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The New Zealand national rugby league side represent New Zealand at rugby league, and are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name. They are administered by the New Zealand Rugby League. The Kiwis were considered world champions, until the 25th of November,2006, when they were narrowly defeated by the Kangaroos. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links New_Zealand_Rugby_League_logo. ... Image File history File links New_Zealand_Rugby_League_logo. ... Rugby league is a team sport played by two teams of 17 players, with 13 on the field at any one time and 4 on the bench (reserves). ... Orders Many - see section below. ... Species See text. ... The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) is the governing body for the sport of Rugby League in New Zealand. ...

The Kiwis have never won the Rugby League World Cup, although they reached the final in 1988 and 2000. They contest the Baskerville Shield against Great Britain, and play an annual ANZAC Test against Australia. The original World Cup, first lifted in 1954 by Great Britain The Rugby League World Cup, is a tournament in which a number of the strongest rugby league nations participate in, to determine which nation is supreme in the sport. ... The ninth Rugby League World Cup saw yet another change of format. ... The twelfth Rugby League World Cup was held in Great Britain and France in 2000. ... The Baskerville Shield is a trophy awarded to the winner of Rugby League test series between Great Britain and New Zealand. ...

History

The introduction of rugby into New Zealand was by Charles John Monro, son of Sir David Monro, who was then speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. The younger Monro had been sent to Christ's College, East Finchley in north London, England. That school had adopted rugby rules and Monro became an enthusiatic convert. He brought the game back to his native Nelson, and arranged the first rugby match between Nelson College and Nelson Football Club on May 14, 1870.

When New Zealand's rugby union team (the All Blacks) toured Britain in 1905 they witnessed the growing popularity of the Northern Union games. On his return in 1906 All Black George William Smith met Australian entrepreneur, James J. Giltinan to discuss the potential of professional rugby in Australasia. The first New Zealand team to play professional rugby was known as the All Blacks. To avoid confusion, the terms professional All Blacks or All Golds are used. First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 All Blacks is the name of New Zealands... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... George William Smith (20 September 1874 – 7 December 1954) was a New Zealand sportsman who excelled at track and field as well as both codes of rugby football. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Oceania. ...

The Professional All Blacks

In the meantime, a lesser known New Zealand rugby union player, Albert Henry Baskerville (or Baskiville) was ready to recruit a group of players for a professional tour of Great Britain. It is believed that Baskerville became aware of the profits to be made from such a venture while he was working at the Wellington Post Office in 1906. A colleague had a coughing fit and dropped a British newspaper. Baskerville picked it up and noticed a report about a Northern Union match that over 40,000 people had attended. Albert Henry Baskerville Albert Henry Baskerville (sometimes spelt Baskiville) was a Wellington postal clerk, a rugby union forward, author of the book Modern Rugby Football : New Zealand Methods ; Points for the Beginner, the Player, the Spectator and a pioneer of rugby league. ... Alternative meanings at Wellington (disambiguation) A view of Wellington from the top of Mount Victoria. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Baskerville wrote to the NRFU asking if they would host a New Zealand touring party. The 1905 All Blacks tour were still fresh in English minds, thus the NU saw a competitive New Zealand tour as exceptional opportunity to raise the profile and finances of the NU game. The NU agreed to the tour provided that some of those original All Blacks were included in the New Zealand team. George Smith arrived back in New Zealand and after learning of Baskerville's plans, the two teamed up and began signing players.

The NZRU became aware of the tour and promptly applied pressure to any All Black or New Zealand representative player it suspected of involvement. They had the New Zealand Government's Agent General in London deliver a statement to the British press in an effort to undermine the tour's credibility. This had little effect and by that time the professional All Blacks were already sailing across the Tasman to give Australia its first taste of professional rugby.

The All Golds

It was during this time that references to the professional All Blacks as the "All Golds" first appeared.

Clearly, "All Golds" was a play on the amateur "All Blacks" name but it was also an insult to the players, criticising the arrangement where they would each share in the wealth of the tour. The name "All Golds" is now thought to have originated in a New Zealand newspaper in May/June of 1907 (see panel below), amidst editorial arguments over whether it was honourable for the proposed "professional All Blacks" team to be paid.

