France and Canada|1967 side]] won three Tests against the home nations, but was unable to play [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] because of a [[Foot-and-mouth disease|foot-and-mouth]] scare.<ref name="GrandSlamAttempts"/> This tour formed part of New Zealand's longest winning streak, between 1965 and 1970, of 17 Test victories.<ref>Palenski (2003), pg 269.</ref> This was also the longest Test winning streak by any nation at the time; it would be equalled by the Springboks in 1998, and surpassed by [[Lithuania national rugby union team|Lithuania]] in 2010.<ref name="Lithuania streak">{{cite news|url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid=2037051.html |title=Lithuania set new Rugby World Record |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=26 April 2010 |accessdate=27 April 2010 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120506130519/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid=2037051.html | archivedate=6 May 2012}}</ref>{{#Tag:ref|Unlike South Africa and New Zealand, Lithuania did not have to play any [[List of international rugby union teams#National teams - tier classification|Tier]] 1 or Tier 2 national teams.|group =n}} Although the 1966 Lions were defeated 0–4 in their New Zealand tour, there was a reversal of fortune five years later when the [[1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand|1971 Lions]], under the captaincy of Welshman [[John Dawes]], beat New Zealand in a Test series, which remains the Lions' only series victory in New Zealand.

The 1972–3 tourists narrowly missed a Grand Slam with a draw against Ireland.<ref name="GrandSlamAttempts"/> The tour was notable for the sending home of prop Keith Murdoch, who was alleged to have been involved in a brawl in a [[Cardiff]] hotel while celebrating the defeat of Wales.<ref name="MurdochHome">{{cite news| url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=116&ObjectID=10348988 |title=Disgraced All Black 'heroic' in dignified silence |work= NZ Herald |accessdate=12 November 2006 |date=7 October 2005 |last=Lowe |first=Robert}}</ref>

In 1978, [[Graham Mourie]] captained New Zealand to their first Grand Slam, completed with a 13–12 victory over Wales. That game generated controversy after New Zealand won as the result of a late penalty. Lock [[Andy Haden]] had dived out of a [[line-out (rugby union)|line-out]] in an attempt to earn a penalty, but referee Roger Quittenden insisted the penalty was against Welsh lock [[Geoff Wheel]] for jumping off the shoulder of [[Frank Oliver (rugby union)|Frank Oliver]].<ref name="HadenDive">{{cite news
 | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10541667
 | title=Rugby's 10 worst refereeing howlers
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 | publisher=New Zealand Herald
 | accessdate=16 February 2013 |date=7 November 2008 |last=Deane |first=Steve | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6FY20m3Yc | archivedate=1 April 2013}}</ref> New Zealand's only loss on the tour was the famous 12–0 defeat by Irish province [[Munster Rugby|Munster]] at [[Thomond Park]].<ref name="MunsterLoss">{{Cite news| url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,678170,00.html |title=The 10 greatest shocks in sport's history |work=The Guardian |location=UK |accessdate=12 November 2006 |date=7 April 2002 |last=Irish |first=Oliver |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120730011434/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,678170,00.html | archivedate=30 July 2012}}</ref> Later a play which focused on the loss was written by [[John Breen (playwright)|John Breen]], called [[Alone it Stands]].<ref name="AsitStands">{{Cite news |title= Alone It Stands |work=The Times |location=UK |date=19 December 2001 | last=Souster |first=Mark}}</ref>

=== Controversial tours ===
The 1976 All Blacks tour of apartheid South Africa generated much controversy, and led to the boycott of the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]] by 28 African nations after the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] refused to ban the team.<ref name="AfricaXXIOlympics">{{cite news| title=On This Day 17&nbsp;July 1976 |publisher=BBC |location=UK |accessdate=17 January 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/17/newsid_3555000/3555450.stm | date=17 July 1976}}</ref><ref name=Harding111>Harding (2000), pg 111.</ref> New Zealand again failed to win the Test series in South Africa: they did not do so until 1996, after the fall of [[South Africa under apartheid|apartheid]]. The 1976 Tour contributed to the [[Gleneagles Agreement]] being adopted by the Commonwealth Heads of State in 1977.<ref name="Gleneagles">{{cite web| url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/1981-springbok-tour/gleneagles-agreement |title=From Montreal to Gleneagles |accessdate=14 June 2008 |publisher= New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage |last=Watters |first=Steve}}</ref>

The [[1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand|1981 South African tour]] to New Zealand sparked protests against South Africa's apartheid policy the likes of which had not been seen in New Zealand since the [[1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute|1951 waterfront dispute]].<ref name="1981wairarapa">{{cite news| url=http://wairarapa.co.nz/times-age/weekly/2001/springboks_tour.html |title=Dark days of thunder&nbsp;– when a free nation confronted apartheid in sport |publisher=wairarapa.co.nz |accessdate=13 November 2006 |date=25 August 2001 |first=Marty |last=Sharpe|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060217223452/http://wairarapa.co.nz/times-age/weekly/2001/springboks_tour.html |archivedate = 17 February 2006|deadurl=yes}}</ref><ref name="CountryDivided">{{cite web| url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/springbok-tour |title= A country divided |publisher= New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage |accessdate=14 June 2008 |first =Steve |last=Watters}}</ref> The NZRU had invited the Springboks to tour as the [[Robert Muldoon|Muldoon]] government refused to involve politics in sport.<ref name="Gleneagles">{{cite web| url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/1981-springbok-tour/gleneagles-agreement |title=From Montreal to Gleneagles |publisher= New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage |accessdate=14 June 2008 |first =Steve |last=Watters}}</ref> Although New Zealand won the Test series, two of the tour's provincial games were cancelled and the whole tour was marred by violence and protest.<ref name="Tour Diary">{{cite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/1981-springbok-tour/tour-diary |title=A war played out twice a week |publisher= New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage |accessdate=14 June 2008 |first =Steve |last=Watters}}</ref> The third and final test match of the tour is sometimes known as the Flour Bomb Test, as an anti-apartheid activist in a Cessna light aircraft dropped leaflets, flares, a parachute-supported banner reading "[[Steve Biko|Biko]]" and flour bombs into Auckland's [[Eden Park]] throughout the match, felling a New Zealand player. During the tour the country experienced unrest, and the tour had a significant impact on New Zealand society.<ref name="1981wairarapa"/><ref name="Tour Diary"/><ref name="TurningPoint">{{cite news| url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&ObjectID=10390269 |title=Protests a turning point in the history of New Zealand |work= NZ Herald |accessdate=15 November 2006 |date=8 July 2006 |first=Ruth |last=Hill}}</ref>

The 1985 All Blacks tour to South Africa was cancelled after legal action on the grounds that it would breach the NZRU's constitution.<ref name="TurningPoint"/> In 1986, a rebel tour to South Africa took place that had not been authorised by the NZRU and the team, named the [[New Zealand Cavaliers|Cavaliers]], included many All Blacks.<ref name="CavaliersABs">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/ABProfilee.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&IDID=289 |title=Bernie Fraser |publisher=Rugby Museum |accessdate=15 November 2006 |first=Bob |last=Luxford}}</ref><ref name="CABlazey">{{cite web| url=http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=5B31 |title=Blazey, Cecil Albert 1909–1998 |publisher=Dictionary of New Zealand Biography |date=7 April 2006 |accessdate=15 November 2006 |first=Julia |last=Millen}}</ref> Those that participated in the tour received a ban for two tests from the NZRU when they returned to New Zealand. Allegations that players received payment for the tour were never proved.<ref name="RugbyTime">{{cite web| url=http://www.rfu.com/TwickenhamStadium/WorldRugbyMuseum/RugbyHistory/WorldRugbyChron/1951-Date.aspx|title=Rugby Chronology |publisher=rfu.com |accessdate=15 November 2006}}</ref>

=== Early World Cups ===
New Zealand hosted and won the [[1987 Rugby World Cup|inaugural World Cup]] beating [[France national rugby union team|France]] 29–9 in the [[1987 Rugby World Cup Final|final]] at [[Eden Park]], [[Auckland]]. New Zealand conceded only 52 points and scored 43 tries in six games en route to the title, beating [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]], [[Fiji national rugby union team|Fiji]], [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]], Scotland, Wales and France.<ref name="1987RWC">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/toursbreak.asp?level1=All_Black_Tests&Level2=ABC&IDID=103 |title=World Cup in New Zealand and Australia |publisher= Rugby Museum |accessdate=15 November 2006}}</ref>

