All Blacks XV

Rugby team

All Blacks XVUnion| New Zealand Rugby Union

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Emblem(s)| Silver fern
Coach(es)| Clayton McMillan
Captain(s)| Patrick Tuipulotu

Team kit

First international
Junior All Blacks 23–19 Australia A
(26 June 2005)
Largest win
Junior All Blacks 57–8 Fiji
(2 June 2007)
Official website
www.allblacks.com

The All Blacks XV is the second national rugby union team of New Zealand, after the All Blacks. New Zealand's second national team has had numerous names in its history: Junior All Blacks, New Zealand XV, New Zealand A, New Zealand B, All Blacks XV.[citation needed]

Matches played as the 'All Blacks XV' are not test matches, usually against a touring side or when on tour, and against non-top tier rugby nations.

## History

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The NZ Juniors (U23s), popularly known as the Junior All Blacks, had been active from 1958 to 1984 playing 7 international matches. They were disbanded in 1984 and replaced by a non-age restricted team called the New Zealand Emerging Players. The Emerging Players were active in 1985 and 1986 but only played internal tours in fixtures against New Zealand provincial sides. In 2006, the team was formally reintroduced and repurposed as the second national team[1] when they competed in the inaugural Pacific Nations Cup.

In 1991 a New Zealand XV played both Romania and USSR in the 'test' fixtures of their tours to New Zealand.

In 1991 a New Zealand B team played Australia B during their short tour.

In 1992 a New Zealand XV team beat England B in a pair of non-cap games during the tourists' 8-game tour.

In 1998 a New Zealand A team lost 10-18 to the England touring side at Hamilton.

In 2005 a New Zealand A team played two matches against Australia A.

In 2006, the second team was re-branded as the Junior All Blacks, inheriting the nickname of the previous New Zealand U23 team. This second XV participated in the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Pacific Nations Cup. In 2008 the Maori All Blacks played in this tournament. The Junior All Blacks were put into a hiatus shortly after the 2009 tournament. The side was then reinstated in 2019, but their first set of games were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022 the team was re-branded once again as the All Blacks XV for matches against Ireland A and the Barbarians.

* "The All Blacks XV was launched as NZR’s next senior national representative team after the All Blacks, as a critical high-performance pathway to the All Blacks. As the next senior national representative side, the All Blacks XV will have the same high expectations as the other Teams in Black ... The All Blacks XV follows in the footsteps of similar teams which have assembled throughout New Zealand rugby's history, including the Junior All Blacks, New Zealand A and Emerging Players."[2]

## Results

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* Scores highlighted in red colour denoted a loss.

Date  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score  | Notes  | Competition

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2 March 1958  | Heiwadai Stadium, Fukuoka |  Japan | 3–34  |  | Junior All Blacks tour of Japan
9 March 1958  | Hanazono Field, Osaka | 6–23
23 March 1958  | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo | 3–56
3 June 1968  | Athletic Park, Wellington |  Japan | 19–23  |  |
19 May 1974  | Eden Park, Auckland |  Japan | 55–31  |  | 1974 Japan rugby union tour of New Zealand
30 August 1975  | Athletic Park, Wellington |  Romania | 10–10  |  | 1975 Romania rugby union tour of New Zealand
5 July 1980  | Eden Park, Auckland |  Italy | 30–13  |  | 1980 Italy rugby union tour of the United States, New Zealand and the South Pacific
26 June 2005  | Canberra Stadium, Canberra |  Australia A | 19–23  |  |
1 July 2005  | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 31–34  |  |
3 June 2006  | ANZ Stadium, Suva |  Fiji | 17–35  |  | 2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations
9 June 2006  | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland |  Samoa | 56–12  |
17 June 2006  | Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth |  Tonga | 38–10  |
24 June 2006  | Carisbrook, Dunedin |  Japan | 38–8  |
26 May 2007  | Apia Park, Apia |  Samoa | 10–31  |  | 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
2 June 2007  | ANZ Stadium, Suva |  Fiji | 8–57  |
9 June 2007  | Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nukuʻalofa |  Tonga | 13–39  |
16 June 2007  | Carisbrook, Dunedin |  Australia A | 50–0  |
24 June 2007  | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |  Japan | 3–51  |
12 June 2009  | Apia Park, Apia |  Samoa | 16–17  |  | 2009 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
18 June 2009  | Churchill Park, Lautoka |  Fiji | 17–45  |
23 June 2009  | Churchill Park, Lautoka |  Japan | 21–52  |
2 July 2009  | National Stadium, Suva |  Tonga | 25–47  |
4 November 2022  | RDS Arena, Dublin |  Ireland A | 19–47  |  | 2022 Northern Tour
13 November 2022  | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tottenham | Barbarians | 35–31  |
8 July 2023  | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo |  Japan XV | 6–38  |  | 2023 RWC warm-up
15 July 2023  | Egao Kenko Stadium, Kumamoto |  Japan | 27–41  |
2 November 2024  | Thomond Park, Limerick |  Munster | 24–38  |  | 2024 Northern Tour
10 November 2024  | GGL Stadium, Montpellier, France |  Georgia | 13-31  |

