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New Zealand

Five years of results, read from this team's own point of view.

Rating

91

Elite — top 2% of the field · Glicko-2 2476 ±72

Record

46-1-19

69.7% of 66 matches in the last five years

Average margin

+13.5

34.7 for, 21.2 against

Home advantage

+6.3

Points per match better at home

Attack

+32%

34.7 scored per match, against the placed field's average

Defence

+23%

21.2 conceded per match; positive is fewer than average

All Blacks
Head coach
Dave Rennie
Captain
Ardie Savea
Union
New Zealand Rugby
Emblem
Silver fern
First match
1903 3–22 (Sydney, Australia; 15 August 1903)
Most caps
Sam Whitelock (153)
Leading scorer
Dan Carter (1,598)
Most tries
Will Jordan (51)
World Cups
11, from 1987
Best World Cup
Champions (1987, 2011, 2015)

Anthem

God Defend New Zealand

English · 1940 (national song) · 1:03

Words
English lyrics 1. God of Nations at Thy feet, In the bonds of love we meet, Hear our voices, we entreat, God defend our free land. Guard Pacific’s triple star From the shafts of strife and war, Make her praises heard afar, God defend New Zealand. 2. Men of every creed and race, Gather here before Thy face, Asking Thee to bless this place, God defend our free land. From dissension, envy, hate, And corruption guard our State, Make our country good and great, God defend New Zealand. 3. Peace, not war, shall be our boast, But, should foes assail our coast, Make us then a mighty host, God defend our free land. Lord of battles in Thy might, Put our enemies to flight, Let our cause be just and right, God defend New Zealand. 4. Let our love for Thee increase, May Thy blessings never cease, Give us plenty, give us peace, God defend our free land. From dishonour and from shame, Guard our country’s spotless name, Crown her with immortal fame, God defend New Zealand. 5. May our mountains ever be Freedoms ramparts on the sea, Make us faithful unto Thee, God defend our free land. Guide her in the nations’ van, Preaching love and truth to man, Working out Thy glorious plan, God defend New Zealand. Māori lyrics 1. E Ihowā Atua, O ngā iwi mātou rā Āta whakarongona; Me aroha noa Kia hua ko te pai; Kia tau tō atawhai; Manaakitia mai Aotearoa 2. Ōna mano tāngata Kiri whero, kiri mā, Iwi Māori Pākehā, Rūpeke katoa, Nei ka tono ko ngā hē Māu e whakaahu kē, Kia ora mārire Aotearoa 3. Tōna mana kia tū! Tōna kaha kia ū; Tōna rongo hei pakū Ki te ao katoa Aua rawa ngā whawhai Ngā tutū a tata mai; Kia tupu nui ai Aotearoa 4. Waiho tona takiwā Ko te ao mārama; Kia whiti tōna rā Taiāwhio noa. Ko te hae me te ngangau Meinga kia kore kau; Waiho i te rongo mau Aotearoa 5. Tōna pai me toitū Tika rawa, pono pū; Tōna noho, tana tū; Iwi nō Ihowā. Kaua mōna whakamā; Kia hau te ingoa; Kia tū hei tauira; Aotearoa English translation 1. O Lord, God, Of all people Listen to us, Cherish us May good flourish, May your blessings flow Defend Aotearoa 2. Let all people, Red skin, white skin Māori, Pākehā Gather before you May all our wrongs, we pray, Be forgiven So that we might say long live Aotearoa 3. May it be forever prestigious, May it go from strength to strength, May its fam spread far and wide, Let not strife Nor dissention ensue, May it ever be great Aotearoa 4. Let its territory Be ever enlightened Throughout the land Let envy and dissension Be dispelled, Let peace reign Over Aotearoa 5. Let its good features endure, Let righteousness and honesty Prevail Among the people of God Let it never be ashamed, But rather, let its name be known Thereby becoming the model to emulate Aotearoa

Recording and words from nationalanthems.info, used under CC BY 4.0.

From Wikipedia, read 2026-10-19. Not an input to any forecast — the rating does not know who is coaching.

Recent results

Newest first, from New Zealand's own point of view. Home and away are as the record stores them; a fixture the record does not mark neutral is listed as one side's home, which is right for a league round and wrong for a final played at a third ground.

Shape
Matches decided by seven or fewer30%
Matches totalling 50 or more67%
Margin swing24.1 points
Last five, most recent firstwonwonlostlostlostW2

Biggest win: 104-14 v USA

Heaviest defeat: 10-43 v South Africa

Where they stand (of 65 ranked teams)
Rating91
1Q1 32Med 49Q3 6492

Elite — top 2% of the field

Box is the middle half of the ranked field, line is the median, dot is New Zealand. The scale is this domain's own and does not compare across the two.

Most similar teams
Teams with too few matches to rate confidently, which are most of the outliers.
component 1 →component 2 ↑South AfricaIrelandFranceEnglandAustraliaGeorgiaWalesItalyChileTongaHong Kong ChinaZimbabweNamibiaAlgeriaMexicoCayman IslandsNetherlandsParaguaySwitzerlandCzechiaUnited Arab EmiratesColombiaBarbadosGermanyUgandaMalaysiaCote D'IvoireMaltaLithuaniaThailandLatviaAndorraSloveniaTurkeyBosnia & HerzegovinaNorwayNew Zealand

Teams that play alike sit close together. The two axes hold 72% of the variation between teams. Component 1 (42%) rises with more average margin and win rate. Component 2 (30%) rises with more high-scoring matches and margin swing.

29 of 66 teams sit too close together to name without covering another team's point, so they are drawn unlabelled. Every dot is still a link to that team, and hovering one names it.

  1. 1France0.08
  2. 2Georgia0.44
  3. 3Cayman Islands0.93
  4. 4Scotland0.97
  5. 5Sweden1.04

Distance in the projection above, nearest first.

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