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All Blacks XV

All Blacks XV

Union	New Zealand Rugby Union
Emblem(s)	Silver fern
Captain(s)	Patrick Tuipulotu
Team kit
First international
Junior All Blacks 23–19 Australia A (26 June 2005)
Largest win
Junior All Blacks 57–8 Fiji  (2 June 2007)
Official website
www.allblacks.com

The All Blacks XV is the second national rugby union team of New Zealand, after the All Blacks. New Zealand's second national team has had numerous names in its history: Junior All Blacks, New Zealand XV, New Zealand A, New Zealand B, All Blacks XV.^{[citation needed]}

Matches played as the 'All Blacks XV' are not test matches, usually against a touring side or when on tour, and against non-top tier rugby nations.

History[edit]

The NZ Juniors (U23s), popularly known as the Junior All Blacks, had been active from 1958 to 1984 playing 7 international matches. They were disbanded in 1984 and replaced by a non-age restricted team called the New Zealand Emerging Players. The Emerging Players were active in 1985 and 1986 but only played internal tours in fixtures against New Zealand provincial sides. In 2006, the team was formally reintroduced and repurposed as the second national team^[1] when they competed in the inaugural Pacific Nations Cup.

In 1991 a New Zealand XV played both Romania and USSR in the 'test' fixtures of their tours to New Zealand.

In 1991 a New Zealand B team played Australia B during their short tour.

In 1992 a New Zealand XV team beat England B in a pair of non-cap games during the tourists' 8-game tour.

In 1998 a New Zealand A team played the England touring side.

In 2005 a New Zealand A team played two matches against Australia A.

In 2006, the second team was re-branded as the Junior All Blacks, inheriting the nickname of the previous New Zealand U23 team. This second XV participated in the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Pacific Nations Cup. In 2008 the Maori All Blacks played in this tournament. The Junior All Blacks were put into a hiatus shortly after the 2009 tournament. The side was then reinstated in 2019, but their first set of games were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022 the team was re-branded once again as the All Blacks XV for matches against Ireland A and the Barbarians.

• "The All Blacks XV was launched as NZR’s next senior national representative team after the All Blacks, as a critical high-performance pathway to the All Blacks. As the next senior national representative side, the All Blacks XV will have the same high expectations as the other Teams in Black ... The All Blacks XV follows in the footsteps of similar teams which have assembled throughout New Zealand rugby's history, including the Junior All Blacks, New Zealand A and Emerging Players."^[2]

Results[edit]

• Scores highlighted in red colour denoted a loss.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Notes	Competition
2 March 1958	Heiwadai Stadium, Fukuoka	Japan	3–34		Junior All Blacks tour of Japan
9 March 1958	Hanazono Field, Osaka		6–23
23 March 1958	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo		3–56
3 June 1968	Athletic Park, Wellington	Japan	19–23
19 May 1974	Eden Park, Auckland	Japan	55–31		1974 Japan rugby union tour of New Zealand
30 August 1975	Athletic Park, Wellington	Romania	10–10		1975 Romania rugby union tour of New Zealand
5 July 1980	Eden Park, Auckland	Italy	30–13		1980 Italy rugby union tour of the United States, New Zealand and the South Pacific
26 June 2005	Canberra Stadium, Canberra	Australia A	19–23
1 July 2005	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney		31–34
3 June 2006	ANZ Stadium, Suva	Fiji	17–35		2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations
9 June 2006	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland	Samoa	56–12
17 June 2006	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth	Tonga	38–10
24 June 2006	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Japan	38–8
26 May 2007	Apia Park, Apia	Samoa	10–31		2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
2 June 2007	ANZ Stadium, Suva	Fiji	8–57
9 June 2007	Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa	Tonga	13–39
16 June 2007	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Australia A	50–0
24 June 2007	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	Japan	3–51
12 June 2009	Apia Park, Apia	Samoa	16–17		2009 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
18 June 2009	Churchill Park, Lautoka	Fiji	17–45
23 June 2009	Churchill Park, Lautoka	Japan	21–52
2 July 2009	National Stadium, Suva	Tonga	25–47
4 November 2022	RDS Arena, Dublin	Ireland A	19–47		2022 Northern Tour
13 November 2022	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tottenham	Barbarians	35–31
8 July 2023	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	Japan XV	6-38		2023 RWC warm-up
15 July 2023	Egao Kenko Stadium, Kumamoto	Japan	27-41

Recent squads[edit]

2023[edit]

The All Blacks XV squad for their 2-match series against Japan.^[3][4][5]

See also[edit]

• New Zealand national schoolboy rugby union team
• New Zealand national under-19 rugby union team
• New Zealand national under-21 rugby union team
• Maori All Blacks
• All Blacks

References[edit]