Behind the Silver Fern

Trade Paperback

The All Blacks in their Own Words

From the legendary 1905 Originals' all the way through to the World Cup team of 2019, this unique history of the All Blacks lifts the lid on their experiences like never before.

Thanks to exhaustive archival research and exclusive new material garnered from a vast array of interviews with players and coaches from across the decades, Tony Johnson and Lynn McConnell unveil the compelling truth of what it means to play for the most successful team in the history of sport all the glory and the drama on the field, the great friendships off it, and the bonds of a brotherhood that extend far beyond the bright lights of a Test match.

Absorbing and illuminating, this is the ultimate history of All Black rugby told, definitively, by the men who have been there and done it.