Oral presentation

Hello to everybody we are David and Jaume and now we’re going to talk about the All Blacks, the national team of New Zealand. First of all, we will introduce the topic, then the history, competitions, equipment, haka, players, stadiums, the conclusions and finally we will show to you a little video about the haka, the typical dance that the players dance before a match.

Introduction (Jaume)

The national rugby team of New Zealand, the all blacks is one of the most important icons of the country. The All blacks are one of the myths of the world of this sport, and of course of New Zealand because in this country rugby is the national sport.

The All blacks are very famous for his history, his equipment, how they play and his dance, haka. Now, the All Blacks have the best player in the world, Richie McCaw, and also he is the Captain.

The national team of New Zealand currently are on the top of the International rugby’s ranking.

History (Jaume and David)

The national team of New Zealand did a tour in the British Islands to play against the English, Welsh, Irish, Icelanders clubs, and later against France and USA. The tour lasted six months and New Zealand played 33 games, they won 31, they lost 1 and they drawed 1. New Zealand was considered one of the best national teams in the world. The All Blacks name comes from the style of play that had those guys, and not his black shirt.// In New Zealand they were not aware of the successes and learned by the journalists, were when the players became heroes by the people of New Zealand. Until 1981 Australia and New Zealand played the Bledisloe Cup, but from 1995 the tournament was renamed because South Africa was added at the competition. In 2012, it happened another time because Argentina was added at the competition, and the new name was Rugby Championship.

Competitions (David)

The national team of New Zealand plays two competitions. The most important is world cup, where play against all the best rugby’s teams of the world. The few teams that discuss the title at this national team are South-Africa, Australia and England.

The other competition was the Tri Nations Championship, where plays South-Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The all Blacks has win 9 times this competition and the other teams two each one. But since 2012, another team has joined in this competition: Argentina, but they aren’t win a tournament yet.

Equipment (Jaume)

From 1884 to 1893 the equipment was blue and white, the shirt was blue and white and the short trousers were black and with a fern leaf on the top left but in 1893 the New Zeland federation decided to change the equipment, and the equipment became black, the shirt and also the short trousers, with the same fern leaf on the top left and on the top right the adidas brand.

This is when they are local, but when they are visitors they wear a grey t-shirt and black short trousers. Since 2002 the All Blacks have a contract with adidas for 200 million of dollars during 9 years, with the condition that the All Blacks have to keep his record, they have to won the 75% of the matches.

The haka (David)

We called haka the group dance traditional Maori origin, but one usually refers to the name specifically the Maori war dance. Currently usually do before every game with the All Blacks, the national rugby team of New Zealand. This dance is also used for welcome the guests or for intimidation the opponent. In new Zeland, the Haka is also called Ka mate.

Sometimes, the haka is challenged by rivals of the All Blacks. In the Rugby World Cup 2007, the French team, stepped in front, just a meter away from the Kiwis as they prepared to do the haka and looked face to face during the ritual, as in the end of the Rugby World Cup 2011, was advancing defiantly while performing the Kapa O Pango why the International Rugby Board fined the French team for the challenge.

The Players (David)

The national team of New Zealand is formed by 32 players, 18 forwards, 14 backs. The most important players are the leading scorer Dan Carter, and the player that has played more matches, Richie McCaw.

Stadiums (Jaume)

The national team of New Zealand hasn’t got an official stadium, so this team plays in different stadiums in different cities of his country. Since 2005 to 2006 the national had been playing in a lot of stadiums like:  Eden Park de Auckland; el North Harbour Stadium de North Shore City; el Westpac Stadium en Wellington; el AMI Stadium. In the Athletic Park the national team played his first international match against England in 1904. The government of New Zealand proposed to do a new stadium in Auckland, but the project has refused for the Regional Council Auckland.

Conclusions (David)

As a conclusion, we have enjoyed a lot doing this presentation because it’s a sport topic. We have learned some things about the national team of New Zealand because firstly we only know the All Blacks for his dance, but now we know about his history, his equipment, his stadiums, about the players, etc.

Have you got any questions?

David Costa: All Blacks
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