THE All Blacks sold out Chicago’s Soldier Field, annihilated the USA Eagles and earned the admiration of American sports fans for their fearless play in that “nuts” game of rugby.

But New Zealand’s world champion team still didn’t manage to win over all the locals.

In what will likely cause many nightmares across the ditch, a Chicago newspaper has referred to the All Blacks as Australians.

“Sell-out crowd watches legendary Aussie team dominate Americans,” read the headline in Chicago’s Sun-Times newspaper following the All Blacks’ 74-6 thumping of the US.

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The mistake wasn’t missed by eagle-eyed fans, who quickly took to social media to point out the error of the headline writer’s ways.

Standfirst in Chicago Sun Times calls the All Blacks a "legendary Aussie team". Epic fail. pic.twitter.com/blvH4pSTVC — Olivia Carville (@livcarville) November 2, 2014

The Sun-Times later apologised with an “editor’s note” on the newspaper’s website.

“In the Sunday editions of the Sun-Times, the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team was incorrectly referred to as Aussies. The Sun-Times apologizes for the error.”

media_camera A headline in the Chicago Sun-Times referred to the All Blacks as Aussies.

It had all been going so well for the Sun-Times and All Blacks, who had exchanged tweets in the build-up to the Sunday morning (AEDT) Test.

We are very humbled to be in your great city! We've been reading since 1844 :) @Suntimes — All Blacks (@AllBlacks) October 29, 2014

Will the All Blacks be able to forgive the Sun-Times? Well, they did show yesterday that they have a sense of humour.

The US commentators have conceded that with less than ten minutes to play the Eagles might not be able to come back to win #USAvAllBlacks — All Blacks (@AllBlacks) November 1, 2014

The local media didn’t quite now what to make of the All Blacks’ American trip, with the Chicago Tribune tasking their dance writer with solving the myster of the haka.

The conclusion? It’s ballet.