[2] New Zealand's first home Test was played the following year when they defeated Britain at Athletic Park, Wellington, by 9–3.

The day after their arrival on 8 September, the squad travelled 24 km (15 mi) to Newton Abbot, which served as the team's training base throughout much of the tour.

[9] Their first match took place on 16 September 1905 against Devon, who had been runners-up in the most recent English county championship, and for whom played ten members of Devonport Albion, the top club in England.

[11][12] Eventually the reports were corrected, and the New Zealanders returned to Newton Abbot to be greeted by a brass band and cheering crowd.

[18] After the following match against Middlesex, won 34–0 by the All Blacks, The Daily Chronicle said "These New Zealanders turn defence into attack with such bewildering rapidity as to prove that scrummaging is a mere detail.

Despite the small 6–3 advantage to the All Blacks at the break, they scored 10 unanswered points in the second half to win 16–3.

[25] The seven try win over Blackheath was considered by Wallace to be the end of the All Blacks' peak—"Unfortunately, after this game injuries began to take their toll and prevented us ever putting in so fine a team again on the tour.

[35] The Scotland Test was approaching, and the All Blacks decided to rest several players, Hunter, Billy Stead, Selling and George Gillett.

[4] After they found that the Rugby Football Union had approved the payments, a Calcutta Cup match was cancelled.

However, with four minutes to go the All Blacks had a scrum on halfway; the resulting movement finished with George Smith crossing for a try.

[48] The arrival in Ireland also marked a homecoming for the captain Dave Gallaher, who was born in County Donegal, but had moved to New Zealand at the age of four.

[54] The eight tries witnessed by the 3,000 strong crowd included a penalty try after Fred Roberts was tripped close to the line.

[57] The England Test was the All Blacks' third international in as many weeks; they had been played on successive Saturdays, with a mid-week match between each.

[56] English sportsman C. B. Fry said after the match, "The notion that these men beat us because of our physical degeneracy is nonsense.

Between tournaments the whistle is housed at the New Zealand Rugby Museum in Palmerston North and was donated to them by the chairman of the NZRFU and manager of the 1924–25 All Blacks.

[64] The game was played in Northern Union territory, and there were many league scouts trying to recruit All Black squad members to the rival code.

[4] Once they had applauded their haka, the crowd, led by 'Teddy' Morgan, sang the Welsh national anthem Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers).

The All Blacks' manager George Dixon and the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) could not agree on a referee.

The Welsh won a line-out on the All Blacks side of half-way and, with the resulting ball, kicked diagonally across-field which was fielded by New Zealand's Wallace.

[74] The incident was later the subject of different accounts, with Cliff Pritchard, Rhys Gabe and Welsh captain Gwyn Nicholls claiming to have been among the tacklers and in a good position to see that the ball was grounded short of the line, while Morgan believed a try should have been awarded.

[79] The dispute escalated to the point where Dixon threatened to pull out of the All Blacks' remaining Welsh fixtures.

[80] The dispute was resolved when the chairman of the RFU, Rowland Hill, got the WRU to accept Gil Evans (a Welshman from Birmingham) as referee for the final three matches.

The All Blacks scored a try early to Eric Harper and Wallace recalled "It looked as though we were going to win comfortably.

"[89] The first half was mainly spent in All Blacks territory as they struggled to gain ground kicking into a strong wind and, after 25 minutes, Swansea scored a try through Fred Scrine that was unconverted.

[90] However, soon after, Wallace gained possession and ran towards Swansea's 25-yard line before kicking a drop-goal in the strong wind to give the All Blacks a 4–3 lead.

The All Blacks travelled to Paris on New Year's Eve and on 1 January faced France at Parc des Princes.

[94] The team reassembled on 19 January and were farewelled by a dinner with the London New Zealand Society before departing Southampton on the SS New York the next day.

[97] These critics claimed this player—who fed the ball into the scrum—would obstruct opposition players, and that the only reason they were not being penalised was due to poor refereeing.

[97] Their success however was due to a combination of factors, the most important being the team's discipline and organisation, which was described at the time as a scientific approach.

The teams they encountered had forwards that understood their main role of winning possession for their backs, but would not support them when attacking.