The 35-strong squad is as follows (with age, Investec Super Rugby club, province and Test caps. Tickets are available from *£40 for adults and *£25 for children*. The All Blacks selectors, Head Coach Ian Foster, Assistant Head Coach John Plumtree and former All Black Grant Fox, have named the squad for the 2020 Investec Rugby Championship. The Barbarians are also set to play a number of domestic fixtures – against Harlequins (Thursday 17 November), Bath Rugby (Sunday 20 November) and Northampton Saints (Saturday 26 November) – following the disruption to the Gallagher Premiership calendar. The All Blacks XV follows in the footsteps of similar teams which have assembled throughout New Zealand rugby's history, and adds a new element to the New Zealand Rugby set-up, representing a development opportunity for future All Blacks - as well as a chance for current players to make their case for All Blacks selection or recall. The Barbarians’ first fixture – the Killik Cup – will be against a very strong All Blacks XV team, with Auckland and Blues lock Patrick Tuipulotu to captaining the side alongside a host of well-known names. The visiting side also includes seven players with Test experience including Tuipulotu, Aidan Ross, Angus Ta’avao, Asafo Aumua, Luke Jacobson, Brad Weber, and Damian McKenzie.īryn Gatland, the son of previous Barbarians Head Coach Warren Gatland, is also included alongside the nephew of Barbarians legend Pat Lam, AJ Lam. New Zealand’s George Bridge – who will soon be heading to Mercer’s club Montpellier in France – already has a Barbarians appearance alongside his 18 caps for the All Blacks, turning out against England in 2019, and will be reunited with Scott Robertson, his coach at former club Crusaders. Munster prop John Ryan is waving the flag for Ireland. Two Welsh favourites in Aaron Wainwright and Rhys Webb will line-up alongside Barbarian favourite Joe Marler and his Harlequins teammate Joe Marchant. Alongside Teddy Thomas, Camille Chat and Tawera Kerr-Barlow, returning Barbarians Dilly Leyds and Antoine Hastoy, George-Henri Colombe, Romain Sazy, Remi Picquette and Raymond Rhule will also head to London from Les Maritimes. Raymond Rhule (Stade Rochelais, South Africa)Ĭo-Coach Ronan O'Gara brings with him a number of stars from his Top 14 side Stade Rochelais, who are current Heineken Champions Cup holders. Tawera Kerr Barlow (Stade Rochelais, New Zealand)ĭillyn Leyds (Stade Rochelais, South Africa) Luke Whitelock (Section Paloise, New Zealand) Lekima Tagitagivalu (Section Paloise, Fiji) Read below to see the latest All Blacks news and discover more about upcoming All Blacks fixtures and squad announcements.Facundo Bosch (Aviron Bayonnais, Argentina) In fact, an All Blacks player has been voted as the World Player of the Year 10 times since 2001 and 15 former All Blacks players have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. In addition to this, All Blacks players are just as popular as the All Blacks team itself. They’ve won The Rugby Championship 16 times, completed a Grand Slam over the Home Nations four times and have been voted as the World Rugby Team of the Year 10 times.
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The professional era of rugby started in 1995 and since then, the All Blacks team has dominated international rugby. It’s called ‘Kapa o Pango’, which translates simply to ‘team in black’. In fact, it’s so iconic that since 2005 the New Zealand team has performed a unique All Blacks haka designed specifically for the team.
The All Blacks haka is one of the most famous sights in rugby union.
The All Blacks rugby team was formed in 1903 and the team’s nickname comes from the kit they wore in 1905, when the only non-black part of the side’s kit was the white fern crest on each player’s chest.īefore matches, the All Blacks squad perform the haka, which is a Māori challenge or posture dance. They’re also the only international men’s team to have secured more wins than losses against every single opponent they’ve ever faced. After all, they’ve won the Rugby World Cup three times (1987, 20) and they were the number one ranked team in the world between 20.
They’re one of the most feared teams on the planet and it’s easy to see why. The All Blacks is the nickname of the New Zealand men’s national rugby union team.
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