My Latest All Blacks Quiz
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@dogmeat said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:
One I've never heard of
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Ian Clarke? Ron Elvidge? Bob Stuart? All before my time.I misspelt Randell - sorry Taine - so didn't get that.
For some reason I had forgotten about Reuben Thorne as well...I just have a poor memory I guess.
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@dogmeat Yeah didn't get him either. Bit strange that I have never heard of him. 26 matches, 9 tests,10 matches as Captain. Even toured the republic and played the Lions. Before my time but I've usually heard about guys with that sort of record.
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@snowy I think the early 50's are not very well known.
Most keen rugby nuts will know about 49 tour but it seems , and is certainly the case for me, that from then until we got our revenge in 56 it's a bit of a black hole. I checked we hosted the Lions and Australia and toured Oz and Europe in those seven years.
I got the captain of both series against the Lions/tour Europe but never heard of this bugger
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Updated World Rugby Player of the year quiz.
Not convinced 2017 winner was the best call mind you!
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@dogmeat said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:
@snowy I think the early 50's are not very well known.
Most keen rugby nuts will know about 49 tour but it seems , and is certainly the case for me, that from then until we got our revenge in 56 it's a bit of a black hole. I checked we hosted the Lions and Australia and toured Oz and Europe in those seven years.
I got the captain of both series against the Lions/tour Europe but never heard of this bugger
Gave some thought when I originally made this quiz to do it from the start of the All Blacks but thought it would be too hard. Even then doing it from WW2 onwards means that some of the 50s captains in particular are probably a bit forgettable.
Open to doing an expanded captains quiz though.
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Updated Top 5 by category.
New Zealand All Blacks Rugby - Top 5 Players by Category
Name the top 5 All Blacks by each category. Figures correct to the end of Rugby World Cup 2019
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Updated most caps by letter.
New Zealand Rugby All Blacks - Most Caps by Letter
Name the Most Capped All Blacks by letter of surname (No X or Z)
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Also updated 75 or more test starts.
New Zealand All Blacks Rugby - Most Test Starts
Name the players with 75 or more test starts. Updated to the end of August 2022.
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@snowy said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:
@dogmeat said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:
One I've never heard of
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Spoiler Text
Ian Clarke? Ron Elvidge? Bob Stuart? All before my time.I misspelt Randell - sorry Taine - so didn't get that.
For some reason I had forgotten about Reuben Thorne as well...I just have a poor memory I guess.
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I misspelt that guy too.
Couple i should have got.
Your srcond name was famous for the sort of heroics the medics wpuld be disciplined for nowadays. V Lions in the 50s. Could see the story but just could not think of his name.
The other two you mention i didn't get. Am not broen about though. But I did miss
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John Graham
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Who I shared a story about watching cricket with earlier in this thread after an earluer incarnation of this poll.
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And Bob Duff
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@rugger-quizzes said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:
Updated Top 5 by category.
New Zealand All Blacks Rugby - Top 5 Players by Category
Name the top 5 All Blacks by each category. Figures correct to the end of Rugby World Cup 2019
Got em all. Just snuck it in with about 20s left
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@rugger-quizzes said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:
Also updated 75 or more test starts.
New Zealand All Blacks Rugby - Most Test Starts
Name the players with 75 or more test starts. Updated to the end of August 2022.
Wow. Got this one with 2 mins left
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@rugger-quizzes said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:
Updated Top 5 by category.
New Zealand All Blacks Rugby - Top 5 Players by Category
Name the top 5 All Blacks by each category. Figures correct to the end of Rugby World Cup 2019
I missed out on one of the captains.
BECAUSE YOU MISSED OUR THIRD MOST CAPTAIN OF ALL TIME Boo!!!
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I'm confused. Did I miss 50 AB tests over last few years? The guy showing up as second most tests as captain. What am I missing there? Pretty sure I know who it should be but it didn't take my answer.
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Top 5 Tests as Captain
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Richard McCaw
51
Sam Whitelock
34
Kieran Read
30
Wilson Whineray
23
Reuben Thorne:::
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@dogmeat said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:
@rugger-quizzes said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:
Updated Top 5 by category.
New Zealand All Blacks Rugby - Top 5 Players by Category
Name the top 5 All Blacks by each category. Figures correct to the end of Rugby World Cup 2019
I missed out on one of the captains.
BECAUSE YOU MISSED OUR THIRD MOST CAPTAIN OF ALL TIME Boo!!!
Crikey - 2nd most. That particular player was moved out of the top 5 capped forwards this year. Pesky formatting. Apologies and now fixed!
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@snowy said in My Latest All Blacks Quiz:
I'm confused. Did I miss 50 AB tests over last few years? The guy showing up as second most tests as captain. What am I missing there? Pretty sure I know who it should be but it didn't take my answer.
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Top 5 Tests as Captain
110
Richard McCaw
51
Sam Whitelock
34
Kieran Read
30
Wilson Whineray
23
Reuben Thorne:::
Formatting error now fixed!
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Updated most appearances as a substitute quiz.
New Zealand All Blacks Rugby - Most appearances as a substitute
Name the players with 20 or more appearances as a replacement. Figures correct to the end of 2020
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Also updated most tests by decade
New Zealand Rugby All Blacks - Most Tests by Decade
Name the player who played the most tests in each decade
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@booboo said in [My Latest All Blacks Quiz]
Your srcond name was famous for the sort of heroics the medics wpuld be disciplined for nowadays. V Lions in the 50s. Could see the story but just could not think of his name.
I only know of him due to he and I growing up in the same house - albeit 60-70 years apart...
