the key message form my post was more about the reason behind black - ie it was all about highlighting the silver fern, not the total blackout of the shirt. Athletics did it first in 1890, rugby followed 2 years later, football coulnd wear black cos thats what the refs wore.
So it's really silver that holds the import, it's just the misheard comment around the NZ team playing like "all backs" that the All Blacks name got coined.
Eitherway, for most of us who have a living memory, NZ football are the All whites, white being our home shirt and the black being an alternate one. That covers at least 50 years of history.
So it's really silver that holds the import, it's just the misheard comment around the NZ team playing like "all backs" that the All Blacks name got coined.
Eitherway, for most of us who have a living memory, NZ football are the All whites, white being our home shirt and the black being an alternate one. That covers at least 50 years of history.