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  1. New Zealand national rugby union team

    The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks (Māori: Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. Famed for their unmatched international success, the All Blacks have often been regarded as the most successful sports team in human history.The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, 2011 and 2015. They were the first country to win the Rugby World Cup 3 times and the first country to retain the Rugby World Cup. New Zealand has a 76 per-cent winning record in test-match rugby, and has secured more wins than losses against every test opponent. Since their international debut in 1903, New Zealand teams have played test matches against 19 nations, of which 12 have never won a game against the All Blacks. The team has also played against three multinational all-star teams, losing only eight of 45 matches. Since the introduction of the World Rugby Rankings in 2003, New Zealand has held the number-one ranking longer than all other teams combined. They jointly hold the record for the most consecutive test match wins for a tier-one ranked nation, along with England. The All Blacks compete with Argentina, Australia and South Africa in the Rugby Championship, and have won the trophy nineteen times in the competition's 27-year history. The team has completed a Grand Slam tour against the four Home Nations four times (1978, 2005, 2008 and 2010). World Rugby has named New Zealand the World Rugby Team of the Year ten times since the award was initiated in 2001, and an All Black has won the World Rugby Player of the Year award ten times over the same period. Fifteen former All Blacks have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. The team's first match took place in 1884 in New South Wales and their first international test match in 1903 against Australia in Sydney. The following year New Zealand hosted their first home test, a match against a British Isles side in Wellington. There followed a 34-game tour of Europe and North America in 1905 (which included five test matches), where New Zealand suffered only one defeat: their first test loss, against Wales. New Zealand's early uniforms consisted of a black jersey with a silver fern and white shorts. By the 1905 tour they were wearing all black, except for the silver fern, and the name "All Blacks" dates from this time. The team perform a haka before every match; this is a Māori challenge or posture dance. Traditionally the All Blacks use Te Rauparaha's haka Ka Mate, although players have also performed Kapa o Pango since 2005.

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  1. New Zealand national rugby union team

    The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport. The All Blacks hold the Rugby World Cup, are the 2012 International Rugby Board Team of the Year, and are the leading Test match points scorers of all time. They are the only international side with a winning record against every Test nation they have played, and since their international debut in 1903 only five Test nations have ever defeated New Zealand. Since the introduction of the IRB's world rankings in October 2003, New Zealand has held number one ranking the majority of the time. New Zealand compete with Argentina, Australia and South Africa in The Rugby Championship—known as the Tri Nations before Argentina's entry in 2012. The All Blacks have won the trophy eleven times in the competition's sixteen-year history. They also hold the Bledisloe Cup, which is contested annually with Australia, and the Freedom Cup—contested annually with South Africa. The defeat of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales all in one tour, known as a Grand Slam, has been achieved four times by the All Blacks—1978, 2005, 2008 and 2010. The All Blacks have won over 75% of their Test matches which is almost 15% more wins than their nearest rivals. They have also been named the IRB Team of the Year six times since 2005. Two members have won the International Rugby Board Player of the Year award, current captain Richie McCaw, and in 2012, Daniel Carter; both McCaw and Carter are the only players to have won the accolade more than once. Fifteen former All Blacks have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame; four of these are also inductees of the IRB Hall of Fame.

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    The numerical value of new zealand national rugby union team in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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    The numerical value of new zealand national rugby union team in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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