All Blacks XV: A team of New Zealanders involved in the Six Nations

Fullback: Gareth Anscombe - Wales

• The son of former Auckland and Ulster coach Mark Anscombe, Gareth was born in Auckland and went to Rosmini College on the North Shore.
• He played for the Chiefs and the Blues and the New Zealand under 20s before heading to Wales in 2015 to play for Cardiff.
• He has 20 caps so far for Wales, qualifying through his Cardiff born Mum.

Winger: Sean Maitland - Scotland

• He was born in Tokoroa (that's two from the Waikato town) and went to Hamilton Boys' High.
• He's the cousin of another famous Tokoroa export, the former Wallabies first-five Quade Cooper.
• He was an athletics star, recording a personal best of 11.29 and 22.30 seconds for the 100m and 200m respectively.
• Maitland is half-Scottish and is of Samoan and Maori descent from his mother's side.
• He spent 2005 and 2006 in the New Zealand Schools team and was a member of New Zealand under-19 World Cup winning side in 2007 and the New Zealand under-20 side in 2008 winning the Junior World Championship.
• He played for the Maori All Blacks and the Crusaders and moved to the UK in 2012, before being picked for Scotland in 2013.
• He's played 35 tests for Scotland so far.

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: Sean Maitland of Scotland looks to break with the ball during the 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool B match between Samoa and Scotland at St James' Park on October 10, 2015 in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Centre: Ben Te'o - England

• ig Ben was born in Auckland to a Pakeha mother and Samoan father.
• He was a rugby league prodigy, selected for the New Zealand Under 16s in 2003 and the 2005 Junior Kiwis.
• He also played rugby union as a junior.
• Te'o moved to Australia at the age of 17 and lived on the Gold Coast in Queensland, playing rugby league with Keebra Park State High School, before stints in the NRL with the Wests Tigers, Brisbane Broncos, South Sydney and Queensland.
• He's also played league for Samoa.

Ben Teo of England celebrates first try during the RBS 6 Nations match, between England and France at Twickenham Stadium, London , UK, on the 4th February 2017.

Centre: Bundee Aki - Ireland

• Born in Auckland to Samoan parents, Aki went to Manurewa High School and played for Counties Manukau and the Chiefs before heading to Connacht in 2014.
• After spending three years in Ireland he qualified for the national team in 2017 and was rushed straight in by New Zealand born Ireland coach Joe Schmidt.
• He's played 11 tests including Ireland's recent historic first win on Irish soil over the All Blacks in Dublin.

Winger: Hadleigh Parkes - Wales

• He was born and raised in Hunterville, New Zealand
• After the end of the 2014 ITM Cup season, Parkes moved to the Scarlets, one of the four professional Welsh regional teams
• Parkes was selected in the Wales national team for the 2017 Autumn International fixtures and made his debut in the final match against South Africa on 2 December 2017, after he became eligible under the three years residence criteria
• He's gone onto win 10 caps, scoring three tries

Fly-half: Joey Carbery - Ireland

• Carbery was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to Irish parents from Athy, County Kildare
• He moved with his family back to Athy, Ireland when he was 11 years old

Scrum-half: Jayden Hayward - New Zealand

• Hs a New Zealand-born rugby union Italian player currently playing for Benetton Rugby.
• The speedster obtained Italian citizenship and is now playing for Italy, making his test debut against Fiji at Catania on 11 November 2017.
• We had no scrum-halves so the winger is filling in

Prop: Mako Vunipola - England

• Born in Wellington to Tongan parents, he would live in New Zealand until he was nine.
• The British and Irish Lions prop dreamt of becoming an All Black and wearing the famous jersey just like his late idol, former All Blacks wing Jonah Lomu.

Man of the Match Mako Vunipola of Saracensduring the Gallagher Premiership Match between Saracens and Gloucester Rugby at Allianz Park, London on September 23. - PHOTO: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK - Rugby

Hooker: Dylan Hartley - England

• Hartley was born in Kaharoa, a rural area between Rotorua and Tauranga. He went to Rotorua Boys' High School where he began playing rugby alongside with former All Black loosie Liam Messam.
• Hartley grew up in New Zealand, but his mother was born in England meaning he qualified for them.
• He left for the UK when he was just 15, meaning he didn't complete his final year at Rotorua Boys' High.

Prop: Simon Berghan - Scotland

• The 28-year-old is a New Zealand-born Scotland international who plays his club rugby for Edinburgh
• He is eligible to represent Scotland through his grandfather, Andrew Davidson, from Stirling
• The prop has won 14 caps so far

Lock: Dean Budd - Italy

• Budd was born and raised in Whangarei and played for Northland.
• He played in Japan before moving to Italy in 2012.
• He plays for Treviso, who's head coach, New Zealander Kieran Crowley, named him as captain for the 2017-18 season.
• Wikipedia tells us he is currently living with his pet dog Due.

Lock: Uini Antonio - France 

Flanker: Jimmy Tuivaiti - Italy

• He is an, New Zealand born, Italian rugby union player
• His usual position is as a Flanker, and he currently plays for Zebre

Flanker: John Hardie - Scotland

• Born in Lumsden in Southland Hardie went to Southland Boys' High and played for Southland the Highlanders in Super Rugby.
• He played five seasons for the Highlanders before moving to the UK.
• He currently plays for Newcastle and has 16 caps for Scotland, broken up by a suspension for alleged cocaine use.
• Hardie reportedly chased down and caught a shoplifter at Edinburgh's Ocean Terminal shopping centre while playing for Edinburgh.

Number 8: Brad Shields - England

• Shields was born in Masterton to English parents (qualifying him for England) and went to Taita College in Lower Hutt, where he was deputy head boy.
• He played for the New Zealand under 20s, had 60 games for Wellington and is a Hurricanes centurion playing 100 Super Rugby games as well as captaining the side.
• He moved to England at the end of this year's Super Rugby season and was cleared by New Zealand Rugby to play for England in June against South Africa.

Brad Shields of England is tackled by Pieter-Steph Du Toit of South Africa during the Quilter International Match between England and South Africa at Twickenham Stadium, Richmond, London on November 3. - PHOTO: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK