New Zealand Rugby Team represents New Zealand in rugby
union. Rugby is considered as the national country sport in New Zealand. ‘All
Blacks’ is nickname of New Zealand rugby team. The uniform of New Zealand rugby
team consists of black jersey with silver fern and white knickerbockers. Steve
Hansen is the coach of team while Richie Mc Caw is performing duties of captain
of the rugby team of New Zealand.
The team played their first match against Australia in
Sydney in 1903. In 1995 they played their best match against Japan with 145-7
scores. It appeared in Rugby World Cup since 1987 and it was the champions in
1987. In 2011 New Zealand rugby team won its second rugby world cup and also
awarded with the team and coach of the year titles. In 2012 they got team of
year, coach and player of year titles again and in 2013 All Blacks were third time
declared as team of the year by International Rugby Board and got titles of
player of the year for Kieran Read and coach of the year for Steve Hansen.
It
competes with Argentina, Australia and South Africa in The Rugby Championship
which is also very famous as Tri Nations Championship before the appearance of
Argentina. All Blacks won this championship twelve times and also won the
Bleside Cup once. They have played 523 matches won 399 and 19 matches drawn.
The winning percentage of team is 82% and it is world ranked first team
according to IRB with 93.15 points. Team includes 34 players in squad and all
the players are playing rugby for New Zealand only.
New Zealand Rugby Team is one of the best rugby teams all
over the world and has skilled players to fight for team’s success. They have
countless fans who love to support their favorite team and players. Now rugby
world cup is coming in upcoming months and all fans are very excited to watch
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