By the [[1991 Rugby World Cup|1991 World Cup]] New Zealand were an ageing side,<ref>Palenski (2003), pg 227.</ref> co-coached by [[Alex Wyllie]] and [[John Hart (rugby coach)|John Hart]]. They struggled during pool matches against the [[United States national rugby union team|United States]] and Italy, but won their quarter-final against [[Canada national rugby union team|Canada]].<ref>Palenski (2003), pg 228.</ref> They were then knocked out by eventual winners Australia 16–6 in their semi-final at [[Lansdowne Road]]. In the wake of the tournament, there were many retirements, including coach Wyllie, who had enjoyed an 86% win rate during 29 Tests in charge.<ref name="Palenski290">Palenski (2003), pg 290.</ref>

[[Laurie Mains]] replaced Wyllie in 1992, and was given the job of preparing the side for the [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995 event]] in South Africa. New Zealand were again one of the favourites to take the championship. Their status as favourites was enhanced when a young [[Jonah Lomu]] scored four tries against England in the 45–29 semi-final win.<ref name="Jonah">{{cite web | url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/ABProfilee.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&IDID=506 |title=Jonah Tali Lomu |publisher=Rugby Museum |accessdate=15 November 2006 |first=Lindsay |last=Knight}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=South Africa's triumphant homecoming|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/timeline/rugby/story/79915.html|accessdate=16 February 2013|newspaper=scrum.com}}</ref> However, the New Zealand team suffered an outbreak of food poisoning before the [[1995 Rugby World Cup#Final|final]] (the source of the poisoning is heavily debated). Despite this, they took hosts South Africa to extra time, before losing to [[Joel Stransky]]'s [[drop goal]].<ref name="FoodPoisoning">{{cite news| url=http://www.rugby.com.au/news/springboks_poisoned_at_1995_cup:_luyt,12170.html |title=Springboks poisoned at 1995&nbsp;Cup: Luyt | work= NZ Herald |date=30 October 2003 |accessdate=15 November 2006 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060827222052/http://rugby.com.au/news/springboks_poisoned_at_1995_cup:_luyt,12170.html  |archivedate=27 August 2006}}</ref><ref name="StranskyBoot">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2960348.stm |title=1995: Party time for SA |publisher=BBC |location=UK |accessdate=15 November 2006 |date=24 September 2003}}</ref> The allegation of food poisoning was later publicly backed by Rory Steyn, a former head of security for South African president Nelson Mandela. He was the security liaison for the All Blacks and reported in a book that a Far Eastern gambling syndicate was responsible for the outbreak by bribing a waitress.<ref>{{cite web
 | date = 16 June 2000
 | work=IOL
 | title = Syndicate link to Kiwi poisoning of '95
 | url= http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=581&art_id=qw961136822629B262
 | publisher=Independent News & Media
 | location = Cape Town
 | accessdate =11 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | last = Ackford | first=Paul
 | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/4750515/Mandela-book-stirs-rugby-poison-riddle.html
 | title = Mandela book stirs rugby poison riddle
 | date = 8 June 2000
 | work=Telegraph
 | publisher=Telegraph Media
 | location = UK
 | accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref>

=== Professional era ===
The professional era in rugby union began in 1995, marked by creation of the [[SANZAR]] group (a combination of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia)<ref name="SANZARBorn">Howitt (2005), pg 7.</ref> which was formed with the purpose of selling TV rights for two new competitions, the domestic [[Super Rugby|Super 12]] competition and the Tri-Nations.<ref name="SANZARBorn"/> The first Tri-Nations was contested in 1996, with New Zealand winning all four of their Tests to take the trophy.<ref>Howitt (2005), pg 170.</ref>

The 1996 Tri-Nations match in South Africa between New Zealand and South Africa was the first in a historic series. Under new coach [[John Hart (rugby coach)|John Hart]] and the captaincy of [[Sean Fitzpatrick]], New Zealand won a Test series in South Africa for the first time.<ref name="PalenskiSA1996">Palenski (2003), p 206.</ref> Fitzpatrick rated the series win higher than the 1987 World Cup victory in which he had participated.<ref name="PalenskiSA1996"/>

The next two seasons saw mixed results for New Zealand, who won won all their Tri-Nations Tests in 1997 before losing the title for the first time in 1998.<ref>Howitt (2005), p 185.</ref> In 1998 New Zealand lost all five Tests in the Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup series (two to South Africa and three to Australia), the first time they had lost four Tests in succession since 1949.<ref>Howitt (2005), p 199.</ref> The following year they suffered their worst Test loss, 28–7 to Australia in Sydney.<ref name="1999loss">Palenski (2003), pg 233.</ref>

New Zealand rebounded in the [[1999 Rugby World Cup|1999 World Cup]] and dominated their pool, handing England a 30–16 defeat at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]]. They advanced past Scotland 30–18 in the quarter-finals to play France at Twickenham. They finished the first half ahead 17–10.<ref name="1999loss"/> France then produced a famous half of rugby to which New Zealand had no answer, winning 43–31.<ref name="1999loss"/> Hart subsequently resigned as coach and was replaced by co-coaches [[Wayne Smith (rugby player)|Wayne Smith]] and Tony Gilbert.

Under Smith and Gilbert, New Zealand came second in the 2000 and 2001 Tri-Nations. Both coaches were replaced by [[John Mitchell (rugby union)|John Mitchell]] on 3 October 2001, who went on to coach New Zealand to victory in both the 2002 and 2003 Tri-Nations, as well as regaining the Bledisloe Cup, held by Australia since 1998, in 2003. After winning the 2003 Tri-Nations, they entered the [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003 World Cup]] as one of the favourites and dominated their pool, running up wins against Italy, Canada and [[Tonga national rugby union team|Tonga]] before winning one of the most competitive matches of the tournament against Wales.<ref name="WalesNZ2003">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/team_pages/wales/3234965.stm |title=Charvis bowed but proud |accessdate=17 January 2007 |date=2 November 2003 |publisher=BBC |location=UK }}</ref> They defeated South Africa, a team they had never beaten at the World Cup, 29–9, but lost to Australia 22–10 in the semi-final in Sydney. Afterwards, Mitchell was fired by the NZRU and replaced by [[Graham Henry]].

Henry's tenure began with a double victory over reigning World Champions England in 2004. The two games had an aggregate score of 72–15, with New Zealand keeping England try-less.<ref name="ABGame1102">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=2102 |publisher=All Blacks|title=382nd All Black Test: 1102nd All Black Game |accessdate=16 November 2006}}</ref><ref name="ABGame1103">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=2103 |publisher=All Blacks |title=383nd All Black Test: 1103rd All Black Game |accessdate=16 November 2006}}</ref> Despite the winning start to Henry's tenure, the Tri-Nations was a mixed success with two wins and two losses. The competition was the closest ever, bonus points deciding the outcome and New Zealand finishing last.{{#Tag:ref|Bonus points could be earned via two means; by scoring four tries or more in one match, or through losing a match by seven points or less.|group =n}}<ref>Howitt (2005), p 289.</ref> The 2004 season finished on a high, with New Zealand winning in Europe, including a record 45–6 victory over France.<ref name="ABGame1112">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=2112 |publisher=All Blacks |title=392nd All Black Test: 1112th All Black Game |accessdate=16 November 2006}}</ref>

[[File:All Blacks England.jpg|thumb|left|150px|New Zealand playing [[England national rugby union team|England]] at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] in 2006.]]
In 2005 New Zealand whitewashed the touring British and Irish Lions 3–0 in the Test series, won the Tri-Nations, and achieved a second Grand Slam over the Home Nations. They went on to sweep the major International Rugby Board year-end awards in which they were named Team of the Year, Henry was named Coach of the Year, and fly-half (first five) [[Dan Carter|Daniel Carter]] was Player of the Year.<ref name="PastIRBawards"/> New Zealand were nominated for the [[Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year]] in 2006 for their 2005 performance.<ref name="LasWorld">{{cite news| url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10415155 |title=All Blacks in running for Laureus nomination |publisher=The New Zealand Herald |agency=NZPA |date=12 December 2006|accessdate=8 January 2007}}</ref>

In 2006 they again took the Tri Nations Series by winning their first five matches, three against Australia and two against South Africa. They lost their final match of the series against South Africa. They completed their end of year tour unbeaten, with record away wins over France, England and Wales.<ref name="2006EFrecord">{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_RUGBYNEWS/idUKL2680124420061126 |title=Awesome All Blacks widen the gulf |agency=Reuters |last=Phillips |first=Mitch |date=26 November 2006 |accessdate=14 June 2008}}</ref> New Zealand were named 2006 IRB Team of the Year and were nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for the second time, while flanker [[Richie McCaw]] was named IRB Player of the Year.<ref name="PastIRBawards"/><ref name="LasWorld" /><ref name="NomineesLaureus">{{cite web |url=http://www.laureus.com/search/node/All%20Blacks|title=All Blacks on Laureus Awards site |publisher=Laureus World Sports Awards |accessdate=16 April 2007}}</ref>

The 2007 season started off with two [[2007 mid-year rugby test series|mid-year Tests]] against France. New Zealand won the Tests 42–11 at Eden Park and 61–10 at Westpac Stadium. A third game, against Canada, resulted in a 64–13 win, although the game was more competitive than the scoreline indicated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200706/s1953312.htm|title=Slick All Blacks belt Canada|date=16 June 2007|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=26 June 2007| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070917054254/http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200706/s1953312.htm| archivedate = 17 September 2007}}</ref>

New Zealand's first [[2007 Tri Nations Series|Tri-Nations]] game of 2007 was against the Springboks in [[Durban]], South Africa. New Zealand scored two tries in the final ten minutes of the game to win 26–21. The following week against the Wallabies at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in Melbourne the Wallabies upset New Zealand to win 20–15, New Zealand's first loss to Australia since 2004. New Zealand won both following home games to successfully defend the Tri-Nations Series for 2007.

