All Blacks Nation


About All Blacks 

All Blacks are the national rugby team and pride of New Zealand. All Blacks are a representative of New Zealand in Rugby Union and the game of rugby is considered a national sport. 

The pride of this small nation is definitely the All Blacks team that is striking with its dance before the whirlpools called Haka.

The team is fear and trembling to all competitions with many won championships including trophies at the last two Rugby World Cups 2011 and 2015 as well as the first-ever World Cup in rugby which was played in 1987.

All Blacks Nation blog is exclusively made for all fans of New Zealand rugby and, of course, all fans of the famous team from New Zealand named All Blacks.

All Blacks in Japan - Rugby World Cup 2019

2019 All Blacks finished third in the 2019 Japan World Cup. After a huge dominance against Namibia, Australia, South Africa, England stopped the opener of the All Blacks' win over New Zealand in the quarter-finals.

After much pressure, and provocations on the part of Ireland and England by the public regarding the Haka dance, the All Blacks faltered and were defeated by Owen Farrell and his England team. England won by a score of 17 - 7.

The battle was literally "bloody" but the All Blacks failed to stand out after a tough fight. England knocked out the All Blacks and continued on to the final against South Africa, which beat Wales.

The All Blacks then beat Wales by a score of 40-17 and clinched the bronze medal and third place in the World Cup. England played by South Africa to win 2019 rugby world cup



All Blacks performing Haka before the match at Rugby World Cup 2019


All Blacks and New Zealand Rugby!


Since 1903, New Zealand's team lost only five world championships in test matches: Australia, England, France, JAR, and Wales. New Zealand or All Blacks own 76% of the victories in all test matches and is the only player in the world that has a positive attitude against all of its opponents.

New Zealand held its first position longer than any other world representation in the last 16 years. 

If we look at statistics run by analysts of this sport, All Blacks are the best and most successful national team ever to play rugby. 

In the last 14 years, they have been named 7 times designated for the rugby team of the year.

5 former players were admitted to the International Rugby Hall of Fame, while players Kieran Read, Brodie Retallick, Dan Carter and Richie McCaw were appointed players of the year. 

Along with Argentina, the JAR, and Australia, they took part in a cup of four nations while in the 19 years of the competition they were 13 times champions.

At the moment, they are the current freedom conquerors who play each year with the JAR and the Bledsley Cup with Australia. 

In one series, they won four grand slam victories against Wales, Scotland, Ireland and England.

Their first match was in 1884, while their first international encounter was against Australia in the early days of 1903.


All Blacks - The beginnings


Every true fan needs to know the history of his favorite club and sport. If we are talking about rugby in New Zealand, the Rugby Union of New Zealand was formed in 1892 so that they could qualify for national competitions, but the game dates from much earlier. 

The original name of the federation was announced by the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU), but in 2006, the word was kicked off in order to make the seven-year-old 2013 official name New Zealand Rugby or NZR. next April 2019 NZR will celebrate its jubilee 127 anniversary. 

Rugby sport in New Zealand is very important and there is a lot of captured moments with a camera from early 1891 to the present day.

The first tour took place in 1894 for competition in New South Wales, but there were also earlier tours when they toured Great Britain and Australia from 1888 to 1889. 

The first official test of the new Zeland team was in 1903 when at that time the most developed city of Sydney won Australia.

 After that, their first official test match was against Great Britain in the biggest city of New Zealand, Wellington, with a score of 9-3. 

A great benefit was that Britain came from an Australian tour where it was undefeated, while in the new Zealand it won only two of five games. 

There have been many stories, the British players have said that New Zealanders would not even be able to win the victory on their side of the world, but only at home.


Ernest Hobs 



The chief beginner and the man who is deserved to form the NZR is definitely a man named Ernest Hoben. 

He spent the year 1891 visiting New Zealand and then spread the idea of a national union in killing local rugby, but he did not succeed if it would then have to be one seat and this did not fit the greedy people who wanted part of the cake. 

One year later, at a meeting held in one of New Zealand's two largest cities, Wellington, on April 16, 1892, the NRFFU (New Zealand Rugby Football Union) was formed. Members at that session were all members of important and larger unions at the time, and they were from the provinces of the then-like Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, Auckland, Marlborough, Nelson, South Canterbury, Manawatu, Wairarapa, Taranaki, and Wellington.


In spite of all the difficulties in forming the team, in 1893 the first AGM formally adopted a black shirt as the national uniform of the team.

The official team that was sanctioned was selected because it was not selected by the national authority but continued to tour Australia.

It was later selected to tour New South Wales 1884 was recognized as an official team just like the online gamblers have recognized the fast speed of withdrawal at the list of the  NZ online casinos with fast payout.


All Blacks and New Zealand Rugby


The First World War was influenced not by all things in people's lives, but also in sports. As for the impact on rugby, it was very big because many players and administrators who applied for the fight and were volunteers were dead and wounded and unfortunately many good talents were gone. 

Also, many clubs have been transferred to war needs and rugby as everything else has suffered a lot. There were attempts to hold matches, but they were limited because many players were at war. 

Competitions such as Inter-Island and Ranfurly shield had to be canceled because there was no sport anywhere. 

In 1916 a member of the Governing Board William Perry was engaged and meetings of the NRFRU were maintained but not by the intensity of previous years, unfortunately.

The new era of All Blacks

After the First World War, the Rugby World regained its strength with many new players coming in the years to come. New Zeeland teams have regained their reputation and gained audience and fans. 

For the first time under the jurisdiction of NZR, Maori All Blacks gathered when the Advisory Board was established in 1922. 

Then the team set off on an unforgettable tour of Australia, the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and New Zealand. 1926 was the year when the residents of New Zeland for the first time heard commenting on a rugby game on the radio. 

It was a match between Christchurch and High School Old Boys commented by Alan Allardyce.

Another World War started, as this past war also affected the rugby of the prevailing one. Unfortunately, seven new Zeland players lost their lives during the Second World War, and they are:
  • Don Cobden -11 August 1940
  • Jim Wynyard -2 November  1941
  • Arthur Wesney -23 November 1941
  • Cyril Pepper -31 May 1943
  • Jack Harris -19 May 1944
  • Bill Carson - 8October 1944

The Second World War is over, and after a lot of losses, the game is continued. One great news for all fans of the then Rugby and of course NZR was that in 1948 New Zealand Rugby was accepted as a member of the International Rugby Union. 

The first offer was made in 1908 and 40 years later it was finally expected and came. That same year, NZR gave up its membership in the English Rugby Commission. They were received together with a team of South Africa.

All Blacks through the '90s

After the 1995 World Rugby Championship in South Africa, the World Rugby Union canceled all amateur regulations and international rugby was professional. 

For the first time in history, negotiations for professional players' transfers in New Zealand began. National trade unions of New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa have teamed up to form the so-called SANZAR, which has offered television rights from major rugby competitions to broadcast around the world. 

It was a great move because the commercial basis on which today's professional rugby is based is so created. 

Argentina later joined SANZAR, who was responsible for broadcasting the Investec Super Ragbi and the Investec Rugby Championship, featuring Pumas, Wallabies, Springbok and All Blacks.

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