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All Blacks
The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks, is the representative men's national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of New Zealand, which is considered the country's national sport. Famed for th ...
tours and series. The list includes all tours and series involving a
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
team that represented the whole of
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
and was officially sanctioned by the body now known as
New Zealand Rugby
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is the Sports governing body, 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 b ...
(NZR). Unofficial teams, such as the 1986
New Zealand Cavaliers
The Cavaliers was an unofficial New Zealand rugby union team which toured South Africa in 1986. Because of the Apartheid policies of the South African government, the official New Zealand Rugby Union tour scheduled for 1985 was cancelled, and t ...
, and teams from before the formation of NZR (in 1892) are not included.
Tours and series
See also
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List of All Blacks
, 1223 players have played rugby union for New Zealand's national team, known since 1905 as the All Blacks. The first New Zealand representative match was played in May 1884 against a Wellington XV before the New Zealand team departed for their t ...
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List of New Zealand rugby union test matches
References
Bibliography
*''All Blacks Tour 1963–64'', Mulligan Andrew, Souvenir Press (1964), ASIN B0019OAAN8
*''Henry's All Blacks: The 2007 World Cup Campaign'', Murray Deaker, HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) (25 April 2008),
*''Goodbye to Glory: All Blacks Tour of South Africa, 1976'', Terry McLean, Pelham Books (June 1977),
External links
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Lists of national rugby union team results
matches
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