New Zealand national rugby union team

The New Zealand national men's rugby union team, officially nicknamed the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is regarded as the country's national sport. The All Blacks are three time winners, and current holders of the Rugby World Cup, having won the inaugural competition in 1987, then won consecutive titles in 2011 and 2015, and are the 2015 World Rugby Team of the Year. They have won over 76% of their test matches and are the leading test match points scorers of all time. Their win ratio puts them amongst the most successful teams of any sport in history. They are the only international side with a winning record against every country they have played, and since their international debut in 1903 only five nations have defeated New Zealand in test matches. Since the introduction of the World Rugby Rankings in October 2003, New Zealand has held the number one ranking longer than all other teams combined. The All Blacks are also the first team to set their hands on the Webb Ellis Cup, the first team to win back to back Rugby World Cups, and the first team to win the cup on three separate occasions.

All Blacks (disambiguation)

The All Blacks is a name for the New Zealand national rugby union team.

All Blacks may also refer to:

  • Classic All Blacks
  • Junior All Blacks
  • Māori All Blacks
  • The Original All Blacks
  • All Blacks F.C., a Ghanaian association football club
  • Burgess Hill Rugby Football Club, an English rugby club knowh as the "Sussex All Blacks"
  • Launceston RUFC, an English rugby club known as the "Cornish All Blacks"
  • Redfern All Blacks, an Australian rugby league club
  • San Francisco Seals (soccer), an American association football club previously known as the San Francisco All Blacks
  • New Zealand national rugby union team (sevens)

    The New Zealand national rugby union sevens team represents New Zealand in rugby sevens and competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. The team has been officially known as the All Blacks Sevens since 1 June 2012.

    The team played for the first time at the 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament. In 1983 it first entered the Hong Kong Sevens, where it has been champion 10 times and runner-up another 10 times.

    Global tournaments

    World Rugby Sevens Series

    New Zealand has won the World Rugby Sevens Series a record 12 times. No other county has won more than twice. New Zealand were particularly dominant in the early years of the Series, winning the first six series.

    Summer Olympics

    Rugby World Cup Sevens

    Other international tournaments

    Commonwealth Games

    Oceania Sevens

    IRB Sevens

    The team has won twelve of the fifteen IRB Sevens World Series events. Since 2000 when the series first started, the only times they have not won the series were in 2006 when Fiji were crowned champions, 2009 won by South Africa, 2010 when they came second to Samoa and 2015 when Fiji won the series. The team has won 47 tournaments out of 122 held.

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