Michael James Bowie Hobbs, generally known as Jock Hobbs, was a New Zealand rugby union player and administrator. A flanker, he played for Canterbury and won 21 caps for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, between 1983 and 1986, with four tests as captain.
The Invincibles was a nickname given to the 1924–25 New Zealand national team which toured the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada. The team was captained by Cliff Porter, and numbered among its top players George Nēpia and brothers Cyril and Maurice Brownlie. During the test against England Cyril Brownlie was sent off by the Welsh referee Albert Freethy, the first player to be sent off from a test.
Campbell Robert Johnstone is a former New Zealand international rugby union player who played for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14. In December 2012 he joined Welsh regional team Ospreys until the end of the 2012/13 season, going straight into their 38-man Heineken Cup squad and making his debut the same week against Toulouse.
The Cavaliers was an unofficial New Zealand rugby union team which toured South Africa in 1986. Because of the Apartheid policies of the South African government, the official New Zealand Rugby Union tour scheduled for 1985 was cancelled, and the Cavaliers tour was very controversial in New Zealand.
In 1978 the New Zealand national rugby union team, the All Blacks, toured Britain and Ireland. They were the eighth All Black team to undertake a full tour of the countries and became the first to achieve a Grand Slam by beating the national teams of Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland. The previous seven touring teams had either lost or drawn at least one international, or had not played all four nations.
The 1984 France rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of eight matches played in June 1984 by the France national rugby union team in New Zealand. The team won all six of their matches against New Zealand provincial teams but lost both their internationals against the New Zealand All Blacks.
Bradley Ronald Johnstone is a New Zealand rugby union administrator and former player who is currently the president of the North Shore Rugby Football Club. He played as a prop
The 1979 New Zealand rugby union tour of England, Scotland and Italy was a series of eleven matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team in England, Scotland and Italy in October and November 1979. The tour was very successful as the team won ten of the eleven games, including the international matches against Scotland and England. The only team to defeat the All Blacks was the English Northern Division.
Michael Joseph Deans Hobbs is a retired professional rugby union player. Hobbs previously played for the Blues and Highlanders in the Super Rugby competition. He also played for the Wellington Lions in the Air New Zealand Cup. His playing positions are First Five-Eighth and Inside Centre.
The 1955 New Zealand rugby league season was the 48th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.
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.
The 1981 New Zealand rugby union tour of Romania and France was a series of ten matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team in Romania and France in October and November 1981. The All Blacks won eight of the ten games, including the international match against Romania and both internationals against France. The only team to defeat the All Blacks was a French regional selection, and the All Blacks were also held to a draw by another regional team.
The 1977 New Zealand rugby union tour of Italy and France was a series of nine matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team in Italy and France in October and November 1977. The All Blacks won eight of their nine games, losing only the first of the two internationals against France.
The 1984 New Zealand rugby union tour of Fiji was a series of four rugby union matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team in Fiji in October 1984. The All Blacks won all four games, including the international match against the Fiji national rugby union team which New Zealand did not consider a full international match.
The 1986 New Zealand Rugby Union tour of France was a series of eight matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team in France in October and November 1986. The All Blacks won seven of their eight games, losing only the second of the two internationals against France.
Peter Johnstone was a New Zealand rugby union player. A backrow forward, Johnstone represented Ashburton County while serving in the army and later Otago at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1949 to 1951. He played 26 matches for the All Blacks—10 as captain—including nine internationals, touring South Africa in 1949 and playing all four tests against the touring 1950 British Lions.
John Charles "Jock" Ross is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Ross represented Mid Canterbury and, briefly, Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on the 1981 tour of France and Romania. He played five matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any internationals.
Phillippe Sidney de Quetteville Cabot was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing-forward, Cabot represented South Canterbury and Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1921. He left the field injured in his only match for the All Blacks, against New South Wales in Christchurch.
Richard John McKenzie, known as Jock, was a rugby union footballer who played for the New Zealand national team, commonly called the All Blacks. He mostly played at second five-eighth, and made 20 appearances for New Zealand between 1913 and 1914. He played most of his provincial rugby for Wellingtong, but played two matches for Auckland in 1914 before the outbreak of the First World War. Most New Zealand rugby, including international matches, were suspended for the duration of the war. McKenzie sustained injuries during the war, leading to his retirement from playing.
Christine C. Ross is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback, she debuted for the New Zealand women's national side, the Black Ferns, in 1989 against the visiting California Grizzlies at Christchurch. She represented New Zealand at RugbyFest 1990 and at the inaugural 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup.