New Zealand entered the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] as favourites, and won their pool, beating Scotland, Italy, Romania and Portugal by at least 40 points. However, they then suffered a defeat to hosts France in the first knockout game, the quarterfinals. Following the loss to France coach [[Graham Henry|Graham Henry's]] job was on the line with then [[Crusaders (rugby)|Canterbury Crusaders]] coach [[Robbie Deans]] a likely contender as the next All Blacks coach, but Henry managed to keep his job.

The 2008 season started with three [[2008 mid-year rugby test series|mid-year Tests]], the first against Ireland at [[Westpac Stadium]], [[Wellington]]. The final two games were against England, the first at Eden Park and the second at AMI Stadium in Christchurch. New Zealand played their first [[2008 Tri Nations Series|Tri-Nations]] game against South Africa at Westpac Stadium in Wellington winning 19–8 but a week later at [[Carisbrook]] in Dunedin they lost to South Africa 28–30, ending a 30-match winning streak at home, their previous loss in New Zealand being against England in 2003. New Zealand played their next Tri-Nations match on 26 July against Australia at [[Stadium Australia]] in Sydney, losing 34–19 but a week later against Australia at Eden Park in New Zealand won 39–10. The greatest victory for New Zealand in the 2008 season was beating South Africa 19–0 on their home ground, [[Newlands Stadium]]. New Zealand played their final match on 13 September against Australia at [[Lang Park|Suncorp Stadium]] in [[Brisbane]] winning 28–24 and retaining the Bledisloe Cup and the Tri Nations.

The All Blacks opened the 2009 season on 13 June with a 22–27 loss to [[France national rugby union team|France]] at [[Carisbrook]], but beat France 14–10 at [[Westpac Stadium]] a week later. On points difference, France won the Dave Gallaher Cup for the first time in the nine years the two teams had competed for it. A week later the All Blacks defeated [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] 27–6 at [[Lancaster Park|AMI Stadium]]. They finished second in the [[2009 Tri Nations Series|Tri-Nations Series]], behind South Africa who lost only one game, and ended the series with a 33–6 win over Australia in Wellington.

In 2010 the All Blacks won the Tri Nations series for the tenth time after three successive victories against South Africa, also retaining the Bledisloe Cup after consecutive victories against Australia. During 2010 New Zealand were undefeated for 15 test matches, three wins from equalling the record of 18 consecutive wins by Lithuania.

In the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]], the All Blacks defeated France in the [[2011 Rugby World Cup Final|final]], with a score of 8–7, to become world champions for the second time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/oct/23/rugby-world-cup-richie-mccaw-new-zealand-france?intcmp=239|title=Richie McCaw's New Zealand beat France in final|date=23 October 2011|work=Guardian|accessdate=24 October 2011|location=London|first=Eddie|last=Butler}}</ref>

Most recently, the All Blacks became the inaugural winners of [[The Rugby Championship]] in 2012 for a record eleventh time whilst also retaining the [[Bledisloe Cup]] and [[Freedom Cup]] from Australia and South Africa respectively.

== Jersey ==
{{multiple image|header=All Blacks jerseys|image1=All Blacks 1905.JPG|width1 =100|caption1=<div class="center">The 1905 Jersey</div>|image2=Allblack-whitewashed.PNG|width2=150|caption2=<div class="center">The Adidas Jersey worn between July 1999 and August 2011</div>}}

The current New Zealand jersey is entirely black except for a white collar, and with the [[Adidas]] logo and the NZRU silver fern on the front. The 1884 New Zealand tour to Australia was the first overseas New Zealand rugby tour, and featured clothing very different from today's jersey. Back then, the team donned a dark blue jersey, with gold fern on the left of the jumper.<ref name="BlueJGoldF">Gifford (2004), pg 28.</ref> In 1893 the NZRU stipulated at its annual general meeting that the uniform would be black jersey with a silver fern and white knickerbockers.<ref name="Jersey1893">Palenski (2003), pg 17.</ref> However historic photographs suggest white shorts may have been used instead during these early years. Sometime between 1897 and 1901 there was a change; by 1901 the team met NSW in a black jersey, a canvas top with no collar, and a silver fern.<ref name="jerseychange">{{cite web | publisher=Te Ara&nbsp;– The Encyclopedia of New Zealand | title=The "All Black" Uniform | url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/A/AllBlacks/TheallBlackUniform/en|accessdate=31 October 2006}}</ref>

Recently it has become traditional for New Zealand to wear an embroidered poppy on their jersey sleeve when playing France during the end-of-year tours.<ref name="francejersey">{{cite news| publisher=The Press (Christchurch) | title=ABs Remember |date=11 November 2006 |page=F1}}</ref> The poppy honours the soldiers who died in the battlefields of Europe. Captain Richie McCaw said "We want to honour the overseas service of New Zealanders. It is an important part of our history as a country and a team."<ref name="richiecomment">{{cite web
 | work=IOL
 | publisher=Independent News & Media
 | title=All Blacks to honour fallen soldiers
 | url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=117&set_id=6&click_id=18&art_id=qw116167788450S163
 | accessdate =11 July 2010 |date=24 October 2006
 | location = Cape Town
 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20121024025916/http://www.iol.co.za/sport/all-blacks-to-honour-fallen-soldiers-1.564093
 | archivedate=24 October 2012}}</ref>

Adidas currently pays the NZRFU $200&nbsp;million over 9 years, expecting New Zealand to win around 75% of their matches.<ref>{{cite web
 | first = Russell | last = Brown
 | date = 22 September 2003
 | title = God defend the All Black brand
 | work=Unlimited Magazine
 | url=http://www.unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf/0/13565E280545E3FACC256DA30017EA5A?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,team,new,zealand,and,teamwork
 | publisher=Fairfax New Zealand
 | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071011212110/http://unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf/0/13565E280545E3FACC256DA30017EA5A?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,team,new,zealand,and,teamwork
 | archivedate=11 October 2007
 | accessdate=2 May 2007}}</ref> [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] also looked at sponsoring New Zealand in 1996, but went with [[Tiger Woods]] instead.<ref>{{cite news
 | first = Alice | last = Park
 | date = 12 April 2007
 | location = Fort Worth
 | work=Time Magazine
 | title= Member of the Club
 | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1609776,00.html | accessdate=11 July 2010}}</ref>

The change kit has traditionally been white with black shorts. After a few years playing with a change kit of grey shirt and black shorts, the NZRU announced a return to the traditional white jersey and black shorts in May 2009. 2011 saw a revolution of old and new; 30 July revealed a new All Black jersey with white stand-up collar at the Springboks match in Wellington. The white collar is said to be honouring the 1987 world-cup-winning team.

In 2012, the NZRU took the controversial step of allowing American insurance and financial services company, [[AIG]], to promote themselves on the centre-front of the All Black jersey. In return, the NZRU would receive direct financial sponsorship that was not officially revealed; the deal was estimated to be worth approximately 80 million dollars over five years.<ref name=AIGvalue>{{cite news|title=All Blacks' AIG deal worth $80m|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/233235/rugby-all-blacks-aig-deal-worth-80m|accessdate=13 March 2013|newspaper=Otago Daily Times|date=4 November 2012}}</ref>

== Haka ==
{{Main|Haka (sports)}}
[[File:All Blacks Haka.jpg|thumb|400px|New Zealand perform ''Ka Mate'' before a match against [[France national rugby union team|France]] in November 2006.]]

