“New Zealand has a curious theme in the naming of its national teams. Off the top of my head, there’s the All Blacks, the rugby team; the Tall Blacks, the basketball team; the All Whites, the soccer team; the Black Caps, the cricket team; and the Silver Ferns, the netball team (whose uniforms consist of black shorts and black jerseys). Really, calling it a theme is inaccurate, since that implies an superordinate idea (and consistent application); what they have instead are branchings from the progenitorial All Blacks.”
