New Zealand national Australian rules football team information
New Zealand
Nickname(s)
Hawks
Head coach
Rob Maone
Captain
Andrew Howison
Home stadium
Sky Stadium, Wellington
Hutt Park, Lower Hutt
Rankings
Current
3rd (as of October 2022[1])
First international
New Zealand 63–62 New South Wales (19 August 1908; Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Biggest win
New Zealand 229–0 India (29 August 2008; Royal Park, Melbourne) (world record)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 28–75 Papua New Guinea (19 August 2014; Royal Park, Melbourne)
International Cup
Appearances
6 (First in 2002)
Best result
1st (2005)
The New Zealand national Australian rules football team (Māori: tīmi whutupaoro Ahitereiria o Aotearoa; nicknamed the Hawks (Māori: Ngā Kāhu); previously the Falcons (Māori: Ngā Kārearea), is the national men's team for the sport of Australian rules football in New Zealand. The International Cup team is selected from strict criteria from the best New Zealand born and developed players, primarily from the clubs of the AFL New Zealand. Test and touring squads are selected using similar criteria to other international football codes, additionally allowing players with a New Zealand born parent to play.
New Zealand first competed internationally in 1888 and participated in the 1908 Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival. Since the 1970s it has regularly toured Australia and more recently, has hosted Australian teams.
New Zealand participated in every Australian Football International Cup, taking out the tournament in 2005 and was runner up in 2008 and 2017. New Zealand also competes annually against the AFL Academy, it has never won against Australia, though came within a goal in 2014.
A national women's team formed in 2015 compete under the name of the New Zealand Kahu.
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Global Information
3rd (as of October 2022[1])
New Zealand 63–62 New South Wales 