The All Blacks perform a [[haka]] ([[Māori culture|Māori]] challenge) before each international match. The haka has been closely associated with New Zealand rugby ever since a tour of Australia and the United Kingdom by the [[1888–1889 New Zealand Native football team|New Zealand Native football team]] in 1888-89.<ref name=ABHaka>Derby, Mark. [http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/maori-pakeha-relations/page-4 "Māori–Pākehā relations - Sports and race"], Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.</ref><ref name=Mulholland17>Mulholland (2009), p 17.</ref>{{#Tag:ref|The New Zealand team that toured New South Wales in 1884 may have performed a haka, however this is not know for sure.<ref name=AllBlackHaka>Barker, Fiona. [http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/zoomify/34617/all-black-haka "New Zealand identity - New Zealand’s peoples"], Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2013.</ref>|group =n}} The New Zealand native team that toured Britain in 1888/89 used ''Ake Ake Kia Kaha'', and the 1903 team in Australia used a mocking haka, ''Tupoto koe, Kangaru!''. The 1905 All Blacks began the tradition of using ''[[Ka Mate]]'' — a haka composed in the 19th century by [[Ngāti Toa]] leader [[Te Rauparaha]]. The 1924 All Blacks used a specially composed haka ''Ko Niu Tireni'', but later All Blacks reverted to ''Ka Mate''.<ref name="1924Haka">{{cite web| url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/Haka/AllBlackshaka/en |title=All Blacks' Haka |publisher=teara.govt.nz |accessdate=9 July 2007}}</ref><ref name=Mulholland18>Mulholland (2009), p 18.</ref><ref name=InvinciblesHaka>{{cite news|last=Parker|first=Dean|title=The strange tale of Finnegan's haka|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10811756|accessdate=2 March 2013|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|date=9 June 2012}}</ref>

In August 2005, before the Tri-Nations Test match between New Zealand and South Africa at [[Carisbrook]] stadium in [[Dunedin]], New Zealand performed a new haka, ''[[Haka (sports)#"Kapa o Pango"|Kapa o Pango]]'', specially composed by Derek Lardelli and "...designed to reflect the multi-cultural make-up of contemporary New Zealand&nbsp;– in particular the influence of [[Polynesian culture|Polynesian]] cultures".<ref name="KapaoPango">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10342926 |title=New haka the cutting edge of sport |work= NZ Herald |date=29 August 2005 |accessdate=14 June 2008 |last=Stokes |first=Jon}}</ref> ''Kapa o Pango'' was to be performed on special occasions and was not intended to replace ''Ka Mate''.<ref name="KapaoPango"/> ''Kapa o Pango'' concludes with what has been interpreted as a "throat slitting" gesture that was a source of [[2006 Kapa O Pango controversy|controversy]] and led to accusations that ''Kapa o Pango'' encourages violence, and sends the wrong message to All Blacks fans.<ref name="two">{{cite web |work=The Age |publisher=Fairfax |location=Australia | title=All Blacks coach slams haka criticism | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/All-Blacks-coach-slams-haka-criticism/2006/07/28/1153816359796.html| accessdate=17 January 2007 |date=28 July 2006}}</ref> However, according to Derek Lardelli, the gesture represents "drawing vital energy into the heart and lungs."<ref name="GestureMeaning">{{cite web | url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/454218/779048 |title=New haka gets public approval |publisher= TVNZ |date=8 July 2006 |accessdate=4 January 2008}}</ref>

In November 2006, at the [[Millennium Stadium]], Cardiff, New Zealand performed the haka in the dressing room prior to the match&nbsp;– instead of on the field immediately before kick-off&nbsp;– after a disagreement with the [[Welsh Rugby Union]], which had wanted Wales to sing [[Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau|their national anthem]] after the haka.<ref name="NoHaka">{{cite web| url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/tm_method=full&objectid=18166940&siteid=50082-name_page.html |title=So just who is to blame for no Millennium haka? |publisher= IC Wales |date=27 November 2006 |accessdate=14 June 2008}}</ref> In 2008, New Zealand played [[Munster Rugby|Munster]] at Thomond Park. Before the match, Munster's four New Zealanders challenged New Zealand by performing a haka before the All Blacks started theirs.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/725123 |title=All Blacks v Munster |publisher=Fairfax |date=19 November 2008 |accessdate=28 November 2009}}</ref> On the same tour, Wales responded by silently refusing to move after New Zealand's haka, and the two teams simply stared at each other until the referee forced them to start the game.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/all-blacks-turn-up-heat-1032255.html|title=All Blacks turn up heat|work =The Independent| accessdate=11 July 2010 | location=London | first=James | last=Corrigan | date=24 November 2008}}</ref>

== Record ==

=== Overall ===
{{IRB World Rankings|New Zealand|history=yes}}
{{See also|List of All Blacks tours and series}}
New Zealand have only ever been beaten by five test nations and they are the only international team to have a winning record against every nation they have played. They have won 383 of their 508 test matches – 75.39% (see table), and have lost at home only 37 times. Since [[IRB World Rankings|World Rankings]] were introduced by the IRB in October 2003, New Zealand have occupied the number one ranking the majority of the time.<ref name="RankingsArchive">Ranking archives can be found at the IRB website; [http://www.irb.com/ www.irb.com]</ref> In the decade from 2000–2009, New Zealand won 100 Tests (82% winning percentage). At one point the All Blacks had won 15 consecutive Tests and recorded a world record 30 straight wins at home.<ref name = "A hundred wins">{{cite web | first = Daniel | last = Gilhooly | date = 20 December 2009
 | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10616661 | work = NZ Herald | title=All Blacks: A hundred wins, and thousands of frustrated fans |accessdate=19 December 2009}}</ref>

Their all-time points difference for Tests (and international level matches) stands at 13,034 to 6,321 (as at 2 December 2012). Many national teams' worst defeat was against New Zealand&nbsp;– the national teams of France, Ireland, Argentina, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Japan, and Portugal have all suffered their greatest defeat to New Zealand. The All Blacks' greatest Test win was 145-17 against Japan in 1995,<ref name=Over100Scored>{{cite web|title=All Black match scores of more than 100 |url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/centuries.asp?stats_ID=9 |publisher= All Blacks |accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref> while their greatest loss was a 28-7 loss to Australia in 1999.<ref name=1999loss/>

Their Test match record against all nations (listed alphabetically), updated to 29 December 2012, is as follows:<ref name="ABrecord">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com |publisher= All Blacks |title=All Blacks Test Match Record since first test match |accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref>
<div style="text-align:center; float:right; clear: right; margin-left: 1em"> '''[[IRB World Ranking|IRB World Ranking Leaders]]''' {{IRB World Ranking leaders}}</div>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=200 | Opponent
! width=70 | Played
! width=70 | Won
! width=70 | Lost
! width=70 | Drawn
! width=70 | % Won
|-
| {{ru|ARG}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Argentina and New Zealand|16]] || 15 || 0 || 1 || 93.75%
|-
| {{ru|AUS}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand|146]] || 99 || 41 || 6 || 67.81%
|-
| [[File:British and Irish Lions flag.svg|20px]] [[British and Irish Lions]] || [[History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and The British and Irish Lions|38]] || 29 || 6 || 3 || 76.32%
|-
| [[File:Barbarians.png|20px]] [[Barbarian F.C.|Barbarians]] || [[History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and The Barbarians|10]] || 7 || 2 || 1 || 70.0%
|-
| {{ru|CAN}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| {{ru|ENG}} || [[History of rugby union matches between England and New Zealand|35]] || 27 || 7 || 1 || 77.14%
|-
| {{ru|FIJ}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| {{ru|FRA}} || [[History of rugby union matches between France and New Zealand|51]] || 38 || 12 || 1 || 74.51%
|-
| {{ru|IRE}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Ireland and New Zealand|27]] || 26 || 0 || 1 || 96.30%
|-
| {{ru|ITA}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Italy and New Zealand|12]] || 12 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| {{ru|JPN}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| {{noflag|[[Pacific Islanders rugby union team|Pacific Islanders]]}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| {{ru|POR}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| {{ru|ROU}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| {{ru|SAM}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| {{ru|SCO}} || [[History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and Scotland|29]] || 27 || 0 || 2 || 93.10%
|-
| {{ru|RSA}} || [[History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and South Africa|85]] || 48 || 34 || 3 || 56.47%
|-
| {{ru|TON}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| {{ru|USA}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| {{ru|WAL}} || [[History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and Wales|29]] || 26 || 3 || 0 || 89.66%
|-
| {{noflag|[[World XV]]}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 66.67%
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total !! 498 !! 376 !! 104 !! 18 !! 75.50%
|}

=== World Cup ===
{{Main|New Zealand at the Rugby World Cup}}

New Zealand have won the World Cup twice – in the 1987 inaugural competition held in New Zealand and Australia, and in 2011 when it was also held in New Zealand, beating France in the final. In 1991, they lost their semi-final to Australia before winning the playoff for third. In 1995, they improved by reaching the final, before losing in extra time to hosts South Africa. They finished in fourth place in 1999, after losing their semi-final and then the third-place playoff game. In 2003, New Zealand were knocked out by hosts Australia in their semi-final, before finishing third. The 2007 World Cup saw their worst tournament, being knocked out in the quarterfinals by the host nation France;<ref name="2007Exit">{{cite web| url=http://sportal.co.nz/Rugby-Union-news-display/deja-vu-for-all-blacks-36868 |title = Deja vu for All Blacks|accessdate =14 June 2008|last = McConnell|first = Lynn|date = 7 October 2007|publisher=Sportal}}</ref> until this they were the only team to have reached the semifinals of every tournament.<ref name="RWCFavourites">{{cite news| url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10411281 |title=Zinzan Brooke defends All Blacks – 'we can win the Cup' | agency=NZPA |work= NZ Herald |accessdate=14 June 2008 |date=17 November 2006 |last=Gilhooly |first=Daniel}}</ref> As a result of the poor performance in the 2007 World Cup the New Zealand Rugby Union commissioned a 47-page report to detail the causes of the failure. In 2011 the All Blacks won their second world cup after 24 years.

