Nude Blacks played the girls' rugby team who stripped every time they ran in a try?

the Dunedin-based Nude Blacks, lost for the first time in its nine-year existence on Saturday, beaten 25-20 by a clothed women's team from Spain.

But there may be a clue as to how the visitors did so well. In the spirit of friendly competition, the ladies promised that for each try they scored they would remove an item of clothing.

Asked if they had let the visiting Conquistadoras score a few easy tries, Brad Henderson, a 23-year-old student, replied: 'Of course.'

 But a more modest crowd of about 1,500 gathered at the rather less glamorous Kettle Park ground to watch the all-male team get outclassed by the visiting Conquistadoras, who count a pole dancer, a teacher and a student among their team members.

In the spirit of friendly competition, for each try the ladies scored they removed an item of clothing.
They gave no quarter to the 'defenceless' opposition, winning 25-20.






The Conquistadores' Vanessa Pleguezuelos, 31, said: 'It could have been a distraction but we played the match like any other.'