Maori Tour

[Daffy Jaffy]

@stargazer I was wrong - the last player added was Sean Paranihi the Manawatu Prop not Rakete-Stones.

[Stargazer]

@daffy-jaffy As a Hawke's Bay supporter I knew no. 8 in the photo wasn't Rakete-Stones, who looks much younger. No. 19 in the photo is indeed Sean Paranihi (I had to check on google images).

[Stargazer]

http://www.allblacks.com/News/31698/two-players-added-to-maori-all-blacks-squad

[Bovidae]

The team to play Canada has been named. Ngatai at fullback. McMillan says they have selected the most experienced team.

http://www.allblacks.com/News/31714/new-look-maori-all-black-team-named-to-take-on-canada

[Stargazer]

[taniwharugby]

be good if they can get Renata to improve his scrummaging, cos has a great workrate around the park and on d.

[Wurzel]

The wrong Sean/Shaun is starting on the right wing

[Stargazer]

@wurzel Is there a right Sean for any backline position in this team?

[Nepia]

@bovidae Well, that's bollocks, how is Wainui more experienced than Stevenson? Stevenson would probably have played at least double the amount of games as Wainui. Has Curtis played any?

[Bovidae]

@nepia

I didn't say I agreed with the team, just relaying what McMillan said.

[Nepia]

@bovidae I didn't say you did, I was just commenting on McMillan's comment.

[Stargazer]

Wainui:
Super Rugby games: 9
NPC games: 30
Maori ABs games: 3
First year of NPC: 2014

Shaun Stevenson:
Super Rugby games: 22
NPC games: 23
Maori Abs games: -
First year of NPC: 2015

Curtis:
Super Rugby games: 0
NPC games: 42
Maori ABs games: 2
World Sevens tournaments: 19
First year of NPC: 2013

[Bones]

So I'm not the only one that thinks Stevenson looks like Ambrose.

[TeWaio]

Every time I see Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi's name I think of Triple-T, aka TTT, the office linebacker:

[pakman]

@tewaio That could be a helpful acronym for Allblacks.com, which has to reduce the font size to fit his name in!

[Tim]

@taniwharugby He only switched to tighthead a two years ago (and immediately played there for Auckland ...), so there's potential there.

[Rapido]

@tewaio said in Maori Tour:

Every time I see Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi's name I think of Triple-T, aka TTT, the office linebacker:

I always think of Triple J and twice the T. Which then makes me think of Fenella Bathfield. From some reason I'm not sure if I have them linked.

Maybe she was in their video? Or maybe her after school tv show was where I always saw that video?

Either way. Mmmmm. Fenella.

[infidel]

Does the team selected for the Canada game mean the lineup in Bordeaux v French Barbarians might be a bit second string?

Only two games for the Maori as far as I can see.

Will be heading to Bordeaux to drink some cheap vin rouge like Mouton Rothschild and soak up the atmosphere.

Rougerie is in the French Baabaas squad, must be a swansong for him surely, he's 37 years old.

[Bovidae]

There is only 4 squad players not involved in the Canada game so most will be playing both games.

[Stargazer]

Canada

1 Hubert Buydens – (New Orleans Gold/Prairie Wolf Pack) Saskatoon, SK
2 Ray Barkwill – (Seattle Seawolves/Ontario Blues) Niagara Falls, ON
3 Matt Tierney – (Section Paloise/Ontario Blues) Oakville, ON
4 Kyle Baillie – (London Scottish/Atlantic Rock) Summerside, PEI
5 Josh Larsen – (Northland) Parksville, BC
6 Dustin Dobravsky – (Castaway Wanderers/BC Bears) Hanover, Germany
7 Matt Heaton – (Darlington Mowden Park/Atlantic Rock) Godmanchester, QC
8 Tyler Ardron – (Chiefs/Ontario Blues) Lakefield, ON
9 Phil Mack – Captain (James Bay AA/BC Bears) Victoria, BC
10 Patrick Parfrey – (Swilers RFC/Atlantic Rock) St. John’s, NL
11 Dan Moor – (Balmy Beach RFC/Ontario Blues) Toronto, ON
12 Guiseppe du Toit – (UVIC Vikes/BC Bears) Maple Ridge, BC
13 Ben LeSage – (UBC Thunderbirds/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB
14 Brock Staller – (Meralomas RFC/BC Bears) Surrey, BC
15 Andrew Coe – (Markham Irish/Ontario Blues) Toronto, ON

Reserves
16 Eric Howard – (Brantford Harlequins/Ontario Blues) Ottawa, ON
17 Djustice Sears-Duru – (Ealing Trailfinders/Ontario Blues) Oakville, ON
18 Ryan Kotlewski – (Westshore RFC/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB
19 Lucas Rumball – (Balmy Beach RFC/Ontario Blues) Mississauga, ON
20 Evan Olmstead – (Newcastle Falcons/Prairie Wolf Pack) Vancouver, BC
21 Andrew Ferguson – (Oakville Crusaders/Ontario Blues) Mississauga, ON
22 Robbie Povey – (Castaway Wanderers/Prairie Wolf Pack) Northampton, England
23 Kainoa Lloyd – (Mississauga Blues/Ontario Blues) Mississauga, ON