My Latest All Blacks Quiz

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Also including composite teams that later reverted to their individual sides but only if they participated in NZRU comps not sides made up as one-offs to face touring sides i.e. not Counties- Thames Valley or King Country-Wanganui

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@booboo but you have to be very anal and specific to get eight

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@dogmeat i can only get 7 including 3 thst changed names (including one that did it twice) and 4 that are now part of a bigger union ...

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@booboo pm'd you I bet I know the one you didn't get

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@dogmeat said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

@booboo pm'd you I bet I know the one you didn't get

I'm guessing the first two combined into the third one?

Fifth one: d'oh

Last one: huh? Really? When was that? Had to be pre NPC (1976?) Did they have a shield challenge or something?

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@dogmeat said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

@booboo pm'd you I bet I know the one you didn't get

I can only think of 6.
4 that have merged into 2.
And 2 former mergers.

I'm intrigued, pm me too please.

[Bovidae]

@dogmeat Just post them on here with spoliers.

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Golden Bay, Nelson, Nelson Bays, Marlborough, Central Vikings, Wairarapa, Bush, Manawhenua

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[Bovidae]

@booboo Cheers.

I knew all of those although the name of the first team listed should be:

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Golden Bay-Motueka

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[Bovidae]

@booboo

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Manawatu amalgamated with Horowhenua to form Manawhenua from 1925-32.

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Nice to see that quiz sparked a look back at Provincial Rugby history! Have been meaning to do it for ages but couldn't get the formatting of the map right. Finally worked out how to do it so really happy with the result.

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@Bovidae said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

@booboo Cheers.

I knew all of those although the name of the first team listed should be:

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Golden Bay-Motueka

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Wallabies with 4 or more tries in a test.

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/83115/australian-rugby-4-or-more-tries-in-a-test

[booboo]

@Rugger-Quizzes said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

Wallabies with 4 or more tries in a test.

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/83115/australian-rugby-4-or-more-tries-in-a-test

Hmmm ... 3 out if 6 (or two out of 5 ), but thought I had typed 1983 in. So I'm taking 4

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@booboo My Bad. Full name and nickname were acceptable answers but surname wasn't. Now fixed.

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Thankfully a NZ Rugby Almanack from 2014 helped out here.

Steinlager Salver Recipients. I'd say 100% is nigh on impossible even with the clues I've given

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/83115/new-zealand-rugby-steinlager-salver-award-winners

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Wallabies Coaches in the World Cup era.

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/83115/australian-rugby-wallabies-head-coach

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@Rugger-Quizzes said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

Wallabies Coaches in the World Cup era.

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/83115/australian-rugby-wallabies-head-coach

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I don't get this one. Neither Clown, Steadie Eddie or Dingo come up as correct.

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[booboo]

@Rugger-Quizzes said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

Thankfully a NZ Rugby Almanack from 2014 helped out here.

Steinlager Salver Recipients. I'd say 100% is nigh on impossible even with the clues I've given

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/83115/new-zealand-rugby-steinlager-salver-award-winners

Missed:
2000 - interesting how "modern" he was
2006 - wouldn't have got him
2008 - could "see" him, couldn't remember name
2009 - would have got him if I could scroll through on my phone*
2012 - who?
2014 - oh yeah. Wouldn't have got him
2015 - mmm. See 2014 but even less so

• • sat next to him during an afternoon session at a cricket test in Hamilton v Zimbabwe. He passed comment that Nathan Astle would probably never be a test match player. I agreed.

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He was the manager at the time.

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[booboo]

@Rugger-Quizzes said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:

Wallabies Coaches in the World Cup era.

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/83115/australian-rugby-wallabies-head-coach

Took me a while to think of Di Paton's ex and moustachio fron 88-95. D'oh