Often they would have to take a boat to get from place to place," New Zealand Rugby Museum director Stephen Berg said. Sixteen years later and the second combined team from the UK arrived in New Zealand, a side then referred to as the British Rugby Team. The British Rugby Team wore a red, blue and white hooped jersey; one of which is proudly on display at the New Zealand Rugby Museum. He has left a nice little legacy in New Zealand rugby." • Thanks to the New Zealand Rugby Museum, its director Stephen Berg and rugby historian Clive Akers- NZ Herald

Source: New Zealand Herald May 22, 2017 16:52 UTC