When the All Blacks played France in Paris last November, they honoured New Zealand’s veterans of military of service by wearing an RSA Poppy embroidered onto their jersey.

One of those jerseys has now been gifted to the Royal New Zealand RSA to help raise funds to continue their support to our veterans.

National President Sir Wayne Shelford said it was heart-warming to see this show of support from the national team.

“Pulling on the Black Jersey is incredibly emotional for any player. But having that mark of respect for veterans embroidered on the sleeve takes it to another level.

The poppy is worn to honour the fallen, but this gift from the All Blacks will now allow us to provide more support to our living veterans.”

The "Remembrance Test" was played on 17 November (NZ time) with the All Blacks wearing the poppy to commemorate Remembrance Day and honour those New Zealanders who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service of their country.

The All Blacks wore the white version of the national jersey to differentiate from France’s dark blue.

The jersey has been signed by the 2024 All Blacks Squad and Coach Scott Robertson and is a true collector’s item, with no supporter version ever produced for sale.

The jersey is now being auctioned on Trade Me and closes on – the RSA is incredibly grateful to the All Blacks for the opportunity to raise more funds to improve the wellbeing of New Zealand's veterans.

The auction closes on Wednesday 7 May at 7.45pm and can be viewed here: https://rnzrsa.info/ABjersey25

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