New Zealand hold several World Cup records: most World Cup Matches (43),<ref name="RWCTeamStatistics">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/statistics/season=0/type=Points/team=0/statistics/index.html|title=Team Statistics (RWC Overall) | work= Rugby World Cup | publisher=IRB |accessdate=16 October 2011}}</ref> most points in one match (145 versus [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]] in 1995),<ref name="RWCTeamRecords">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/statistics/season=0/type=Points/team=0/records/index.html|title=Team Records (RWC Overall) | work= Rugby World Cup | publisher=IRB |accessdate=16 October 2011}}</ref> most cumulative points over all World Cups (2,012),<ref name="RWCTeamStatistics"/> most tries overall (272),<ref name="RWCTeamStatistics"/> and most conversions (198).<ref name="RWCTeamStatistics"/> Several individual players also hold World Cup records; [[Jonah Lomu]] for most World Cup tries (15 over two World Cups),<ref name="RWCPlayerStatistics">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/statistics/season=0/type=Points/team=0/player=0/statistics/index.html|title=Player Statistics (RWC Overall) | work= Rugby World Cup | publisher=IRB |accessdate=12 December 2007}}</ref> most appearances held by Sean Fitzpatrick (17 from 1987 to 1995), [[Marc Ellis (rugby)|Marc Ellis]] with most tries in a match (6 versus Japan in 1995),<ref name="RWCPlayerRecords">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/statistics/season=0/type=Points/team=0/player=0/records/index.html|title=Player Records (RWC Overall) | work= Rugby World Cup | publisher=IRB |accessdate=12 December 2007}}</ref> [[Grant Fox]] with most points in one tournament (126 in 1987), and [[Simon Culhane]] with most points in a single game (45 versus Japan in 1995).<ref name="RWCPlayerRecords"/>

New Zealand has the best record of all teams in the World Cup having a record of 2 (1st), 1 (2nd), 2 (3rd), 1 (4th). New Zealand are the only team to top their pool in every World Cup so far and not to lose a pool match.

=== Tri Nations and The Rugby Championship ===
New Zealand's only annual tournament is a competition involving the Southern Hemisphere's top national teams. From 1996 through 2011, they competed in the [[Tri Nations (rugby union)|Tri Nations]] against Australia and South Africa. In 2012, [[Argentina national rugby union team|Argentina]] joined the competition which was renamed [[The Rugby Championship]]. New Zealand's record of eleven tournament wins (the most recent in 2012) and 50 match wins is well ahead of the other teams' records. The [[Bledisloe Cup]] is also contested between New Zealand and Australia, and the [[Freedom Cup]] between New Zealand and South Africa, as part of the Tri Nations and The Rugby Championship.

== Players ==

=== Current squad ===
New Zealand 38-man training squad for the [[2013 mid-year rugby test series]] fixtures against [[France national rugby union team|France]] <ref>[https://www.allblacks.com/news/22279/Players-named-for-All-Blacks-wider-training-group-camps Players named for All Black training squad]</ref>

* '''Head Coach''': {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Steve Hansen]]

* '''Caps updated''': 14 May 2013

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{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name=[[Dominic Bird]]|age={{birth date and age|1991|4|9|df=y}}|caps=0|club=[[Crusaders (rugby union)|Crusaders]]|clubnat=NZL}}
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{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name=[[Luke Romano]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|2|16|df=y}}|caps=11|club=[[Crusaders (rugby union)|Crusaders]]|clubnat=NZL}}
{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name=[[Sam Whitelock]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|10|12|df=y}}|caps=39|club=[[Crusaders (rugby union)|Crusaders]]|clubnat=NZL}}
{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name=[[Ali Williams]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|4|30|df=y}}|caps=77|club=[[Blues (Super Rugby)|Blues]]|clubnat=NZL}}
{{nat rs player|pos=FL|name=[[Sam Cane]]|age={{birth date and age|1992|1|13|df=y}}|caps=4|club=[[Chiefs (rugby union)|Chiefs]]|clubnat=NZL}}
{{nat rs player|pos=FL|name=[[Liam Messam]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|3|25|df=y}}|caps=20|club=[[Chiefs (rugby union)|Chiefs]]|clubnat=NZL}}
{{nat rs player|pos=FL|name=[[Brad Shields]]|age={{birth date and age|1991|4|2|df=y}}|caps=0|club=[[Hurricanes (rugby union)|Hurricanes]]|clubnat=NZL}}
{{nat rs player|pos=N8|name=[[Kieran Read]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|10|26|df=y}}|caps=48|club=[[Crusaders (rugby union)|Crusaders]]|clubnat=NZL}}
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{{nat rs player|pos=SH|name=[[Tawera Kerr-Barlow]]|age={{birth date and age|1990|8|15|df=y}}|caps=2|club=[[Chiefs (rugby union)|Chiefs]]|clubnat=NZL}}
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{{nat rs player|pos=SH|name=[[Aaron Smith (rugby union)|Aaron Smith]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|11|21|df=y}}|caps=13|club=[[Highlanders (rugby union)|Highlanders]]|clubnat=NZL}}
{{nat rs player|pos=SH|name=[[Piri Weepu]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|9|7|df=y}}|caps=69|club=[[Blues (Super Rugby)|Blues]]|clubnat=NZL}}
{{nat rs player|pos=FH|name=[[Beauden Barrett]]|age={{birth date and age|1991|5|27|df=y}}|caps=5|club=[[Hurricanes (rugby union)|Hurricanes]]|clubnat=NZL}}
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{{nat rs player|pos=WG|name=[[Frank Halai]]|age={{birth date and age|1988|3|6|df=y}}|caps=0|club=[[Blues (Super Rugby)|Blues]]|clubnat=NZL}}
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=== Notable players ===
[[File:Dave Gallaher.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Captain of the ''[[Original All Blacks]]'' and [[International Rugby Hall of Fame]] inductee [[Dave Gallaher]].]]

{{Main|List of New Zealand national rugby union players}}
Fifteen former All Blacks have been inducted into the [[International Rugby Hall of Fame]]; [[Fred Allen (rugby union)|Sir Fred Allen]], [[Don Clarke]], [[Sean Fitzpatrick]], [[Grant Fox]], [[Dave Gallaher]], [[Michael Jones (rugby union)|Michael Jones]], [[Ian Kirkpatrick]], [[John Kirwan (rugby)|Sir John Kirwan]], [[Brian Lochore|Sir Brian Lochore]], [[Jonah Lomu]], [[Colin Meads|Sir Colin Meads]], [[Graham Mourie]], [[George Nepia]] and [[Wilson Whineray]].<ref name="IRHFList">{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/brendangallagher/2368372/Joining-the-legends-an-added-bonus-for-Wood.html |title=Joining the legends an added bonus for Wood |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=17 November 2005 |accessdate=15 December 2006 |last=Gallagher |first=Brendan}}</ref><ref name="IRHF2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyhalloffame.com/pages/2007dinner.htm |title=Sixth Induction Dinner – 2007 |publisher= Rugby Hall of Fame |accessdate=13 September 2007}}</ref>

Four former All Blacks have been inducted into the [[IRB Hall of Fame]]. [[David Kirk]], Lomu and Whineray were inducted primarily as players, whilst Lochore was inducted primarily as a coach.<ref name="Whineray IRB HOF">{{cite news|url=http://www.irb.com/history/awards/newsid=2020608.html#habana+named+irb+player+year |title=Habana named IRB Player of the Year |author=Rugby News Service |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=21 October 2007 |accessdate=21 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="IRB HOF 2011">{{cite press release|url=http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid=2060049.html#rwc+legends+inducted+into+irb+hall+fame |title=RWC legends inducted into IRB Hall of Fame |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=26 October 2011 |accessdate=26 October 2011}}</ref>

