Nelson will become the 8th NZ city to host an All Black test match. The last time a new city got to host the All Blacks was in 2008, when the All Blacks played Samoa in New Plymouth. Prior to that, Napier did it in 1996 against Samoa, and Hamilton did it in 1997 against Argentina. Since then Napier have hosted 2, New Plymouth 4 and Hamilton 13....

The All Blacks have their 3 Barrett brothers but in 1961 a Waikato team fielded a representative team with five Clarke brothers (Don, Doug, Graeme, Brian and Ian) all taking the field, although only Don and Ian were All Blacks. But there have been 3 other sets of 3 All Black brothers...