All Blacks

New Zealand rugby team

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Fitzpatrick

  • In Sean Fitzpatrick

    …any other member of the All Blacks (nickname of the New Zealand national team), having played 92 Test matches. He also played in a record 63 consecutive Test matches (1983–95).

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haka performance

Lomu

  • Jonah Lomu
    In Jonah Lomu

    …New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, debuting on the wing at age 19 against France in 1994. The following year, he was named Player of the Tournament in the Rugby World Cup and was the first All Black since 1905 to score four tries against England in a Test…

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McCaw

  • New Zealand All Blacks
    In Richie McCaw

    …his country’s national team, the All Blacks, to two Rugby Union World Cups (2011 and 2015).

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Meads

  • In Colin Earl Meads

    …New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, between 1957 and 1971; on 11 occasions between 1961 and 1966 he played alongside his younger brother Stan.

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Nepia

  • Nepia, George
    In George Nepia

    …New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, in every match during their “Invincibles” tour of the British Isles, France, and Canada in 1924–25. As a Maori, Nepia was excluded from the All Blacks next major tour of South Africa in 1928 because of that country’s practice of racial segregation. He…

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New Zealand

  • New Zealand
    In New Zealand: Sports and recreation

    …the country’s national team, the All Blacks. (New Zealand also hosted the seventh Rugby World Cup in 2011.) The opening of each All Black match is highlighted by the players’ performance of the haka known as “Ka Mate,” a traditional Māori chant accompanied by rhythmic movements, stamping, and fierce gestures.…

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rugby

  • Rugby playing field
    In rugby: New Zealand

    …national team, known as the All Blacks for their black uniforms, defeated a visiting British national team in 1904, and on the All Blacks first tour of Britain, France, and North America the following year, they posted a stunning 34–1 record. Success in international rugby supported by strong domestic teams…

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