Answer: All Backs
The newspaper intended for the paper to read, "They played as all backs" because the team had gone on a try-scoring frenzy in their previous match.
From Quiz: All Blacks Northern Exposure
Answer: Auckland 24 - Canterbury 0
The final score was Auckland 28-Canterbury 23. The tryscorers for Auckland were Joe Stanley, Terry Wright, John Kirwan, John Drake, and Steve McDowell.
From Quiz: Auckland Ranfurly Shield
Answer: 1999
Despite grabbing a home final, the Highlanders couldn't deny the Crusaders from winning a seond straight Super 12 title in 1999.
From Quiz: Highlanders Super 12 History
Answer: Tali
Semisi is Jonah's Dad's name, Moses was one of his Uncles, and John his younger brother.
From Quiz: Jonah and the Whale
Answer: 98
Clarke scored 737 points in all those games, including 11 tries, 106 conversions, and 154 penalty goals, an average of 7.5 per game. His record wasn't broken until 1993.
From Quiz: Don Clarke: All Black Legend
Answer: Auckland
The first holder was to be the union with the best record for the 1902 season.
Auckland, with an unbeaten record, was declared the first winner of the Ranfurly Shield.
Incidentally, the shield should have been a 'cup', designed for a soccer competition, and the centre piece then had to be altered.
From Quiz: New Zealand Rugby
Answer: 11
The All Blacks played 12 un-defeated test matches in 1997. The only blemish a 26-26 draw versus England.
From Quiz: The All Blacks of 1997
Answer: Ireland
The only side to have managed to defeat the All Blacks in 1978, where the Grand Slam was only partial.
From Quiz: All Blacks Northern Exposure
Answer: Counties
Auckland may have won the game, but Counties managed the games only try scored by McLean.
From Quiz: Auckland Ranfurly Shield
Answer: John Leslie
Leslie was captain in 1996, Randell from 1997-2003, Oliver from 2004-2006, and Josh Blackie in 2007.
From Quiz: Highlanders Super 12 History
Answer: Auckland
Jonah was born in a hospital in Greenlane, Auckland, in May 1975.
From Quiz: Jonah and the Whale
Answer: Waikato 14 South Africa 10
The South Africans brought a Springbok head with them, to present to the first team to beat them on tour, so it didn't last long!
From Quiz: Don Clarke: All Black Legend
Answer: 2
The outspoken winger, in 1983, captained NZ twice.
From Quiz: New Zealand Rugby
Answer: The "winning" try wasn't awarded as the ball was moved back from the try line
Bob Deans had scored the try and had gotten up to celebrate the try that would have won the "Originals" match, and respectively the Grand Slam. However, the referee was wearing inappropriate clothing and was 40m from the play. A Welsh player took the chance to move the ball back before the line, and the try was not awarded.
From Quiz: All Blacks Northern Exposure
Answer: 97-0
Auckland turned down a penalty opportunity in the last minute which would have taken them to 100 points, and decided to try and score a try instead.
From Quiz: Auckland Ranfurly Shield
Answer: Blues
The Highlanders defeated the Blues 22-11 in Carisbrook, the only defeat the Blues endured before winning the 2003 title.
From Quiz: Highlanders Super 12 History
Answer: 12th May 1975
Jonah was born on 12th May 1975, interestingly his younger brother John was born exactly one year later on 12th May 1976.
From Quiz: Jonah and the Whale
Answer: 3rd against South Africa 1956
Having lost the 2nd Test in 1956, the selectors made a few changes for the 3rd. It worked out well. New Zealand won 17-10, and went on to win the series 3-1 after also winning at Eden Park, Auckland.
From Quiz: Don Clarke: All Black Legend
Answer: 1921
It was 13th August, 1921, NZ triumphed 13-5 at Carisbrook. The series was drawn 1-1 (SA won 2nd test 9-5 at Eden Park, while the 3rd test was a gruelling 0-0 draw at Athletic Park!)
The team for the first test was ;
Prop Bill Duncan
Prop Ned Hughes
Lock Jim Moffitt
Lock Jock Richardson
Flanker Moke Belliss
Flanker Richard Fogarty
Scrum Half Ginger Nicholls
Fly Half Cecil Badeley
Right Wing Percival Storey
Centre George Aitken (c)
Centre Marcus Nicholls
Left Wing John Steel
Fullback Nipper Kingstone
Whom I had heard of none, sadly!
From Quiz: New Zealand Rugby
Answer: New Zealand won 25-8
The 25-8 scoreline was the greatest margin of victory between these two countries at the time, surpassing the All Blacks 16 point victory at the 1995 RWC.
