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booboo

@Milk said in Nz maori:

Thursday?

Never gets old. It'll be dad joke status soon. I can't remember who cracked the shits but it is has given us heaps of material. Thanks whoever that was!

Gollum iirc

booboo

@jegga said in Nz maori:

@Crazy-Horse I think it was Gollum. Well done that man

Beat me to it Jegs

booboo

So possible players by position.

Please correct me where I am wrong and someone is not available coz they've moved overseas and I've missed it.

I'll put who I understand is likely to be with the ABs or who is injured in brackets first.

Haven't watched a lot of M10 Cup but have thrown in a few blokes whose name has popped up in the odd game I have noticed. Again tell me if I'm wrong and these guys are no chance ... or are not Maori eligible. Ta

Hames, Edmonds, D Lienert-Brown, Hohneck
(Coles, Taylor) A Dixon, H Elliot, Q McDonald(?)
Eves, May
Skeen, H Matenga
see 4
(Squire, Dixon) Kirikiri
Christie, K Prior, D Prior, M Crosswell
(Squire, A Ioane(?)) Douglas, Bedwell-Curtis
(Smith, Perenara, TKB) Hall, Smylie, Gibson-Park, Weber
( Cruden, D McKenzie) M McKenzie, West, Black, Sam Christie
See 14
See 13
(ALB, R Ioane(?)) (Ngatai - unavailable) Emery,
(Dagg, NMS (injured)) Proctor, Lowe (see also 15)
(Dagg, NMS (injured)) Proctor, Lowe, Curtis

Other injured players

Blade Thomson - injured
Tom Franklin - injured

Also, from ACTC's previous years lists I either dont know the current playing status of these guys or don't know the position they play.

Joe Royal (position? Hooker?)

Michael Kainga

Nick Barrett

Hayden Triggs (goorne?)

~~Mitch Crosswell~~ (see he plays 7 for Naki ... edited above list)

Joe Wheeler

Nick Crosswell (goorne?)

~~Josh Hohneck~~ (prop. Updated above

~~Heiden Bedwell-Curtis~~ (8. Updated above)

Codey Rei

Sean Wainui

Sean Polwart (7?)

Kurt Baker

Joe Webber

booboo

Stepping through the week 9 playing squads thread a few other names pop up.

Not all teams named thereupon yet...

Please let me know if these guys are any chance and we'll update the possibility list.

11/14 Caleb Makene
11/14 Beaudein Waaka
11/14 Declan O'Donnell
9 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (plenty halfbacks ... )
4 Jackson Hemopo
8 Heiden Bedwell-Curtis
11/14 & 12/13 Matt Faddes (is he Maori?)
12/13 Teihorangi Walden
6 Jordan Manihera

Gunner

Possibilities from the Northland team (sorry they're the only games I've watched);
Waa
K Pryor
D Pryor if fit
Nock
Tua

Stargazer

@booboo
1 Edmonds is injured; Josh Hohneck going to Gloucester
1/3 Mason Kean (NZU20 player, about the same level of experience as Makene)
2 Quentin MacDonald will not be available because he'll be heading to France where he's signed with Oyonnax; a contender might be Tangaere (justifiable if you also include Makene on that list)
8 Mikaele-Tu'u (NZU20 player, about the same level of experience as Makene, although younger)
9 Gibson-Parks is playing in Europe; if Smith doesn't go on the EOYT, Weber might not be available
10/12 Tiaan Falcon (contender for next year's NZU20)
11/13/14 Not sure which Lowe you have on your list (I assume you mean James Lowe), I'd definitely add Jonah Lowe who has been outstanding

From Act's lists: not sure Nick Barrett has played any Mitre 10 Cup this year; Triggs, Wheeler, Nick Crosswell, Codey Rei, Kurt Baker all gone overseas

Nepia

@booboo I think ALB is Samoan not Maori.

@Stargazer Same with Mikaele-Tu'u?

Is Walker-Leaware injured?

Stargazer

@Nepia You may be right about Mikaele-Tu'u, although I vaguely remember reading somewhere he was part Maori, but that may be wrong.

Whites72

@Nepia Lienert brown is actually maori according to google as is Sam mcnicol which I was surprised at

Nepia

@Stargazer said in Nz maori:

@Nepia You may be right about Mikaele-Tu'u, although I vaguely remember reading somewhere he was part Maori, but that may be wrong.

Yeah, not discounting that he is hence the question mark.

@Whites72 According to this article his Dad is Samoan, it doesn't say if his Mum is Maori which could be a possibility I guess.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/83569180/chiefs-raid-to-christchurch-leads-to-all-blacks-rookie-anton-lienertbrowns-success

Whites72

@Nepia locks seem to be the biggest concern as not to many maori ones around

Wurzel

I read somewhere that the Leinert-Browns were part Fijian.

MN5

@Wurzel said in Nz maori:

I read somewhere that the Leinert-Browns were part Fijian.

Ha, reminds me of reading the Walter Little/Frank Bunce book. Little got selected for a Maori team then his Mum told him he couldn't play, he had to ring the coach and say "sorry, but I'm not Maori"

rotated

@Whites72 said in Nz maori:

Just wondering when the squad actually gets named and who is likely to make the squad?

Usually in conjunction with the EOYT team, so likely the Sunday following the Eden Park test.

rotated

@MN5 said in Nz maori:

@Wurzel said in Nz maori:

I read somewhere that the Leinert-Browns were part Fijian.

Ha, reminds me of reading the Walter Little/Frank Bunce book. Little got selected for a Maori team then his Mum told him he couldn't play, he had to ring the coach and say "sorry, but I'm not Maori"

I guess Frank Bunce's mum told him to keep his mouth shut when the Samoan coach called him up in 1991.

booboo

@Nepia said in Nz maori:

@booboo I think ALB is Samoan not Maori.

@Stargazer Same with Mikaele-Tu'u?

Is Walker-Leaware injured?

So DLB too?

Will update list later
.

booboo

@Whites72 said in Nz maori:

@Nepia Lienert brown is actually maori according to google as is Sam mcnicol which I was surprised at

Or not ...

Wurzel

Apparently Tim Bateman is a likely tourist. Back in Christchurch, sniffing around for a Crusaders contract, played for Ta$man B the other day. Hardly done anything that warrants Maori selection but two articles I've ready this week have phrased it in such a way that it seems Tim is in the squad.

Bovidae

Some of Cooper's selections will be dependent on who makes the AB squad, e.g. R Ioane, DMac.

The midfield options seem to be lacking in experience and quality.

Stargazer

@Bovidae said in Nz maori:

Some of Cooper's selections will be dependent on who makes the AB squad, e.g. R Ioane, DMac.

The midfield options seem to be lacking in experience and quality.

[Rieko Ioane (Blues/Auckland)]
Jason Emery (Highlanders/Manawatu)
Matt Proctor (Hurricanes/Wellington)
Sean Wainui (Crusaders/Taranaki)
Jonah Lowe (NZU20s/Hawke's Bay)

These players lack quality? Lowe is the only one lacking Super Rugby experience, but NPC players have been selected for the Maori side before without having played Super Rugby.

I don't agree with you at all.

The Silver Fern

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