Ahead of the opening Test of The Investec Rugby Championship, we give you every number you need to know about the All Blacks. From argument winners to conversation closers, there is a full range of intriguing stats for the World Champions prior to the first game of the Bledisloe Cup, a trophy New Zealand has held since 2003.
2011918
Fans of the All Blacks on Facebook (as of 2:52pm NZT, 15 August, 2013)
3700 (roughly)
Days since the All Blacks won the Bledisloe Cup off Australia.
2859
Points scored by the All Blacks over the Wallabies at an average of 20 per Test.
1903
The year the All Blacks first met Australia in a Test match.
1124
Will be Ryan Crotty’s All Blacks number if he makes his Test debut off the bench.
1000
All Blacks prop Carl Hayman took this number, and is furthest back on the New Zealand playing list among those still competing in elite first class rugby.
874
Test caps in the All Blacks entire match day 22.
220
Total caps between Richie McCaw and Keven Mealamu. Never in history have two All Blacks boasted such international experience.
146
Times the two nations have met in what the IRB and NZR recognise as an official Test match.
102
Number of Test wins by Richie McCaw, the only man to reach this century.
99
Test wins by the All Blacks over the Wallabies. No nation has ever beaten another nation 100 times in international rugby.
79
Tests Richie McCaw has led the All Blacks.
76
The percentage of the All Blacks winning record against all comers, rounded up.
50
The highest score the All Blacks have put on the Wallabies, on (26 July, 2003).
35
The highest score the Wallabies have put on the All Blacks…in a losing effort.
32-34 (Numbers vary)
Cans or bottles of beer that the Bledisloe Cup can allegedly hold.
27
The average age of the All Blacks to play in Sydney, Dad’s Army indeed…
19
The age of the oldest current Wallaby in Stephen Moore when the Wallabies last won a Bledisloe Cup series.
15
The number of wins that new Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie notched over 19 meetings with Kiwi Super Rugby teams.
9.5
Percentage chance, calculated by history, that the All Blacks will lose a Test in a calendar year.
0
The number of Test caps every current Wallaby had collectively when Australia last held the Bledisloe Cup.
0
The difference between the teams when they last met (18-18).
4
The number of current All Blacks who were active the year we last knew Bledisloe Cup series defeat (Richie McCaw, Andrew Hore, Keven Mealamu and Tony Woodcock).
4
The combined number of World Cups between the two nations.
-894
The point’s differential between the Wallabies and the All Blacks for an average score line of 13-20.