The first documented use in Australia was in a headline in the Sydney Morning Herald (August 7), just before Baskerville's team arrived. Interestingly, those same Herald articles also had a tag for those who supported the amateur rugby union calling them the "Lily Whites" (who were clean, pure, and repelled the evils of professionalism).

The Tour

Professional rugby in the southern hemisphere kicked off with the professional All Blacks playing a professional rebel NSW team organised by Smith's contact, James Giltinan. The games drew little interest to start with, but were a major success for the rugby rebels of Australia, as they finally had the money to start the first professional rugby league and hence change the face of rugby in Australia.

New Zealand finally made it to Great Britain in 1907. At this time professional rugby, under the banner of the Northern Union, was not played by the RFU rules which was all the All Golds knew. The All Golds took on a week of intensive training after which they started the tour. From a New Zealander's point of view, the tour may not have been successful, but to the All Gold's credit they performed well considering they only had a week to learn the rules. However, from the NU's point of view the tour would have been a godsend, because professional rugby was left in a better state than when they arrived. The tour's results were seen the following year when the NRFU clubs more than doubled their membership numbers. The tour had obviously excited the public, raised the profile of their game and the game's finances.

On return from England, the All Golds made a stop-over in Australia where they discovered professional rugby being played by Northern Union rules, under the banner of the New South Wales Rugby League. The All Golds played another 10 games in Australia, boosting the finances of the fledging NSWRL competition; making the All Golds tour the most significant contributions to Australian rugby league.

The Kiwis

The NZRU was able to control a lot of what the NZRL was able to get its hands on. In 1926, the NZRU took legal action, trying to stop the NZRL from using the name, the "All Blacks" as their touring name. The league felt that they had equal ownership to the name and were not ready to relinquish it. However by this time the press had already nicknamed the team the Kiwis, because of the badge included on their jerseys. Despite the league discouraging its usage, the name has stuck ever since.

The Kiwis have a proud World Cup history and although they have yet to win the competition, they have appeared in the final twice. In 1988, New Zealand just pipped Great Britain for a place in the final against Australia. Played at Eden Park in Auckland, it was the most hyped game in the history of rugby league in New Zealand, and the crowd of 47,363 was the biggest ever for a game in New Zealand. Sadly for the Kiwis, the final proved to be a huge anti-climax and they were outplayed by the Aussies.

New Zealand almost got their revenge on Australia in the 1995 World Cup semi-final, when with the scores level at 20-20 - a last minute drop-goal attempt by skipper Matthew Ridge brushed the wrong side of the post, allowing the game to go into extra-time. From there, Australia went on to win.

The Kiwis again made the final in the 2000 cup, again going down to the Kangaroos 40-12.

Since 2002, a New Zealand A team has been selected from players in the domestic New Zealand competition. New Zealand A toured France and the United States in 2002, and the United Kingdom in 2003. In 2004 they hosted New South Wales Country.

2005 would be considered one of the Kiwis greatest years, as they captured the 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations title, effectively becoming "de facto" World Champions as the three best countries compete in that competition. In the course of winning the Tri-Nations the Kiwis defeated Australia in Sydney for the first time in half a century. In London the Kiwis posted their highest score ever against Great Britain, and in winning the final posted the first shut out of Australia in 20 years. The 24-0 result at Elland Road, Leeds equalled the Kiwis biggest ever win against Australia - a 49-25 win in Brisbane almost 50 years ago. The repercussions for the Australian rugby league team were huge, as long-time coach Wayne Bennett quit his post to be replaced by Sydney Roosters coach, Ricky Stuart. However, in New Zealand, Brian McClennan earned praise from the press and signed an extension to be coach of the Kiwis. The majority of the 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations is set to be played in Great Britain, though the first two matches (both of which pit Australia against New Zealand) will be played in Australasia, with one game each for Australia and New Zealand. ... Elland Road is the home stadium of the football team Leeds United. ... Statistics Population: 443,247 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE297338 Administration Metropolitan borough: City of Leeds Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Ambulance service... Wayne Bennett (born January 1, 1950) is a rugby league coach. ... The Sydney Roosters (also known as The Roosters) are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. ... Ricky Stuart is a former Australian representative rugby league and rugby union player - a dual international and the current coach of the Australian national rugby league team. ...

