New Zealand national rugby union team: Difference between revisions

| World Rugby Rank date = 815 July 2024

After the conclusion of the [[2023 Rugby World Cup]] tournament, [[Scott Robertson (rugby union)|Scott Robertson]] commenced the role of head coach from November 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Royen |first=Robert van |date=2023-10-31 |title=Scott Robertson officially takes over from Ian Foster as All Blacks head coach |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/300999393/scott-robertson-officially-takes-over-from-ian-foster-as-all-blacks-head-coach |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref> Robertson's first game as head coach took place against [[England national rugby union team|England]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Blacks |url=https://www.allblacks.com/fixtures/all-blacks/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=allblacks.com |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Robertson's All Blacks team defeated England 16 - 15 at [[Forsyth Barr Stadium]], in [[Dunedin]]. .<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-06 |title=New Zealand 16-15 England: All Blacks win first Test in Dunedin |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/cnl0j997dejo |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-07 |title=All Blacks hang on to edge England |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/all-blacks-v-england-live-updates-lineups-kick-off-times-how-to-watch/E43VAW6XT5FWZANTF43X2T75G4/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Robertson said to [[Sky Sport (New Zealand)|Sky Sport NZ]] “…All my preparation went out the window, all my work with Dr Kerry Evan’s, it went straight out that window…[in terms of plays] what else could we do?”.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Live Sport {{!}} Sky Sport Now: The Home of Sport |url=https://www.skysportnow.co.nz/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Sky Sport Now}}</ref> He overall believe they had a good game, the English team named matched the All Blacks on the night calling the second half an “arm wrestle”.

New Zealand have only ever been beaten by seven test nations (and drawing to an additional nation in Scotland) and two combined teams (the British & Irish Lions, and a World XV) and they are the only international team to have a winning record against every nation they have played. They have won 491493 of their 639642 test matches (76.8480 per cent) – see table below – and have lost at home only 43 times. Since [[World Rugby Rankings|World Rankings]] were introduced by World Rugby in October 2003, New Zealand have occupied the number one ranking the majority of the time.<ref name="WorldRank"/> In the decade from 2000 to 2009, New Zealand won 100 tests (92 per cent of their total games played).

Their all-time points record for tests stands at 18,235354 points for and 8,736789 points against (updated 1317 JulyAugust 2024). Many national rugby union teams have suffered their heaviest defeats when playing against New Zealand, these being Argentina (91–8), Fiji (91–0), France (61–10), Ireland (60–0), Japan (145–17), Portugal (108–13), Samoa (101–14), South Africa (57–0), Tonga (102–0, twice) and the British and Irish Lions (38–6). The All Blacks largest 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 |access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref> while their heaviest loss was a (7–35) defeat to the Springboks in 2023.

Below is a summary of New Zealand test results (updated '''1317 JulyAugust 2024'''):<ref name="ABrecord">{{cite web |title=All Blacks test match Record since first test match |url=http://stats.allblacks.com |access-date=9 July 2023 |publisher=All Blacks}}</ref>

| {{ru|ARG}} || [[History of rugby union matches between Argentina and New Zealand|3739]] || 3435 || 23 || 1 || 9190.8947 || 14341506 || 506554 || +928952

| {{ru|FIJ}} || 78 || 78 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 481528 || 8691 || +395437

! Total !! 639642 !! 491493 !! 125126 !! 23 !! 76.8480% !! 1823518354 !! 87368789 !! +94999565

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 joined the competition, which was renamed [[The Rugby Championship]]. New Zealand's record of 20 tournament wins (the most recent in 2023) and 100101 match wins is well ahead of the other teams' records. The [[Bledisloe Cup]] is 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.