From Quiz: The All Blacks of 1997
Answer: 1905
This was the fabled Originals side which won all but one of their games to Wales in a spark of controversy. Neither side has admitted fault or reached other agreements over the matter.
From Quiz: All Blacks Northern Exposure
Answer: 18-6
Up until 1984, North Harbour formed part of the Auckland Rugby Union.
From Quiz: Auckland Ranfurly Shield
Answer: 3
The 3 provinces that make up the Highlanders franchise were Otago, Southland, and North Otago.
From Quiz: Highlanders Super 12 History
Answer: Tonga
They were from the Ha'Apai Islands. Jonah did go to live there for a while with his aunt and uncle.
From Quiz: Jonah and the Whale
Answer: Don Clarke kicked six penalty goals
In those days, tries were worth 3 points. The Lions scored four tries to New Zealand's none, so there was a call to downvalue the penalty goal. Eventually, the value of the try was increased, to 4 and then to 5 points.
From Quiz: Don Clarke: All Black Legend
Answer: Wales
It was as a second half replacement for Norm Hewitt.
From Quiz: The All Blacks of 1997
Answer: Two hakas were performed
The members of Munster who were formerly All Blacks, performed a haka of their own. Also the players were far from being booed as the All Black kickers were put off by the silence, when kickers were about to be kicked out of respect by the Munster fans.
From Quiz: All Blacks Northern Exposure
Answer: Matthew Ridge
Before finding fame as a television host, Ridgey played for both the Manly Sea Eagles and the Auckland Warriors in the ARL.
From Quiz: Auckland Ranfurly Shield
Answer: 11
Jonah was the winger, and in his book calls number 11 the loneliest number. Number 2 is for a hooker and number 10 the fly-half. Number 20 was only for a sub.
From Quiz: Jonah and the Whale
Answer: 175
He kicked 32 conversions, 32 penalty goals and 4 dropped goals, and also scored one try. South Africa won the test series 2-1, with the third test drawn. In those days touring teams played two matches a week, and there were no replacements allowed during international games. No subbing off if you got tired, or even injured!
From Quiz: Don Clarke: All Black Legend
Answer: Zinzan Brooke
Having scored 3 drop goals in his illustrious career, Zinzan is listed as 7th on NZ's list, pretty remarkable when I look further down the list and there don't seem to be any other forwards.
Mehrts leads on 10, while Fox is next on 7.
From Quiz: New Zealand Rugby
Answer: Keith Wood
Outsprinted Jeff Wilson to claim his double
From Quiz: The All Blacks of 1997
Answer: Three Ostrich feathers
Unlike South Africa, the Welsh shirt has no national flag on it, nor a major national emblem, like the All Blacks' Silver fern and no nation has a portrait of a person on it. The three ostrich feathers are the symbol of the Prince of Wales or the Sovereign Prince of Wales in the British monarchy.
From Quiz: All Blacks Northern Exposure
Answer: There were no scrums
After their hooker was taken from the field, Canterbury claimed to not have a suitably experienced replacement, and the referee had to order that no scrums be packed down.
From Quiz: Auckland Ranfurly Shield
Answer: Simon Culhane
Simon Culhane scored 91 points in 1998, with 1 try, 7 conversions, 23 penalty goals, and 1 dropped goal. Tony Brown scored 90 points with 1 try, 20 conversions, and 15 penalty goals. Jeff Wilson was the leading try scorer for the Highlanders with 10 (50 points), and Brendon Laney only scored 2 tries and a dropped goal for 13 points.
From Quiz: Highlanders Super 12 History
Answer: France
Christchurch on 26th June 1994, was Jonah's first test appearance in the All Black jersey. New Zealand lost 8-22. It was also the 100th match of the great French player, Phillipe Sella.
From Quiz: Jonah and the Whale
Answer: He kicked it at right angles to the goalposts from the sideline and the wind blew it through the posts.
The game was played in an 80 m.p.h. (128 km/h) gale. That's near hurricane-strength! New Zealand won the game 5-3.
From Quiz: Don Clarke: All Black Legend
Answer: All won NPC titles
They all won the NPC titles, Auckland 1st div, Taranaki 2nd div and North Harbour 3rd div.
From Quiz: New Zealand Rugby
Answer: Jannie De Beer
Up until that point De Beer was kicking very well. He had earlier landed two long distance drop goals.
From Quiz: The All Blacks of 1997
Answer: Player violence
France inititally joined the tournament in 1910, but had gone through too many warnings since. Finally in 1930, they were banned from the tournament, and did not play in it again until 1947.
From Quiz: All Blacks Northern Exposure
