New Zealand Rugby

NEW ZEALAND RUGBY. New Zealand men's rugby team which is the country's national sport. The team has won the last two Rugby World Cups (2011 & 2015). They have a 77% winning record in test match rugby and are the only international side with a winning record against every opponent. Since their international debut in 1903, they have lost to only six of the 19 nations they have played in test matches. The All Blacks jointly hold the record for the most consecutive test match wins for a tier one ranked nation, along with England. Fifteen former All Blacks have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. The team's first match was in 1884 and their first international test match was in 1903 against Australia in Sydney. New Zealand's early uniforms consisted of a black jersey with a silver fern and white knickerbockers. By the 1905 tour, they were wearing all black, except for the silver fern and the name All Blacks dates from this time. The team perform a haka (a Maori) challenge or posture dance before each match