On 21 August, New Zealand announced their 32–player36–player squad on 24 June for Testthe Matchestour againstof [[EnglandSouth nationalAfrica rugbyin union team|England]] andthe [[Fiji2024 nationalRugby rugby union team|FijiChampionship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allblacks.com/news/all-blacks-confirm-travelling-squad-named-for-steinlagertwo-ultratests-lowagainst-carbsouth-seriesafrica|title=ALL BLACKS SQUADCONFIRM NAMEDTRVAELLING FORSQUAD STEINLAGERFOR ULTRATWO LOWTESTS CARBAGAINST SERIESSOUTH AFRICA|work=All Blacks |date=2421 JuneAugust 2024 |access-date=2421 JuneAugust 2024}}</ref>

{{nat rs player|pos=HK|name={{sortname|Asafo|Aumua}}|age={{Birth date and age|1997|05|05|df=y}}|caps=811|club={{rut|Hurricanes}} / [[Wellington (National Provincial Championship)|Wellington]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=HK|name={{sortname|Codie|Taylor}}|age={{Birth date and age|1991|03|31|df=y}}|caps=8789|club={{rut|Crusaders}} / [[Canterbury (National Provincial Championship)|Canterbury]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=HK|name={{sortname|George|Bell|George Bell (rugby union)}}|age={{Birth date and age|2002|01|29|df=y}}|caps=01|club={{rut|Crusaders}} / [[Canterbury (National Provincial Championship)|Canterbury]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=PR|name={{sortname|EthanGeorge|deBower|dab=rugby Grootunion}}|age={{Birth date and age|19981992|0705|2228|df=y}}|caps=2422|club={{rut|HighlandersCrusaders}} / [[SouthlandOtago (National Provincial Championship)|SouthlandOtago]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=PR|name={{sortname|Tyrel|Lomax}}|age={{Birth date and age|1996|03|16|df=y}}|caps=3436|club={{rut|Hurricanes}} / [[Tasman (National Provincial Championship)|Tasman]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=PR|name={{sortname|Fletcher|Newell}}|age={{Birth date and age|2000|03|01|df=y}}|caps=1518|club={{rut|Crusaders}} / [[Canterbury (National Provincial Championship)|Canterbury]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=PR|name={{sortname|Pasilio|Tosi}}|age={{Birth date and age|1998|07|18|df=y}}|caps=01|club={{rut|Hurricanes}} / [[Bay of Plenty (National Provincial Championship)|Bay of Plenty]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=PR|name={{sortname|Ofa|Tuʻungafasi}}|age={{Birth date and age|1992|04|19|df=y}}|caps=5961|club={{rut|Blues}} / [[Northland (National Provincial Championship)|Northland]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=PR|name={{sortname|Tamaiti|Williams}}|age={{Birth date and age|2000|08|10|df=y}}|caps=79|club={{rut|Crusaders}} / [[Canterbury (National Provincial Championship)|Canterbury]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name={{sortname|Scott|Barrett|dab=rugby union}} ([[Captain (sports)|c]])|age={{Birth date and age|1993|11|20|df=y}}|caps=7172|club={{rut|Crusaders}} / [[Taranaki (National Provincial Championship)|Taranaki]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name={{sortname|TupouSam|Vaa'iDarry}}|age={{Birth date and age|2000|0107|2718|df=y}}|caps=273|club={{rut|ChiefsBlues}} / [[TaranakiCanterbury (National Provincial Championship)|TaranakiCanterbury]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LK|name={{sortname|PatrickJosh|TuipulotuLord|dab=rugby union}}|age={{Birth date and age|19932001|01|2317|df=y}}|caps=456|club={{rut|BluesChiefs}} / [[AucklandTaranaki (National Provincial Championship)|AucklandTaranaki]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LFLK|name={{sortname|EthanTupou|BlackadderVaa'i}}|age={{Birth date and age|19952000|0301|2227|df=y}}|caps=1030|club={{rut|CrusadersChiefs}} / [[TasmanTaranaki (National Provincial Championship)|TasmanTaranaki]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LF|name={{sortname|Luke|Jacobson}}|age={{Birth date and age|1997|04|20|df=y}}|caps=2021|club={{rut|Chiefs}} / [[Waikato (National Provincial Championship)|Waikato]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LF|name={{sortname|Dalton|Papali'i}}|age={{Birth date and age|1997|10|11|df=y}}|caps=3436|club={{rut|Blues}} / [[Counties Manukau (National Provincial Championship)|Counties Manukau]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LF|name={{sortname|Ardie|Savea}}|age={{Birth date and