Talk:List of New Zealand national rugby union players

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Rugby union Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Rugby union, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of rugby union on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Rugby unionWikipedia:WikiProject Rugby unionTemplate:WikiProject Rugby unionrugby union articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

New Zealand High‑importance

	New Zealand portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New Zealand and New Zealand-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New ZealandWikipedia:WikiProject New ZealandTemplate:WikiProject New ZealandNew Zealand articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Biography: Sports and Games

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	Sports portal This article is supported by the sports and games work group (assessed as Low-importance).

Lists Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Lists, an attempt to structure and organize all list pages on Wikipedia. If you wish to help, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.ListsWikipedia:WikiProject ListsTemplate:WikiProject ListsList articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

This article is written in New Zealand English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, realise, analyse, centre, fiord) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

[Untitled]

This article is misleadingly titled: if a list of NZ national rugby union players then it should include Black Ferns. It is, more accurately, a list of All Blacks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.237.191.89 (talk) 09:51, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No more so than all equivalent lists for other countries noq (talk) 10:53, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Which suggests that this, and equivalent lists for other countries, should be amended appropriately. In this case, 'List of All Blacks' would suffice. For countries such as England, in respect of which the senior men's team is known only as 'England', the appropriate title might be 'List of England senior men's representative rugby union (fifteen a side) players'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.237.191.89 (talk) 12:02, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sortname template

The list should use the sortname template for the names. Currently, the list is sorted by first name, which is hardly helpful. I'll edit a couple of entries as an example, so that you see what I mean. Schwede 66 17:33, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

#335

I've just set up a Wikidata entry for this player and cropped his image from the 1928 All Blacks Souvenir Book. His full name is Edward Percival Ward and he is shown in this list with Edward Ward (rugby union) as a red link. Wondering why he is shown as "P. Ward" in the image caption, I had a look on PapersPast and it seems his common name is Pat Ward. In this search, you get two different gents with this name: our All Black is one and the other is a son of Joseph Ward with the full name of Awarua Patrick Ward. Anybody know why the red link is the way it is? Shall we change it? Schwede 66 23:28, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

#338

The red link for #338 says David Lindsay (rugby union) but this article in The Timaru Herald suggests that his common name is Dave Lindsay. As it's not my core area of expertise (or interest), I thought I'd ask rather than just go ahead and change it. Schwede 66 23:43, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Secondary school column

ClashNZL, what makes you believe that a column for secondary school is needed or desirable? Schwede 66 04:07, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Schwede66 and ClashNZL: -- yes I have to agree. This doesn't seem notable than me, and that's not even considering that many of them probably attended more than one school. I will consider boldly removing it, as I can't think of a reasonable justification for it. -- Shudde^talk 19:39, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Shudde, Schwede66, and ClashNZL: I agree too. Be bold! Paora (talk) 21:00, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have gone ahead and removed it. -- Shudde^talk 19:22, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that spoils my intention to expand this page with further columns/info. I will leave you to it then ToddyOC (talk) 16:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]