Rugby timeline

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    Rugby timeline

    1870l Wirhana , first maori in starting line up for whangauni country
  • 1883

    1883

    1883, one of the first rugby clubs is formed in thames
  • 1888

    1888

    for the first time the haka is performed before a rugby match
  • 1889

    1889

    New Zeland natives tour britian
  • 1910

    1910

    the rugby team gets recognized by the NZRFU and play their first offical match
  • 1921

    1921

    NZ Maori lose 8-9 to South Africa
  • 1922-1925

    1922-1925

    NZ Maori play all the blacks for the first time losing 14-21 George Nepia plays 38 matches in a row
  • 1927

    1927

    NZ Maori tour the northern hemisphere winning 30 out of 40 matches
  • 1938

    1938

    New Zeland Maori tour Fiji
  • 1943

    1943

    New Zeland Maori battalion team wins the freyberg cup
  • 1949

    1949

    maori are excluded from the all blacks tour of south africa becuase of the wholly european player policy
  • 1956

    1956

    an intense rivalry against springsbok continuse when NZ maori plays South Africa at Eden park
  • 1960

    1960

    Maori players are excluded again from an all black tour in South Africa