All Blacks called 'Aussie' team

Los Angeles - One of Chicago's largest newspapers, the Sun-Times, mistakenly described the New Zealand All Blacks as a "legendary Aussie team" following their 74-6 thrashing of the USA at Soldier Field.

The Sun-Times report correctly referred to the New Zealand All Blacks in the intro of the copy.

But in an apparent editing error the headline that accompanied the piece proclaimed "Sell-out crowd watches legendary Aussie team dominate Americans".

The world champion All Blacks got the last laugh though with their lopsided defeat on Saturday of the Americans to launch their Northern Hemisphere tour.

The All Blacks embarrassed the 18th-ranked Eagles in their first US appearance in 34 years before a record US rugby crowd of more than 61 000 spectators at Soldier Field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears.

Meanwhile, The New Zealand Herald posed "what's the bigger crime, calling the All Backs Australian or labelling the Wallabies legendary?".

Absolute uproar in O'Hare airport as the All Blacks supporter group find this in the local paper... @sumostevenson pic.twitter.com/GrhmvtGOeQ

— Tom Hamilton (@tomESPNscrum) November 2, 2014