 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1987, NZRFU yakanyorera International Rugby Football Board, zvino inozivikanwa seInternational Rugby Board IRB, ichikumbira mukana wokugamuchira Rugby World Cup yokutanga. Mukombe Wenyika wa 1987 pakupedzisira wakapiwa New Zealand neAustralia. VaAll Blacks vakasvika kumagumo, uko vaizosangana neFrance. VaAll Blacks vakakunda uye vakagadzwa kuva Vakwikwidzi Venyika vokutanga munhau. Mumakore ekuma1980, zvikwata zvematunhu zveNew Zealand zvakatora chikamu muSouth Pacific Championship, pamwe nezvikwata kubva kuAustralia neFiji. Muna 1992 rudzi urwu rwemakwikwi rwakazotangwazve seSuper Sixes, uye rwakawedzerwa kuva Super 10 gare gare. Sezvo rugby yakapinda munguva yehunyanzvi pakati pemakore ekuma1990, pamwe neSouth Africa neAustralia, New Zealand yakaumba SANZAR, iyo yaizoona ivo vachitanga makwikwi epasi rose, anozivikanwa seSuper 12. Mumwaka wa1996 Super 12 yakaratidza kuti Auckland Blues yakapedza semakwikwi, nepo Waikato Chiefs 6th, Otago Highlanders 8th, Wellington Hurricanes 9th, uye Canterbury Crusaders 12th. Chibvumirano cheSANZAR chakaonawo kuumbwa kweTri Nations Series, makwikwi ari pakati pemapoka emarudzi, maAll Blacks, maSpringboks nemaWallabies. The All Blacks vakakunda mutambo wokutanga. Kutanga muna 2012 mutambo uyu uchabatanidzwa neArgentina Pumas kuti vagadzire The Rugby Championship. New Zealand yaifanira kugamuchira World Cup ya2003 pamwe chete neAustralia, asi kusawirirana neIRB kwakaita kuti makwikwi acho apiwe Australia yose. Muna 2006, New Zealand yakakunda kodzero yekugamuchira World Cup ya2011. 