New Zealand All Blacks Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-29 · 137 entries checked · 120 flagged · 340 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 340 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Ka Mate — The entry states 'Primary Usage=All Blacks pre-match challenge (until 2013; occasionally used since 2005)' which is contradictory and factually inaccurate; Ka Mate was not replaced by Kapa o Pango until 2005 and has continued to be used frequently alongside it

Ka Mate — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section says 'In total all 22 international rugby union sides that have played the All Blacks have faced 'Ka Mate' at least once before a test match' — this is factually incorrect, as some teams have faced Kapa o Pango instead on certain occ

Eden Park — The entry states 'South Africa beat New Zealand 5–9', which reverses the correct score; the actual result was South Africa 9, New Zealand 5.

Silver Fern — The silver fern is NOT native to Lord Howe Island; it is endemic to New Zealand and does not occur there.

Black Jersey — The 1888–1889 New Zealand Native football team did not play an official Ireland national team; they played an Irish XV, and the claim they 'beat Ireland in Dublin' is incorrect.

Black Jersey — The All Blacks wore black jerseys before the 1888 Natives; the 1884 New Zealand team wore black, so the claim that the haka and black shirts were adopted from the Natives is reversed.

Bledisloe Cup — The entry states New Zealand won the trophy in 2025 for the 53rd time, but 2025 has not occurred and the most recent known win would be in 2024 or earlier, making the year and count inaccurate.

Bledisloe Cup — The entry says 'Since 1996, the cup has been contested as part of the annual Tri Nations tournament,' but the Tri Nations became The Rugby Championship in 2012, so the statement is outdated and incomplete.

Rugby World Cup — Richie McCaw played 20 Rugby World Cup matches, not 24.

Rugby World Cup — The record for most tries in a single Rugby World Cup tournament is 8, not 7; Jonah Lomu scored 8 in 1999 and Julian Savea scored 8 in 2015.

British & Irish Lions — The entry states the Lions most recently toured Australia in 2025 and won the test series 2–1, but the 2025 tour has not yet occurred; the most recent tour was to South Africa in 2021.

British & Irish Lions — The entry claims the Lions lead the series record vs All Blacks with '2 Draws (1971, 2017) to 3 Series Wins for New Zealand', but the 1971 series was a Lions win, not a draw.

Australia Rivalry — The entry refers to the 'Australia Rivalry' but the content describes a New Zealand tour of South Africa, which is a different rivalry (New Zealand vs. South Africa, not Australia).

Australia Rivalry — The Freedom Cup is contested between New Zealand and South Africa, not New Zealand and Australia; the entry incorrectly applies it to this tour.

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