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Results

New Zealand A

• New Zealand A def. Australian Invitational XIII 48-18 (22 October 2006)
• New Zealand A def. Australian Invitational XIII 40-16 (15 October 2005)
• National League 1 Representative def. New Zealand A 40-28 (2 November 2003)
• Great Britain def. New Zealand A 52-18 (29 October 2003)
• Warrington Wolves def. New Zealand A 28-26 (26 October 2003)
• National League 2 Representative def. New Zealand A 27-6 (22 October 2003)
• New Zealand A drew Cumbria 24-24 (19 October 2003)
• New Zealand A def. USA 74-4 (6 October 2002)
• France def. New Zealand A (29 September 2002)

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Tests

See:

• Baskerville Shield
• ANZAC Test
• Rugby League Tri-Nations
• Rugby League World Cup

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Kiwis Results By Year

2006

• Kiwis 34 - 4 Great Britain, Westpac Stadium, Wellington (Tri-Nations)
• Kiwis 34 - 4 New Zealand Residents, Wingham Park, Greymouth
• Kiwis 18 - 14 Great Britain, Jade Stadium, Christchurch (Tri-Nations)
• Kiwis 15 - 20 Australia, Telstra Dome, Melbourne (Tri-Nations)
• Kiwis 18 - 30 Australia, Mt Smart Stadium, New Zealand (Tri-Nations)
• Kiwis 14 - 46 Great Britain, Knowsley Road, St. Helens
• Kiwis 12 - 50 Australia, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane (ANZAC Test)

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• Kiwis 16 - 32 Australia, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane (ANZAC Test)
• Kiwis 38 - 28 Australia, Telstra Stadium, Sydney (Tri Nations)
• Kiwis 26 - 28 Australia, Ericsson Stadium, Auckland (Tri Nations)
• Kiwis 42 - 26 Great Britain, Loftus Road, London (Tri Nations)
• Kiwis 30 - 22 England, Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
• Kiwis 12 - 38 Great Britain, Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield (Tri Nations)
• Kiwis 38 - 22 France, Toulouse
• Kiwis 24 - 0 Australia, Elland Road, Leeds (Tri Nations Final)

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• Kiwis 10 - 37 Australia, EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle (ANZAC Test)
• Kiwis 16 - 16 Australia, North Harbour Stadium, Albany (Tri Nations)
• Kiwis 12 - 32 Australia, Loftus Road, London (Tri Nations)
• Kiwis 12 - 22 Great Britain, Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield (Tri Nations)
• Kiwis 24 - 20 France, Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne
• Kiwis 24 - 26 Great Britain, KC Stadium, Hull (Tri Nations)

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• Kiwis 6 - 48 Australia, Aussie Stadium, Sydney (ANZAC Test)
• Kiwis 30 - 16 Australia, North Harbour Stadium, Albany

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• Kiwis 24 - 32 Australia, Westpac Stadium, Wellington
• Kiwis 50 - 22 Wales, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
• Kiwis 30 - 16 Great Britain, Ewood Park, Blackburn
• Kiwis 14 - 14 Great Britain, McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield
• Kiwis 10 - 16 Great Britain, JJB Stadium, Wigan
• Kiwis 36 - 10 France, Stade Aime Giral, Perpignan

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• Kiwis 36 - 0 France, Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
• Kiwis 10 - 28 Australia, Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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• Kiwis 0 - 52 Australia, Telstra Stadium, Sydney (ANZAC Test)
• Kiwis 64 - 0 Lebanon, KC Stadium, Hull (World Cup)
• Kiwis 84 - 10 Cook Islands, Madejski Stadium, Reading (World Cup)
• Kiwis 58 - 18 Wales, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (World Cup)
• Kiwis 54 - 6 France, The Jungle, Castleford (World Cup Quarter Final)
• Kiwis 49 - 6 England, Reebok Stadium, Bolton ((World Cup Semi Final)
• Kiwis 12 - 40 Australia, Old Trafford, Manchester (World Cup Final)

