The all blacks are the first rugby team to win 500 test matches and have three rugby world cups to their name winning the title in 2011 and 2015 adding to the inaugural cup they claimed in 1987.

All blacks rugby players. Video will play in. As well as the new caps the squad also features the return of a number of players who have worked their way back into the all blacks side including 2017 all blacks asafo aumua and akira ioane and 2018 breakout prop karl tuinukuafe. 12 nov 2020 0500 am 3 minutes to read.

As of 18 october 2020 1192 players have been all blacks. The all blacks selectors head coach ian foster assistant john plumtree and grant fox have named seven uncapped players in their 35 man squad for the 2020 rugby championship. Prop ofa tuungafasi who was suspended for three matches after the brisbane test together with loose forward duplessis kirifi and centre peter umaga jensen who both joined the all blacks squad as replacement players will return home on monday.

The first all black was james allan which was decided by alphabetical order while the most recent all black is cullen grace 1192. The new zealand national rugby union team commonly known as the all blacks represents new zealand in mens international rugby union which is considered the countrys national sport. They have also won 10 of the 16 tri nations trophies six of the seven rugby championships contested and have most recently have held the bledisloe.

15 nov 2020 0620 am 3 minutes to read. All blacks still plan to send players home despite loss to argentina. New zealand has a 77 per cent winning record in test match rugby and is the only international mens side to have secured more wins than losses against.

Ex all blacks speedster charles piutau deserted his international ambitions at the premature age of 23 when he signed a lucrative deal with pro14 side ulster in 2015 and then became british rugbys first million pound player when he joined bristol three years later. All blacks set to send players home early. 1 handre pollard south africamontpellier 1m 11mr235m.

The all blacks have announced that three players will return home to new zealand from the tri nations tournament in australia.