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Rugby union in New Zealand
New Zealand playing England.
Country
New Zealand
Governing body
NZR
National team(s)
New Zealand
Nickname(s)
All Blacks
First played
1870, Nelson
Registered players
146,893 (total)[1] 28,648 (adults)
Clubs
~500[2]
Club competitions
Super Rugby
National Provincial Championship
Heartland Championship
Ranfurly Shield
Hanan Shield
International competitions
The Rugby Championship
Wellington Sevens
World Rugby competitions
Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Sevens World Series
Women's Rugby World Cup
World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
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Rugby union has been played in New Zealand since 1870 and is the most popular sport in the country as well as being its national sport.[3]
The men's national team, the All Blacks, is currently ranked No. 2 in the world.[4] The country co-hosted and won the first ever Rugby World Cup in 1987, and hosted and won the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The men have won three World Cups (1987, 2011, 2015), the second most of any country after South Africa.
New Zealand are the current World Champions for Women's rugby union and were rugby sevens finalists for men and women.
The top domestic club competitions are the professional National Provincial Championship and amateur Heartland Championship, and above them the transnational Super Rugby, in which New Zealand has five out of 12 franchises.
^International Rugby Board – NEW ZEALAND Archived 13 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^"Club Finder".
^"New Zealand Rugby – Sports in New Zealand | Tourism New Zealand".
^"Men's Rankings | World Rugby".
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