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The Native's Rugby Tour team cap

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The Native's Rugby Tour team cap

The team cap for the New Zealand Natives’ rugby tour of 1888/89 was notable for the first use of the silver fern in New Zealand rugby. This symbol would come to be used on most New Zealand sporting uniforms.

Credit

Ron Palenski

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The Native's Rugby Tour team cap, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/natives-rugby-tour-team-cap, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated