Reason 1: after one of the team's big victories in 1905 , a newspaper planned to have 'All backs' as it's head line. They suggested that the forwards were playing like backs; but the printer made an error and actually gave the head line as 'All Blacks'.
Reason 2: a rugby writer said that he begin to referring to the rugby team from N.Z. as 'All Blacks' because of the colour of their uniform. He said the only colours not black were the silver fern on the left side of the shirt and the white on their boot laces.
What do you think??
BY Hayden
I think that the second reason is probably correct - the name came about because of the colour of the uniforms.
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