Dave Gallaher played in New Zealand' first ever Test match in 1903 and also captained the 1905 Originals. Along with [[Billy Stead]], Gallaher authored the famous rugby book ''The Complete Rugby Footballer''.<ref name="DaveGallaher">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=300 |publisher=All Blacks |title=Dave Gallaher |accessdate=15 December 2006}}</ref> At the age of only 19, George Nepia played in all 30 matches on the Invincibles tour of 1924–25.<ref name="GeorgeNepia">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/ABProfilee.asp?level1=Database&Level2=ABC&IDID=650 |title=George Nepia |publisher= Rugby Museum |location= New Zealand |accessdate=17 December 2006 |last=Knight |first=Lindsay}}</ref> Nepia played 37 All Blacks games; his last was against the British Isles in 1930.<ref name="GeorgeNepia"/>

Sir Fred Allen captained all of his 21 matches for New Zealand, including six Tests, between 1946 and 1949.<ref name="FredAllen">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=7 |title=
Fred Allen |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=15 December 2006 |last=Luxford |first=Bob}}</ref> He eventually moved onto coaching New Zealand between 1966 and 1968. New Zealand won all 14 of their Test matches with Allen as coach.<ref name="FredAllen"/>

Five Hall of Fame inductees, including the first New Zealander named to the IRB Hall of Fame, played during the 1960s. Don Clarke was an All Black between 1956 and 1964 and during this period he broke the record at the time for All Black Test points.<ref name="DonClarke">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=151 |title= Don Clarke |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=15 December 2006}}</ref> Clarke famously scored six penalties in one match&nbsp;– a record at the time&nbsp;– to give New Zealand an 18–17 victory over the British Isles at Dunedin in 1959.<ref name="DonClarke"/><ref name="DonClarkeRHF">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbyhalloffame.com/pages/clarke2001.htm |title=Don Clarke |publisher= Rugby Hall of Fame |accessdate=15 December 2006}}</ref> Sir Wilson Whineray played 32 Tests, captaining New Zealand in 30 of them.<ref name="WilsonWhineray">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/ABProfilee.asp?level1=Database&Level2=ABC&IDID=944 |title=Wilson James Whineray | publisher= |location= New Zealand |accessdate=17 December 2006 |last=Knight |first=Lindsay}}</ref> He played prop and also [[Number eight (rugby union)|number 8]] between 1957 and 1965. New Zealand lost only four of their 30 Tests with Whineray as captain.<ref name="WilsonWhineray"/> On 21 October 2007, Whineray became the first New Zealander to earn induction to the IRB Hall of Fame.<ref name="Whineray IRB HOF"/> In Sir Colin Meads' New Zealand Rugby Museum profile, he is described as "New Zealand's equivalent of Australia's Sir [[Donald Bradman]] or the United States of America's [[Babe Ruth]]."<ref name="MeadsNZRM">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/ABProfilee.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&IDID=601 |title=Colin Earl Meads |publisher=Rugby Museum |last=Knight |first=Lindsay |accessdate=16 December 2006}}</ref> Meads, nicknamed ''Pinetree'', played 133 games for New Zealand, including 55 Tests.<ref name="MeadsNZRM"/> In 1999 the New Zealand Rugby Monthly magazine named Meads the New Zealand player of the century.<ref name="MeadsNZRM"/> Ian Kirkpatrick played 39 Tests, including 9 as captain, between 1967 and 1977.<ref name="IanKirkpatrick">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=465 |title=Ian Kirkpatrick |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=15 December 2006 |last=Knight |first=Lindsay}}</ref> He scored 16 tries in his Test career, a record at the time.<ref name="IanKirkpatrick"/>

The only All Blacks Hall of Famer to debut in the 1970s was flanker Graham Mourie. He captained 19 of his 21 Tests and 57 of his 61 overall All Blacks matches between 1976 and 1982. Most notably, in 1978 he was captain of the first All Blacks side to complete a [[Grand Slam tours|Grand Slam]] over the four [[Home Nations]] sides.<ref name="GrahamMourie">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=636 |title=Graham Mourie |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=15 December 2006 |last=Luxford |first=Bob}}</ref>

The 1987 World Cup champions were coached by Sir Brian Lochore who had represented New Zealand in 25 Tests between 1964 and 1971, including 17 as captain.<ref name="BrianLochore">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=502 |title=Brian Lochore |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=16 December 2006 |last=Luxford |first=Bob}}</ref> Lochore was [[Order of the British Empire|knighted]] in 1999 for his lifetime services to rugby, and was also inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame on 24 October 2011 at the [[IRB Awards]] ceremony in Auckland alongside all other World Cup-winning coaches through the 2007 tournament.<ref name="IRB HOF 2011"/> Four of the 1987 World Cup squad that he had coached are also inductees in the International Hall of Fame, and one in the IRB Hall. Sir John Kirwan played a total of 63 Tests between 1984 and 1994, scoring 35 tries, an All Blacks record at the time.<ref name="JohnKirwan">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=467 |publisher=All Blacks |title=John Kirwan |accessdate=15 December 2006 |last=Knight |first=Lindsay}}</ref> In the 1987 World Cup opener against Italy, Kirwan raced 90 meters to score one of the tries of the tournament.<ref name="JohnKirwan"/><ref name="KirwanRHF">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbyhalloffame.com/pages/kirwan2003.htm |publisher= Rugby Hall of Fame |title=John Kirwan |accessdate=15 December 2006}}</ref> An All Black from 1984 to 1993, Grant Fox was one of New Zealand' greatest point-scorers with 1067 points, including 645 Test points.<ref name="GrantFox">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=286 |title=Grant Fox |publisher=All Blacks |last=Knight |first=Lindsay |accessdate=15 December 2006}}</ref> Fox played 46 Tests, including the 1987 World Cup final against France. Known as The Iceman, Michael Jones was one of the greatest open side flankers of all time.<ref name="MichaelJones">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=443 |title=Michael Jones |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=15 December 2006 |last=Knight |first=Lindsay}}</ref> Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Jones first played international rugby for [[Samoa national rugby union team|Samoa]], then for New Zealand, playing 55 Tests between 1987 and 1998.<ref name="MichaelJones"/> Due to his Christian faith, Jones never played rugby on Sundays, resulting in him not playing in the 1991 World Cup semi-final against Australia, and also in him not being picked for the 1995 World Cup squad.<ref name="MichaelJones"/><ref name="MichaelJonesRHF">{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyhalloffame.com/pages/jones2003.htm |publisher=Rugby Hall of Fame |title=Michael Jones |accessdate=15 December 2006}}</ref> The team's captain, David Kirk, was inducted into the IRB Hall alongside Lochore; all other World Cup-winning captains through 2007 (minus the already-inducted [[Australia national rugby union team|Australian]] [[John Eales]]) were also enshrined at this ceremony.<ref name="IRB HOF 2011"/>

For many years the most capped Test All Black was Sean Fitzpatrick, with 92 appearances.<ref name="SeanFitz">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=278 |title=Sean Fitzpatrick |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=15 December 2006 |last=Knight |first=Lindsay}}</ref> He played in the 1987 World Cup after incumbent Andy Dalton was injured, and was appointed All Blacks captain in 1992, continuing in the role until his retirement in 1997.<ref name="SeanFitz"/> He played 346 first class rugby matches.<ref name="SeanFitzRHF">{{cite web| url=http://www.rugbyhalloffame.com/pages/fitzpatrick2001.htm |title=Sean Fitzpatrick |publisher=Rugby Hall of Fame |accessdate=15 December 2006}}</ref>
His test record was eclipsed by Mils Muliaina and Richie McCaw who won their 93rd caps against Ireland on 20 November 2010.

[[Jonah Lomu]] is generally regarded as the first true global superstar of rugby union.<ref name="LomuBBC">{{cite news |publisher=BBC |location=UK | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/rugby_union/features/newsid_2118000/2118179.stm | title=Jonah Lomu's rugby journey | accessdate=3 October 2007 | date=10 July 2002}}</ref> He was the youngest player ever to appear in a Test as an All Black, making his debut at age 19 years, 45 days in 1994. Lomu, a [[Wing (rugby union)|wing]], had unique physical gifts; even though he stood 1.96&nbsp;m (6&nbsp;ft 5&nbsp;in) and weighed 119&nbsp;kg (262&nbsp;lb), making him both the tallest<ref name="ABHeight">{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/tallest.asp?stats_ID=2 |title=All Blacks Player Profiles, Match Details and Statistics: Tallest All Blacks |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=9 October 2007}}</ref> and heaviest<ref name="ABWeight">{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/heaviest.asp?stats_ID=4 |title=All Blacks Player Profiles, Match Details and Statistics: Heaviest All Blacks |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=9 October 2007}}</ref> back ever to play for New Zealand, he could run 100 metres in under 11 seconds. He burst on the international scene in the [[1995 Rugby World Cup]], scoring seven tries in the competition. Four of those tries came in New Zealand' semifinal win over England, including an iconic try in which he bulldozed England's [[Mike Catt]] on his way to the try line. He would add eight more tries in the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]]. Perhaps most remarkably, Lomu played virtually his entire top-level career in the shadow of [[nephrotic syndrome|a serious kidney disorder]] which ended his Test career in 2002 and ultimately led to a [[kidney transplantation|transplant]] in 2004. Even with his career hampered and eventually shortened by his health issues, he scored 37 tries in 63 Tests.<ref name="JonahLomu">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=506 |title=Jonah Lomu |publisher=All Blacks|last=Knight |first=Lindsay |accessdate=31 December 2006}}</ref> Lomu was also inducted into the IRB Hall at the October 2011 IRB Awards ceremony, being specifically recognised as one of four new inductees "who had left an indelible mark on Rugby World Cup for their moments of magic, inspiration or feats".<ref name="IRB HOF 2011"/>

