As of 26 October 2024, 1223 players have played rugby union for New Zealand's national team, known since 1905 as the All Blacks. The first New Zealand representative match was played in May 1884 against a Wellington XV before the New Zealand team departed for their tour of New South Wales. This side predates the formation of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (now New Zealand Rugby), which was not established until 1892. Still, it is nevertheless recognized as the first official New Zealand team. The first side contained fifteen players whose playing order as All Blacks have been determined alphabetically. Therefore, the first All Black was James Allan, while the most recent is Ruben Love - All Black #1223.
List
Notes on list:
- Total matches refers to all matches that the player has played for New Zealand, regardless of whether they are classified as test matches
- Test caps refers to the number of test matches in which the player participated. Only games recognized as test matches by New Zealand Rugby are included in the figures listed here.
- Province refers to the player's province from when they made their international debut.
See also
- List of All Blacks tours and series
- List of New Zealand rugby union test matches
- List of New Zealand rugby sevens internationals
- New Zealand national schoolboy rugby union team
- New Zealand national under-19 rugby union team
- New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team
- New Zealand national under-21 rugby union team
- Junior All Blacks
- New Zealand Heartland XV
- List of international rugby union families
External links
- "All Blacks by playing order". allblacks.com. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- Complete list of player records at ESPN
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