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• Kiwis 14 - 20 Australia, Telstra Stadium, Sydney
• Kiwis 24 - 22 Australia, Ericsson Stadium, Auckland (Tri Nations)
• Kiwis 74 - 0 Tonga, Carlaw Park, Auckland
• Kiwis 26 - 4 Great Britain, Ericsson Stadium, Auckland (Tri Nations)
• Kiwis 20 - 22 Australia, Ericsson Stadium, Auckland (Tri Nations Final)

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• Kiwis 22 - 12 Australia, North Harbour Stadium, Albany (ANZAC Test)
• Kiwis 12 - 30 Australia, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
• Kiwis 16 - 36 Australia, North Harbour Stadium, Albany
• Kiwis 22 - 16 Great Britain, McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield
• Kiwis 36 - 16 Great Britain, Reebok Stadium, Bolton
• Kiwis 23 - 23 Great Britain, Vicarage Road, Watford

1997 North Harbour Stadium North Harbour Stadium is a stadium situated on Aucklands North Shore. ... Albany is a northern suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ... The ANZAC Test is a rugby league match played annually around ANZAC Day between Australia and New Zealand. ... Suncorp Stadium, formerly known as Lang Park, is a rectangular sporting stadium located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the third largest city in Australia, with a population of just under 2. ... North Harbour Stadium North Harbour Stadium is a stadium situated on Aucklands North Shore. ... Albany is a northern suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ... The Galpharm Stadium is a multi-use sports stadium in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. ... Statistics Population: 146,234 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE145165 Administration District: Kirklees Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... The Reebok Stadium is the home stadium of Bolton Wanderers F.C., and is located on the Middlebrook retail park in Horwich, near Bolton. ... Statistics Population: 139,403 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD715095 Administration Metropolitan borough: Bolton Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West Post... Vicarage Road, a stadium in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, is the home of the football club Watford F.C. and their tenants, the Saracens rugby union club. ... Watford is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England and is situated 27 km (17 miles) northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. ...

• Kiwis 22 - 34 Australia, Aussie Stadium, Sydney
• Kiwis 30 - 12 Australia, North Harbour Stadium, Albany

1996 Aussie Stadium (Formerly known as the Sydney Football Stadium, or SFS) ( ) was built in 1988 to be the premium rectangular field in Sydney, Australia. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... North Harbour Stadium North Harbour Stadium is a stadium situated on Aucklands North Shore. ... Albany is a northern suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. ...

• Kiwis 62 - 8 Papua New Guinea, International Stadium, Rotorua
• Kiwis 17 - 12 Great Britain, Ericsson Stadium, Auckland
• Kiwis 18 - 15 Great Britain, Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
• Kiwis 32 - 12 Great Britain, Jade Stadium, Christchurch

Rotorua is a city located on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Ericsson Stadium, formerly Mount Smart Stadium, is a stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. ... The Auckland Metropolitan Area, or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... Arena Manawatu is the current name of the 18-hectare publicly-owned recreational complex just west of the Palmerston North city centre in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region of New Zealand. ... Palmerston North is a city in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Jade Stadium, formerly known as Lancaster Park is a sports stadium situated in Christchurch. ... Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the third largest city in the country. ...

See also

• New Zealand RL
• Rugby league in New Zealand
• 2007 All Golds Celebrations
• New Zealand Māori rugby league team
• National Rugby League

The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) is the governing body for the sport of Rugby League in New Zealand. ... Rugby League is a popular team sport in New Zealand. ... The 2007 All Golds Tour is a celebration of a century of rugby league in New Zealand. ... New Zealand Māori is the name of a rugby league team that traditionally plays teams touring New Zealand. ... The National Rugby League (NRL) is the premier rugby league competition in Australia and New Zealand. ...

Sources

• Rugby league from 1966 encyclopaedia of New Zealand

External links

• Official site
• Google-Video