All Blacks XV

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.^[2]

All Blacks XV

Union	New Zealand Rugby Union
Emblem(s)	Silver-fern frond
Coach(es)	Clayton McMillan
Captain(s)	Du'Plessis Kirifi[1]
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

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

History

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 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 Tour to Australia.

In 1992 a New Zealand XV team beat England B in two matches during the tourists 8-game tour.

In 1998 a New Zealand A team lost 10–18 to the England touring side in 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

Below is a summary of All Blacks XV match results (updated 10 November 2024):^[3]

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win%	For	Aga	Diff
Australia A	3	3	0	0	100%	107	50	+57
Barbarians	1	0	1	0	0%	31	35	-4
Fiji	3	3	0	0	100%	137	42	+95
Georgia	1	1	0	0	100%	31	13	+18
Ireland A	1	1	0	0	100%	47	19	+28
Italy	1	1	0	0	100%	30	13	+17
Japan	8	7	1	0	87.5%	317	94	+223
Japan XV	1	1	0	0	100%	38	6	+32
Munster	1	1	0	0	100%	38	24	+14
Romania	1	0	0	1	0%	10	10	+0
Samoa	3	3	0	0	100%	104	38	+66
Tonga	3	3	0	0	100%	124	48	+76
Total	27	24	2	1	88.89%	1,014	392	+622

Current squad

The All Blacks XV squad for their 2024 Northern Tour with matches against Irish provincial side Munster and Georgia,^[4] as updated on 30 October 2024.^[5]

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 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 (c) Loose forward Hurricanes / Wellington Simon Parker Loose forward Chiefs / Northland

Backs Player Position Franchise / province 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 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.^[5]

See also

• 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