=== Individual all-time records ===
{{main|List of New Zealand national rugby union team player records}}
The record for most Test points for not only New Zealand, but any nation, is held by Dan Carter with 1,301 from 88 Tests.<ref name="DanCarter">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=1031 |title=Dan Carter |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=24 August 2012}}</ref> He surpassed [[Andrew Mehrtens]]' All Black record total of 967 points from 70 Tests<ref name="AndrewMehrtens">{{cite web | url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=606 |title=Andrew Mehrtens |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=28 December 2006 |last=Knight |first=Lindsay}}</ref> in the All Blacks' win over England on 21 November 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/8369358.stm |title=England 6–19 New Zealand |publisher=BBC |location=UK |date=21 November 2009 |accessdate=21 November 2009}}</ref> On 27 November 2010 Dan Carter scored a penalty against Wales to pass Jonny Wilkinson's previous world record of 1,178 points.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sport360.com/node/395371|title=Record breaking Carter surpasses Wilkinson |publisher=Sport 360 |date=28 November 2010 |accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> Carter also holds the record for points against Australia with 270.

The All Blacks' record Test try scorer is [[Doug Howlett]] with 49 tries, who overtook [[Christian Cullen]]'s 46 during the 2007 World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allblacks.com/index.cfm?layout=displayNews&newsArticle=6963 |title=NZ made to battle for 40–0 win |author=Sportal |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=24 September 2007}}</ref> The world record for tries in a calendar year is held by [[Josevata Rokocoko]], with 17 tries in 2003; he also became the first All Black to score ten tries in his first five Tests, as well as the first All Black to score at least two tries in each of four consecutive Tests.<ref name="JoeRokocoko">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=1034 |title=Joe Rokocoko |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=30 December 2006}}</ref> In Test matches, the most capped All Black is [[Richie McCaw]] with 110 caps.<ref name="Most caps New Zealand">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html?class=1;team=8;template=results;type=player |title=Statsguru / Test matches / Player records | publisher=ESPN Scrum |accessdate=24 September 2011}}</ref> The record for most Tests as captain is held by Richie McCaw with 63.<ref name="RichieMcCaw">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=1006 |title=Richie McCaw |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=24 September 2011}}</ref> The youngest All Black in a Test match was Jonah Lomu, capped at age 19 years, 45 days, whilst the oldest Test player was [[Ned Hughes]] at 40 years, 123 days.<ref name="JonahLomu"/><ref name="YoungestOldest">Palenski (2003), pg 286</ref>{{#Tag:ref|The next oldest Test player was [[Frank Bunce]], aged 35 years, 305 days; over four years younger than Hughes.|group = n}}

== Coaches ==
Due to the definition and role of All Blacks coach varying so much prior to the 1949 All Blacks tour of South Africa, the following table only includes coaches appointed since.<ref name="Palenski290"/>

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Years
! Tests
! Won
! Drew
! Lost
! Win percentage
|-
| Alex McDonald
| 1949
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0%
|-
| Tom Morrison
| 1950, 55–56
| 12
| 8
| 1
| 3
| 66.7%
|-
| Len Clode
| 1951
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 100%
|-
| Arthur Marslin
| 1953–1954
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 60%
|-
| Dick Everest
| 1957
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 100%
|-
| Jack Sullivan
| 1958–1960
| 11
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 54.5%
|-
| Neil McPhail
| 1961–1965
| 20
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 80%
|-
| [[Ronald Bush|Ron Bush]]
| 1962
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 100%
|-
| [[Fred Allen (rugby union)|Sir Fred Allen]]
| 1966–1968
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 100%
|-
| [[Ivan Vodanovich]]
| 1969–1971
| 10
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 40%
|-
| Bob Duff
| 1972–1973
| 8
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 75%
|-
| [[John Joseph Stewart|John Stewart]]
| 1974–1976
| 11
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 54.5%
|-
| Jack Gleeson
| 1977–1978
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 76.9%
|-
| [[Eric Watson (sportsman)|Eric Watson]]
| 1979–1980
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 55.5%
|-
| Peter Burke
| 1981–1982
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 81.8%
|-
| [[Bryce Rope]]
| 1983–1984
| 12
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 75%
|-
| [[Brian Lochore|Sir Brian Lochore]]
| 1985–1987
| 18
| 14
| 1
| 3
| 77.7%
|-
| [[Alex Wyllie]]
| 1988–1991
| 29
| 25
| 1
| 3
| 86.2%
|-
| [[Laurie Mains]]
| 1992–1995
| 34
| 23
| 1
| 10
| 67.6%
|-
| [[John Hart (rugby coach)|John Hart]]
| 1996–1999
| 41
| 31
| 1
| 9
| 75.6%
|-
| [[Wayne Smith (rugby player)|Wayne Smith]]
| 2000–2001
| 17
| 12
| 0
| 5
| 70.5%
|-
| [[John Mitchell (rugby union)|John Mitchell]]<ref name="MichellRecord">{{cite news| title=Mitchell likely to have powers;curbed after failure in Australia | newspaper=Otago Daily Times |last=Edwards |first=Brent |date=20 November 2003}}</ref>
| 2002–2003
| 28
| 23
| 1
| 4
| 82.1%
|-
| [[Sir Graham Henry]]<ref name="HenryRecord">{{cite web| url=http://www.lassen.co.nz/pickandgo.php?fyear=2004-06-12&teama=NZL&head=Coaching%20Record%20-%20Graham%20Henry#hrh |title=Coaching Record&nbsp;– Graham Henry |publisher=lassen.co.nz |accessdate=18 November 2008}}</ref>
| 2004–2011
| 103
| 88
| 0
| 15
| 85.4%
|-
| [[Steve Hansen]]
| 2012–
| 12
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 83.33%
|}

== Home grounds ==
{{Location map many
|New Zealand
|caption=Home grounds in New Zealand
|label={{nowrap|[[North Harbour Stadium|North Harbour Stadium]]}} |label_size=80 |pos=left |lat=-36.726944 |long=174.701667 |mark=Disc Plain red.svg |marksize=8
|label2=[[Westpac Stadium]] |label2_size=80 |pos2=right |lat2=-41.273056 |long2=174.785833 |mark2=Disc Plain red.svg
|label3=[[Waikato Stadium]] |label3_size=80 |pos3=bottom|lat3=-37.781111 |long3=175.268333 |mark3=Disc Plain red.svg
|label4=[[Eden Park]] |label4_size=80 |pos4=right |lat4=-36.875 |long4=174.744722 |mark4=Disc Plain red.svg
|label5=[[Forsyth Barr Stadium]] |label5_size=80 |lat5=-45.893611 |long5=170.490556 |mark5=Disc Plain red.svg
|label6=[[Lancaster Park|AMI Stadium]] |label6_size=80 |pos6=right |lat6=-43.541944 |long6=172.654167 |mark6=Disc Plain red.svg
|label7=[[Yarrow Stadium|Taranaki]] | label 7
|width=220
}}
Like the other major rugby nations Argentina, Australia, France and South Africa, New Zealand does not have an official stadium for its national team. Instead, the All Blacks play their Test matches at a variety of venues throughout New Zealand.

Prior to the construction of Westpac Stadium in 1999, Wellington's Test venue was [[Athletic Park, Wellington|Athletic Park]]. Athletic Park was the venue for the first All Blacks Test match in New Zealand against Great Britain in 1904.<ref name="2ndTest">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=1047 |title=2nd All Black Test : 47th All Black Game |publisher=All Blacks |accessdate=27 December 2006}}</ref> The first home Test match played outside the main centres of Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin or Wellington was in 1996 at [[McLean Park]] in [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]].<ref name="296thTest">{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=2004 |title=296th All Black Test : 1004th All Black Game |accessdate=27 December 2006| publisher=All Blacks }}</ref> Both the 1987 and 2011 Rugby World Cup finals were played at Eden Park.