## Current squad

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The All Blacks XV squad for their 2024 Northern Tour with matches against Irish provincial side Munster and Georgia,[3] as updated on 30 October 2024.[4]

Players in bold are players capped by the senior New Zealand national team, the All Blacks.

Head Coach:  Clayton McMillan

Forwards  | Player  | Position  | Franchise / province

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Kurt Eklund | Hooker | Blues / Bay of Plenty
Brodie McAlister | Hooker | Crusaders / Canterbury
Bradley Slater | Hooker | Chiefs / Taranaki
George Bower | Prop | Crusaders / Otago
George Dyer | Prop | Chiefs / Waikato
Saula Ma'u | Prop | Highlanders / Otago
Xavier Numia | Prop | Hurricanes / Wellington
Marcel Renata | Prop | Blues / Auckland
Naitoa Ah Kuoi | Lock | Chiefs / Bay of Plenty
Caleb Delany | Lock | Hurricanes / Wellington
Fabian Holland | Lock | Highlanders / Otago
Isaia Walker-Leawere | Lock | Hurricanes / Hawke's Bay
Devan Flanders | Loose forward | Hurricanes / Hawke's Bay
Oliver Haig | Loose forward | Highlanders / Otago
Corey Kellow | Loose forward | Crusaders / Canterbury
Du'Plessis Kirifi | Loose forward | Hurricanes / Wellington
Simon Parker | Loose forward | Chiefs / Northland
Backs  | Player  | Position  | Franchise / province

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Finlay Christie | Scrum-half | Blues / Tasman
Noah Hotham | Scrum-half | Crusaders / Tasman
Josh Jacomb | Fly-half | Chiefs / Taranaki
Harry Plummer | Fly-half | Blues / Auckland
Riley Higgins | Centre | Hurricanes / Wellington
AJ Lam | Centre | Blues / Auckland
Dallas McLeod | Centre | Crusaders / Canterbury
Quinn Tupaea | Center | Chiefs / Waikato
Chay Fihaki | Wing | Crusaders / Canterbury
Kini Naholo | Wing | Hurricanes / Taranaki
Ruben Love | Full-back | Hurricanes / Wellington
Shaun Stevenson | Full-back | Chiefs / North Harbour

* Peter Lakai, Christian Lio-Willie[5] and Josh Lord were initially named in the All Blacks XV squad, but later joined the All Blacks as injury replacements for Ethan Blackadder, Luke Jacobson and Dalton Papali'i.
* Emoni Narawa and Hoskins Sotutu were initially named in the All Blacks XV squad but had to withdraw due to injury.
* Caleb Delany, Devan Flanders, Corey Kellow and Simon Parker weren’t named in the original All Blacks XV squad, but were brought in as replacements for Lakai, Lio-Willie, Lord and Sotutu.
* Ruben Love wasn’t named in the original All Blacks XV squad, but joined the squad from the All Blacks to get more game time.

## See also

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* 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
* Maori All Blacks
* All Blacks

## References

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1. ^ Junior All Blacks [dead link‍]
2. ^ Patrick Tuipulotu to lead All Blacks XV on Northern Tour
3. ^ "All Blacks XV squad named for 2024 Northern Tour". allblacks.com (Press release). 8 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
4. ^ "Update to All Blacks XV squad for Northern Tour". allblacks.com (Press release). 30 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
5. ^ "Ruben Love joins four newbies in All Blacks XV squad update". RugbyPass. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.

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Māori All Blacks tours|

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