AMERICAN REACTS TO Why tiny New Zealand dominates rugby | REACTION

the black ferns are the most dominant female team - they may be third at the moment but they have won 35 of the 56 tournament contested and like the male team are a formidable force

One of the first toy a kid got in NZ was a RUGBY BALL

You should look at The Americas Cup and how New Zealand has won so many times for such a small country.

Ripper rugby is only recent when we were kids we played full contact from the age of 5

So proud to be a New Zealander!

as a 57 yr old male from nz that started watching our ferns play a few years ago i can only say if you want to see a fast game with big hits great breakaways more exspansive rugby and a mix of baeutiful mixed with tough our wahine are the ones to watch all our womens teams are fantastic but they need more support from nz as a nation so cmon give them loads more funding more air time and more support im sure with all of this you will not see something great but something amazing

Absolutely enjoyed this video! Much love from New Zealand brother ❤🖤

Here in New Zealand it's what you played every Saturday mate and yes women play as well check out women's rugby world cup won't be disappointed

The reason why the All Blacks received their name, wasn’t due to the Jersey colour (it wasn’t originally black), but due to a UK newspaper misprint, that was meant to say that the team played like ‘All Backs’ (ie: fast and skillful). The name stuck, apparently.

I really really love how innocent you are and how humble you are too as you comment of a sport and country you knew little about. New Zealand really is the flag bearer to the world of dominant rugby and the flare to make rugby innovative and appealing to the world Thank you and I'll subscribe to your channel

this is one documentary I haven't watched, glad to learn something new along side you bro!

SA only won that final by 1 point even after all that help from the ref fe couldn't even score a single try against the abs in a rugby final Plus the only country that has had actually defended their title well is the All blacks. Sure SA has 1 more wc than New Zealand for now but they never have a rein of absolute dominance in the 4 years between world cups like the Abs have. That's just the hard facts saffas choose to ignore to make yourselves feel better about living in the shadows of the abs for the last 100 years

Also highly recommend watching "Richie McCaw: Chasing Great". Inspirational stuff. Man captained (and won) the 2011 RWC Final with a broken foot, in secret.

What must also be remembered is the earlier All Blacks were all working men, they were not classified as professionals as they are with today's All Blacks, nor were they paid or compensated as the All Blacks of today. The diversity of available sports has changed the input to rugby. In my G.Grandad's and Grandad's Day, there were only 2 options of winter sports, rugby, more rugby and soccer (football), girls did not play men's sports, so there is a decrease on entrants, but the pool the selectors now raw from are already the cream of the crop. The All Blacks are the best and any loss is considered as a learning experience not a pity party, albeit us supporters take a loss to heart, well we all do in reality, but move on and learn.

Fun fact. USA won the first gold medal in the 1924 summer Olympics in Paris

One issue in many smaller centers of New Zealand is where schools leavers from the age of 16, have nowhere to play. Often, there aren't competitions that cater for U18 and U20/21 and the step up to mens grades are too great. As a result,we're losing too many from the sport.

Its cause we love being outside and being active. We tend to do well (for our size) at most sports we compete in

Some background info about rugby: - Rugby Union only went professional in 1995. Before that it was an amateur game. - The first rugby world cup was in 1987. - Before that national teams would 'tour' in the summer. Before international flights this meant sailing to the other side of the world which took weeks and these tours would last several months staring with local teams and then finishing in a series of International Tests against the home nations international team. The most famous Touring side are the British & Irish Lions. The Lions are made up of the best players from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Every 4 years they tour either South Africa, New Zealand or Australia. The next tour is in 2025 to Australia. Many players rate playing in a Lions Test series as the high point of their career, even above the world cup. For the British and Irish players this is because: - The history of the Lions and the prestige of being a British Lion. Especially those that win a test series. - It only happens ever 4 years. - To get into the squad, let alone the test team you have to be the best not just in your own country, but out of all the home nations. - All the advantages are with the home team. The Lions are a scratch team of talented players who only have a short time to develop a style of play and get to know each other, playing away against one of the best sides in the world, who in contrast have had years to develop their playing style and become familiar with their team mates. - All the above mean winning a Test serise is the ultimate challenge for British and Irish players, arguably tougher than winning a World Cup. For the Spring Boks, All Blacks and Aussies it's equally as big a deal because: - The history of the Lions and the rivalry with their mother country. - For them a Lions test series only happens once every 12 years, usually just once in their career. Lions tours are at least as big a deal as the World Cup and have a much longer history. Two legendary Lions tours are the 1971 Lions tour to NZ and the 1974 Lions tour of SA. There's a brilliant documentary on the latter here: https://youtu.be/OqE8GH4IMK0 Another very good documentary series is 'Living with the Lions' from the 1997 tour to SA. https://youtu.be/35gk6PX1-0U The 2009 Second test vs the Spring Boks is famous for being perhaps the hardest match since the game went professional and so full on that many of the players ended up being taken to hospital afterwards: https://youtu.be/_4AahrwjOmM

Women's rugby has sky rocketed in the last 5 or 6 years from being of casual interest to some to being a highly entertaining, high skill level professional sport with significant interest among all rugby fans.

we start playing tackle at around 6-8 years old, we call high schools high school most of the time unless they're fancier then they typically get called colleges