New Zealand national rugby league team

The New Zealand national rugby league team (Māori: [tīma rīki motu Aotearoa] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), nicknamed the Kiwis, represents New Zealand in international rugby league.

New Zealand

Team information
Nickname	Kiwis
Governing body	NZRL
Region	Asia-Pacific
Head coach	Michael Maguire
Captain	James Fisher-Harris
Most caps	Ruben Wiki (55)
Top try-scorer	Manu Vatuvei (22)
Top point-scorer	Shaun Johnson (219)
IRL ranking	1st
Uniforms
Team colours File:Kit body whiteV.png File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg First colours Team colours File:Kit body Vonwhite.png File:Kit right arm blackborder.png File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Second colours
Team results
First international
Wales 9–8 New Zealand (Aberdare, Wales; 1 January 1908)
Biggest win
Tonga 0–74 New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand; 1999) File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 0–74 New Zealand (Leeds, England; 8 October 2022) New Zealand 84–10 Cook Islands (Reading, England; 2000)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 0–58 Australia (Wellington, New Zealand; 14 October 2007)
World Cup
Appearances	16 (first time in 1954)
Best result	Gold medal – World Champions (2008)

Current roster

The New Zealand national team squad selected for the 2023 Pacific Championships.
Statistics in the table are drawn from the website, Rugby League Project and include the Final on 4 November 2023.
The Kiwis used the same 17 players for all three matches in the tournament, with Naufahu Whyte an unused 18th player in each match. Danny Levi, Wiremu Greig, and Keano Kini were not used, although they did play for New Zealand A against Tonga A on 21 October 2023.

J#	Player	Age	Position(s)	Kiwis						Club	NRL		Other Reps
				Dbt	M	T	G	F	P		CM	TM
1	Nicoll-Klokstad, CharnzeCharnze Nicoll-Klokstad	28	Fullback	2019	10	2	0	0	8	File:Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors	67	97	1 File:Cook Islands YGWG.png 3
2	Mulitalo, RonaldoRonaldo Mulitalo	23	Wing	2022	8	7	0	0	28	File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	87	87	File:Canterbury colours.svg 1
3	Timoko, MatthewMatthew Timoko	23	Centre	2023	3	1	0	0	4	File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders	62	62
4	Manu, JosephJoseph Manu	27	Centre, Fullback	2018	17	6	0	0	24	Sydney Roosters	158	158	1
5	Isaako, JamayneJamayne Isaako	27	Wing	2018	8	5	25	1	71	File:Dolphins colours.png Dolphins (NRL)	24	112	File:Canterbury colours.svg 1
6	Brown, DylanDylan Brown	23	Five-eighth	2022	8	2	2	0	12	File:Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels	99	99
7	Hughes, JahromeJahrome Hughes	29	Halfback	2019	10	6	0	0	24	File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm	125	127	2
8	Fisher-Harris, JamesJames Fisher-Harris	27	Prop	2016	15	2	0	0	8	File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers	180	180	5 File:Canterbury colours.svg 8
9	Foran, KieranKieran Foran	33	Hooker	2009	31	1	6	0	16	File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans	20	282	16x16px 2
10	Leota, MosesMoses Leota	28	Prop	2022	6	0	0	0	0	File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers	149	149	File:Canterbury colours.svg 1
11	Papali'i, IsaiahIsaiah Papali'i	25	Second-row	2018	10	2	1	0	10	File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers	23	139	File:Canterbury colours.svg 1
12	Nikora, BritonBriton Nikora	25	Second-row	2019	13	4	0	0	16	File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	111	111	5
13	Tapine, JosephJoseph Tapine	29	Prop	2016	19	2	0	0	8	File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders	169	189	5
14	Brown, Fa'amanuFa'amanu Brown	28	Hooker	2023	3	1	0	0	4	File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights	2	56	File:Canterbury colours.svg 8
15	Asofa-Solomona, NelsonNelson Asofa-Solomona	27	Prop, Second-row	2017	15	3	0	0	12	File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm	184	184
16	Neame, GriffinGriffin Neame	22	Prop, Second-row	2023	3	1	0	0	4	File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys	43	43
17	Thompson, LeoLeo Thompson	23	Prop	2023	3	0	0	0	0	File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights	41	41	2
18	Whyte, NaufahuNaufahu Whyte	21	Lock	—	0	0	0	0	0	Sydney Roosters	12	12
19	Levi, DannyDanny Levi	27	Hooker	2017	4	0	0	0	0	File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders	4	116	1 File:Canterbury colours.svg 5
20	Greig, WiremuWiremu Greig	23	Prop	—	0	0	0	0	0	File:Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels	20	20	1
21	Kini, KeanoKeano Kini	19	Wing	—	0	0	0	0	0	File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans	6	6

Notes

• File:Canterbury colours.svg Seven members of the squad had previously played for Samoa.
• Nine members of the squad had previously played for the Māori All Stars.
• File:Cook Islands YGWG.png Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad had previously played for Cook Islands.
• 12x12px Kieran Foran had previously played for the NRL All Stars.

New Zealand National Rugby League Team Media

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  Albert Henry Baskerville.

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  Dally Messenger, 1907 The one Australian All Black

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  Michael Joseph Savage Prime Minister 1935–40 was the patron of NZ Rugby League.

• The final home Test for Great Britain against New Zealand, played at Wigan RLFC's DW stadium in 2007

• The Kiwis celebrating their World Cup final victory.

• New Zealand performing their new 'Te Iwi Kiwi' Haka at the 2013 World Cup