Eden Park and AMI Stadium were upgraded in preparation for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In 2006, the [[Government of New Zealand]] proposed the construction of a waterfront [[Stadium New Zealand|National Stadium in Auckland]] as an alternative to Eden Park's upgrade; this proposal was rejected by the [[Auckland Regional Council]].<ref name="NationalStadium">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10412665 |title=It's Eden Park says disappointed Mallard |date=27 November 2006 |accessdate=27 December 2006 |work= NZ Herald}}</ref> By that time, the NZRU no longer considered Carisbrook a suitable Test venue (it did however get Tests against South Africa in 2008, Wales in 2010 and Fiji in 2011); [[Forsyth Barr Stadium|a covered sports stadium]] was proposed as a replacement.<ref name="CarisbrookReplacement">{{cite news| url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411317/811408 |title=Proposed stadium a NZ first |publisher=TVNZ |accessdate=27 December 2006 |date=10 August 2006}}</ref> [[Dunedin|Dunedin City Council]] approved the new stadium in March 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1320238/1642915|title=Dunedin council to help fund stadium|date=17 March 2008|publisher=TVNZ|accessdate=29 August 2008}}</ref> land acquisition proceeded from August to October of that year,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/20001/council-starts-buying-stadium-land|title=Council starts buying stadium land|last=Loughrey|first=David|date=29 August 2008|work=Otago Daily Times|accessdate=29 August 2008}}</ref> and the new venue opened in August 2011, in time for the World Cup.

AMI Stadium was significantly damaged during the [[February 2011 Christchurch earthquake]], with cracks in some stands and the playing surface badly damaged by [[liquefaction]] as well as damage to infrastructure and streets surrounding the venue. As a result of the damage all scheduled 2011 World Cup games to be held in Christchurch were moved to other regions. Test rugby returned to Christchurch in [[2012 mid-year rugby test series|2012]] at [[Rugby League Park]]. Although the stands at that venue were damaged severely enough that they had to be torn down, infrastructure damage was much less severe than at AMI Stadium, and the playing surface survived relatively intact. The stadium was rebuilt with a permanent capacity of 17,000, with temporary seating allowing for 9,000 more spectators.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ground
! First Test
! First Test
! Last Test
! Tests at that ground
! Win Percentage
|-
|[[Athletic Park, Wellington|Athletic Park]], [[Wellington]], [[North Island]]
|1904 v British Lions
|1904
|1999
|42
|69%
|-
|Tahuna Park, [[Dunedin]], [[South Island]]
|1905 v Australia
|1905
|1905
|1
|100%
|-
|Potter's Park, [[Auckland]], [[North Island]]
|1908 v British Lions
|1905
|1905
|1
|100%
|-
|[[Carisbrook]], [[Dunedin]], [[South Island]]
|1908 v British Lions
|1908
|2011 v Fiji
|38
|86%
|-
|[[Lancaster Park|AMI Stadium]], [[Christchurch]], [[South Island]] Formerly Lancaster Park and Jade Stadium
| 1913 v Australia
| 1913
| 2010 v Australia
| 48
| 81%
|-
|[[Rugby League Park|AMI Stadium]], [[Christchurch]], [[South Island]] Formerly Rugby League Park
| 2012 Ireland
| 2012
| 2012 Ireland
| 1
| 100%
|-
|[[Eden Park]], [[Auckland]], [[North Island]]
|1921 v South Africa
|1921
|2012 v Australia
| 72
| 82%
|-
|Epsom Showgrounds, [[Auckland]], [[North Island]]
|1958 v Australia
|1958
|1958
|1
|100%
|-
|[[McLean Park]], [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]], [[North Island]]
|1996 v Western Samoa
|1996
|1996
|1
|100%
|-
|[[North Harbour Stadium]], [[North Shore City]], [[North Island]]
|1997 Fiji
|1997
|2005
|6
|100%
|-
|Rugby Park, [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[North Island]]
|1997 v Argentina
|1997
|1997
|1
|100%
|-
| [[Westpac Stadium]], [[Wellington]], [[North Island]]
| 2000 v Australia
| 2000
| 2012 v Argentina
| 16
| 88%
|-
| [[Waikato Stadium]], [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[North Island]]
| 2002 v Italy
| 2002
| 2012 v Ireland
| 9
| 89%
|-
|[[Yarrow Stadium]], [[New Plymouth]], [[North Island]]
|2008 v Samoa
|2008
|2010 v Ireland
|2
|100%
|-
|'''TOTAL'''
|
|
|
| 236
|{{#expr:193/236* 100 round 2}}%
|}

== See also ==
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[History of rugby union matches between Argentina and New Zealand|v Argentina]]
* [[History of rugby union matches between Australia and New Zealand|v Australia]]
* [[History of rugby union matches between the British and Irish Lions and New Zealand|v British and Irish Lions]]
* [[History of rugby union matches between England and New Zealand|v England]]
* [[History of rugby union matches between France and New Zealand|v France]]
* [[History of rugby union matches between Ireland and New Zealand|v Ireland]]
* [[History of rugby union matches between Munster and New Zealand|v Munster]]
* [[History of rugby union matches between Italy and New Zealand|v Italy]]
* [[History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and Scotland|v Scotland]]
* [[History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and South Africa|v South Africa]]
* [[History of rugby union matches between New Zealand and Wales|v Wales]]
* [[List of New Zealand rugby union Test matches]]
{{div col end}}

== Notes ==
{{Reflist|group=n|2}}

== References ==
{{reflist|20em}}

== Works cited ==
* {{cite book | last = Gifford | first = Phil | year = 2004 | title = The Passion&nbsp;– The Stories Behind 125 years of Canterbury Rugby | publisher=Wilson Scott Publishing | isbn = 0-9582535-1-X }}
* {{cite book | last=Harding |first=Grant |coauthors=Williams, David |title=The Toughest of Them All: New Zealand and South Africa: The Struggle for Rugby Supremacy |year=2000 | publisher=Penguin Books |location=[[Auckland]], New Zealand |isbn=0-14-029577-1}}
* {{cite book | last = Howell | first = Max | year = 2005 | title = Born to Lead – Wallaby Test Captains | publisher=Celebrity Books | location = North Harbour, New Zealand | isbn = 1-877252-18-2 }}
* {{cite book | last = Howitt | first = Bob | year = 2005 | title = SANZAR Saga&nbsp;– Ten Years of Super 12 and Tri-Nations Rugby | publisher=Harper Collins Publishers | isbn = 1-86950-566-2 }}
* {{Cite book | last = McLean | first = Terry | year = 1959 | title = Great Days in New Zealand Rugby | authorlink = Terry McLean | publisher = A. H. & A. W. Reed | location = Wellington, New Zealand }}
* {{cite book | last = Mulholland | first = Malcolm | year = 2009 | title = Beneath the Māori Moon&nbsp;– An Illustrated History of Māori Rugby | publisher =Huia Publishers | isbn = 978-1-86969-305-3 }}
* {{cite book | last = Palenski | first = Ron | year = 2003 | title = Century in Black – 100 Years of All Black Test Rugby | publisher=Hodder Moa Beckett Publishers Limited | isbn = 1-86958-937-8 }}
* {{cite journal | last = Vincent | first = G. T. | year = 1998 | title = Practical Imperialism: The Anglo-Welsh Rugby Tour of New Zealand, 1908 | journal = The International Journal of the History of Sport | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 123–140 | doi = 10.1080/09523369808714015 | publisher=Routledge }}
* {{cite journal| last=Ryan |first=Greg |year=2011 |title=A Tale of Two Dinners: New Zealand Rugby and the Embrace of Empire, 1919&ndash;32 |journal=The International Journal of the History of Sport |volume=28 |issue=10 |pages=1409&ndash;1425 | doi = 10.1080/09523367.2011.577641 | publisher=Routledge }}

== External links ==
{{Spoken Wikipedia|All Blacks.ogg|2007-07-29}}
{{Commons category-inline|All Blacks}}
* [http://www.allblacks.com/ New Zealand All Blacks official website]

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{{succession box
| before = [[Richard Hadlee]] [[New Zealand national football team|All Whites]]
| after = [[Mark Todd (equestrian)|Mark Todd]] [[Hamish Bond]] & [[Eric Murray (rower)|Eric Murray]]
| title = [[Halberg awards|Halberg awards – Supreme Award]]
| years = 1987 2011
}}
{{succession box
| before = ''First award'' [[Team New Zealand]] [[Nathan Twaddle]] & [[George Bridgewater]] All Whites
| after = [[Paul MacDonald]] & [[Ian Ferguson (canoeist)|Ian Ferguson]] Equestrian Eventing Team Men's Coxless Four Hamish Bond & Eric Murray
| title = [[Halberg awards|New Zealand's Team of the Year]]
| years = 1987 1996, 1997 2006 2011
}}
{{s-end}}

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