 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Cunningham akapfuurira kutamba kuAuckland pakudzoka kwake kubva parwendo rweVokutanga. Vakanga vatorazve Ranfurly Shield muna 1905, uye akatamba mune dzinoverengeka dzekuzvidzivirira mumwaka unotevera. Akasarudzwa kuchikwata cheNew Zealand chakashanyira Australia muna 1907 uko akatamba mitambo minomwe, kusanganisira mitambo mitatu yose yekurwisa Australia. Akasarudzwazve nokuda kweVatema Vose muna 1908, nguva ino kuti atambe kufamba kweAnglo-Welshchikwata, uye akatamba muTest dzose nhatu. Uku ndiko kwaive kuoneka kwake kwekupedzisira kweNew Zealand, izvo zvakamupa 39 kuoneka kwechikwata chake chenyika, kusanganisira 9 Mitambo yeTest. Akazosarudzwa kuchikwata cheNew Zealand Māori chakatanga zvino chinonzi Māori All Blacks parwendo rwavo rwekuAustralia muna 1910, uyezve nerumwe rwendo muna 1912. 