age|1993|10|14|df=y}}|caps=8386|club={{rut|Hurricanes}} / [[Wellington (National Provincial Championship)|Wellington]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=LF|name={{sortname|Wallace|Sititi}}|age={{Birth date and age|2002|09|07|df=y}}|caps=02|club={{rut|Chiefs}} / [[North Harbour (National Provincial Championship)|North Harbour]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=HB|name={{sortname|FinlayNoah|ChristieHotham}}|age={{Birth date and age|19952003|0905|1923|df=y}}|caps=231|club={{rut|BluesCrusaders}} / [[Tasman (National Provincial Championship)|Tasman]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=HB|name={{sortname|TJ|Perenara}}|age={{Birth date and age|1992|01|23|df=y}}|caps=8183|club={{rut|Hurricanes}} / [[Wellington (National Provincial Championship)|Wellington]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=HB|name={{sortname|Cortez|Ratima}}|age={{Birth date and age|2001|03|22|df=y}}|caps=14|club={{rut|Chiefs}} / [[Waikato (National Provincial Championship)|Waikato]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=HBFF|name={{sortname|NoahBeauden|HothamBarrett}}|age={{Birth date and age|20031991|05|2327|df=y}}|caps=0128|club={{rut|CrusadersBlues}} / [[TasmanTaranaki (National Provincial Championship)|TasmanTaranaki]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=FF|name={{sortname|BeaudenDamian|BarrettMcKenzie}}|age={{Birth date and age|19911995|0504|2720|df=y}}|caps=12551|club={{rut|BluesChiefs}} / [[TaranakiWaikato (National Provincial Championship)|TaranakiWaikato]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=FFCE|name={{sortname|DamianJordie|McKenzieBarrett}}|age={{Birth date and age|19951997|0402|2017|df=y}}|caps=4962|club={{rut|ChiefsHurricanes}} / [[WaikatoTaranaki (National Provincial Championship)|WaikatoTaranaki]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=CE|name={{sortname|JordieDavid|BarrettHavili}}|age={{Birth date and age|19971994|0212|1723|df=y}}|caps=5927|club={{rut|HurricanesCrusaders}} / [[TaranakiTasman (National Provincial Championship)|TaranakiTasman]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=CE|name={{sortname|Rieko|Ioane}}|age={{Birth date and age|1997|03|18|df=y}}|caps=7173|club={{rut|Blues}} / [[Auckland (National Provincial Championship)|Auckland]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=CE|name={{sortname|Anton|Lienert-Brown}}|age={{Birth date and age|1995|04|15|df=y}}|caps=7275|club={{rut|Chiefs}} / [[Waikato (National Provincial Championship)|Waikato]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=CE|name={{sortname|Billy|Proctor}}|age={{Birth date and age|1999|05|14|df=y}}|caps=01|club={{rut|Hurricanes}} / [[Wellington (National Provincial Championship)|Wellington]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=WG|name={{sortname|Caleb|Clarke|dab=rugby union}}|age={{Birth date and age|1999|03|29|df=y}}|caps=2022|club={{rut|Blues}} / [[Auckland (National Provincial Championship)|Auckland]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=WG|name={{sortname|EmoniSevu|NarawaReece}}|age={{Birth date and age|19991997|0702|13|df=y}}|caps=127|club={{rut|ChiefsCrusaders}} / [[Bay of PlentySouthland (National Provincial Championship)|Bay of PlentySouthland]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=WG|name={{sortname|SevuMark|ReeceTele'a}}|age={{Birth date and age|19971996|0212|1306|df=y}}|caps=2513|club={{rut|CrusadersBlues}} / [[SouthlandNorth Harbour (National Provincial Championship)|SouthlandNorth Harbour]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=WGFB|name={{sortname|MarkWill|TeleaJordan|dab=rugby union}}|age={{Birth date and age|19961998|1202|0624|df=y}}|caps=1133|club={{rut|BluesCrusaders}} / [[North HarbourTasman (National Provincial Championship)|North HarbourTasman]]|clubnat=NZL}}

{{nat rs player|pos=FB|name={{sortname|StephenRuben|PerofetaLove}}|age={{Birth date and age|19972001|0304|1228|df=y}}|caps=50|club={{rut|BluesHurricanes}} / [[TaranakiWellington (National Provincial Championship)|TaranakiWellington]]|clubnat=NZL}}

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| 7069.05%

|25

|24

|80.0%

| 6972%

| 8485%

| 9080%

| 2024 v EnglandArgentina

| 9293

| 8687%

| 8990%

| 20222024 v IrelandArgentina

| 2728

| 7775%

| 1610 JulyAugust 20222024

| '''297299'''

| '''8584.1%'''