Prior to 2010, the Junior Kiwis consisted of the best New Zealand players aged 18 years or younger and would represent the country against the likes of the Australian Schoolboys, the New South Wales Under 18 side and the England Under 18 side, sometimes as curtain raisers to the senior Kiwi games.
Players such as Adam Blair, Thomas Leuluai, Issac Luke, Simon Mannering, Jerome Ropati, Manu Vatuvei and Sonny Bill Williams represented the Junior Kiwis early in their careers and went on to play at the senior level for New Zealand.
1st Test
Played as a curtain raiser to the New Zealand-England Four Nations match.
2nd Test
Played as a curtain raiser to the New Zealand–Papua New Guinea Four Nations match.
2011 match
Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia–New Zealand pre-Four Nations tournament match. Both coaches agreed to allow an 18th man be used during the match.
2012 match
Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia–New Zealand end of year Test match.
2013 match
2014 match
2015 match
Played as a curtain raiser to the Papua New Guinea–Fiji Melanesian Cup match and the Samoa–Tonga Polynesian Cup match.
2016 match
2017 match
Played as a curtain raiser to the 2017 Anzac Test.
2018 match
2019 match
Played as a curtain raiser to the 2019 Queensland Cup Grand Final.
