<Tr> <Th> Appearances </Th> <Td> 15 (first time in 1954) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Best result </Th> <Td> Champions, 2008 </Td> </Tr> <P> The New Zealand national rugby league team (Māori: Tīma rīki motu Aotearoa) has represented New Zealand in rugby league since 1907 . Administered by the New Zealand Rugby League, they are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name . The team's colour's are majority black with white and the players perform a haka before every match they play as a challenge to their opponents . The New Zealand Kiwis are currently second in the RLIF World Rankings . Since the 1980s, most New Zealand representatives have been based overseas, in the professional National Rugby League and Super League competitions . Before that players were selected entirely from clubs in domestic New Zealand leagues . </P> <P> A New Zealand side first played in a 1907 professional rugby tour which pre-dated the birth of rugby league football in the Southern Hemisphere, making it the second oldest national side after England . Since then the Kiwis have regularly competed in international competition, touring Europe and Australia throughout the 20th century . New Zealand have competed in every Rugby League World Cup since the first in 1954, reaching three consecutive tournament finals between 2000--2013 . In 2008, New Zealand won the World Cup for the first time . They also contest the Baskerville Shield against England . </P>

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