Junior All Blacks


The Junior All Blacks are a New Zealand rugby union team. The Junior All Blacks are not an age grade side, but the second national team behind the New Zealand national rugby union team. For all intents and purposes, they are the "New Zealand A" team.
The present team is actually the second incarnation of the Junior All Blacks. The first team was an age grade side, being players under 23 years old, and played between 1958 and 1984. Additionally, the team played a tour match, as New Zealand A, against visiting England in 1998. The team was reintroduced and repurposed in 2006.
They competed in the inaugural Pacific Nations Cup alongside Fiji, Japan, Samoa and Tonga. In 2007 Australia A joined the competition.

Squad

Squad for the 2009 IRB Pacific Nations Cup:
DateOppositionScoreResultNotes
2 March 1958Japan3-34Won
9 March 1958Japan6-32Won
23 March 1958Japan3-56Won
3 June 1968Japan23-19Lost
19 May 1974Japan31-55Won
30 August 1975Romania10-10Drew
5 July 1980Italy13-30Won
13 June 1998England10-18Wonas New Zealand A

2006 Programme

DateOppositionScoreResult
3 JuneFiji17-35Won
9 JuneSamoa12-56Won
17 JuneTonga10-38Won
24 JuneJapan8-38Won

2007 Programme

2009 Programme

Overall

Home grounds

The Junior All Blacks play their Test matches at a variety of venues throughout New Zealand.
North Harbour Stadium was the venue for the first Junior All Blacks Test match in New Zealand against Samoa in 2006.

Venues of Junior All Black Tests in New Zealand