The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, 2011 and 2015. They were the first country to win the Rugby World Cup 3 times.
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand. It was founded in 1892 as the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU), 12 years after the first provincial unions in New Zealand. In 1949 it became an affiliate to the International Rugby Football Board, now known as World Rugby, the governing body of rugby union for the world. It dropped the word "Football" from its name in 2006. The brand name New Zealand Rugby was adopted in 2013. Officially, it is an incorporated society with the name New Zealand Rugby Union Incorporated.
The Tahiti national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union team, representing the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. They first played in 1971 and have played numerous games to date, most against rivals Cook Islands and several against Niue. Other games have been played against Samoa, Wallis and Futuna, Papua New Guinea and Tonga. France played a match against Tahiti at the end of their 1979 tour and won 92–12. Plans to have annual "test" match series against Pacific island neighbours, New Caledonia have been put on hold, due to time, availability, finances, and coaching and refereeing resources. They have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. Rugby union in Tahiti is administered by the Fédération Tahitienne de Rugby de Polynésie Française. Currently, players who have represented or played for the Tahiti national rugby team, are eligible to represent France. However, playing at a professional level can only enable this. At present there are several Tahitian professional rugby players abroad in France's Top 14 and Pro D2 professional competition.
The All Blacks XV is the second national Rugby Union team of New Zealand, behind the senior side the All Blacks, replacing the Junior All Blacks that regularly got confused with the under-20's side before The Jr All Blacks was disbanded in 2009. The 'All Blacks XV' side offers the wider playing base the chance to play on the international scene, focusing on high-performance pathway to the All Blacks instead of using the Māori All Blacks.
Stephen Brett is a New Zealand rugby union player. He is the head coach for Rugby ATL in Major League Rugby (MLR).
The Whanganui Rugby Football Union (WRFU) is the governing body for rugby union in the Whanganui region of New Zealand. The Whanganui Rugby Football Union was formed in 1888.
The Heartland XV rugby team is one of several New Zealand national representative rugby union teams, although it is at a lower level than the All Blacks and the New Zealand Māori. The side is drawn exclusively from players for provincial unions that compete in the Heartland Championship, a nominally amateur domestic competition below the fully professional Mitre 10 Cup.
Brett James Hollister is a former New Zealand rowing cox who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Since 2004, he had held management positions for rugby union and is the current chief executive officer of the North Harbour Rugby Union
The New Zealand Schools rugby union team, commonly referred to as the New Zealand schoolboys rugby team, is composed of secondary school students in New Zealand.
The 1980 New Zealand tour of Wales was a collection of friendly rugby union games undertaken by the New Zealand All Blacks against Wales that also took in two international games in North America en route to South Wales. This was a single test tour against each of the countries played, with four games against Welsh club opposition.
Enrique "Topo"Edgardo Rodríguez is an Argentina-born Australian former rugby union player.
The Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union (CMRFU) is the governing body of rugby union in Southern Auckland and the Franklin district of New Zealand. Nicknamed the Steelers, their colours are red, white, and black horizontal bands. The Steelers moniker is a reference to the Glenbrook steel factory, which is in the area. The union is based in Pukekohe, and plays at Navigation Homes Stadium.
The 1983 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain was a series of eight matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team in Scotland and England in October and November 1983. New Zealand won five of their eight games, drew one and lost the other two. They won neither of the two international matches, drawing with Scotland and losing to England. In the non-international fixtures they also suffered a defeat by the English Midlands Division invitational team.
Arran Rewi Brett Pene is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A number 8, Pene represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1992 to 1994. He played 26 matches for the All Blacks including 15 internationals.
Victor Lenard James Simpson is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, Simpson represented Poverty Bay briefly and then Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1985. He played four matches for the All Blacks including two internationals against Argentina.
Hedley Brett Wilson is a former New Zealand rugby union player. Primarily a hooker but also a useful flanker, Wilson represented Counties and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1983 tour of Scotland and England. He played three matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any internationals.
George Crispin Bridge is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as an outside back for Canterbury in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup and for the Crusaders in the international Super Rugby competition. Bridge made his international debut for New Zealand in 2018, aged 23.
Brett Donald Cameron is a New Zealand rugby union player. A first five-eighth, Cameron plays for Manawatu at a provincial level and the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition. He made his debut for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on 3 November 2018 as a substitute in the Test match against Japan in Tokyo.
Lesley Brett is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She made her Black Ferns debut at RugbyFest 1990 against Netherlands. Brett competed at the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup; she scored a hat-trick in their game against Wales.
