Talk:1888–89 New Zealand Native football team

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I did not think this was in fact actually classed as the start of the NZ Maori Team as stated in this page. The NZRU are celebrating 100 years of Maori rugby this year (2010). If the NZ Natives Team was the start then it would have been celebrated in 1988-89. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ukiwi78 (talk • contribs) 03:18, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Record against England
There's a problem at England_national_rugby_union_team that could use your help. There appears to be a slow-motion edit war of the 1888–1889 New Zealand Native football team link. Part of the issue may be an attempt to link to 1888–1889 New Zealand Maori football team. In any case, the current changes aren't working. This is in the table in the Overall section. wcrosbie (talk), Melbourne, Australia 07:57, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

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Infobox
I have removed the infobox that was added to this article. I have a number of problems with it that I will list: I have removed the infobox as redundant, if someone wants to add one, or discuss how a more appropriate one could be added, I'd be happy to discuss it here. -- Shudde talk 18:51, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It made the image of the team much smaller than otherwise, and therefore much less useful (it was barely visible)
 * It contained a number of errors -- for one the match information was wrong, win loss draw values are wrong
 * Did they even play "test" matches? Not really. None of the natives were awarded test caps and these are not recognised by New Zealand Rugby as test matches. To list them as such is incorrect.
 * Next tour is also wrong, this team is not Māori All Blacks despite the mistaken belief among some that they are, therefore there was no "next tour".