Maori Tour
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Wainui:
Super Rugby games: 9
NPC games: 30
Maori ABs games: 3
First year of NPC: 2014Shaun Stevenson:
Super Rugby games: 22
NPC games: 23
Maori Abs games: -
First year of NPC: 2015Curtis:
Super Rugby games: 0
NPC games: 42
Maori ABs games: 2
World Sevens tournaments: 19
First year of NPC: 2013 -
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@taniwharugby He only switched to tighthead a two years ago (and immediately played there for Auckland ...), so there's potential there.
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@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.
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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.
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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, ONReserves
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 -
That looks like a relatively weak Canadian team, with only a handful of front-liners. Shame that the likes of Van Der Merwe, Paris, Hearn, O'Leary, Sinclair, Trainor, Braid, Ilnicki, Carpenter etc missing. Is this because it is a week too early - before the international window?
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@arhs Yes, that's exactly the reason! This is from their media release
Friday’s fixture falls outside of the official World Rugby November test match window, making a number of international players unavailable to join the roster “With injuries and players unavailable due to their professional commitments overseas we’re missing a number of starters, but that gives younger players an opportunity to gain international experience against a quality opposition in the Maori All Blacks,” added Mack.Names unavailable due to injury or other commitments include: Matt Evans, Conor Trainor, Connor Braid, Admir Cejvanovic, Conor Desmond, Cole Keith, Gordon McRorie, Nickalas Blevins, Taylor Paris, Shane O’Leary and Jeff Hassler. Upon arrival in Tbilisi, Canada’s roster could potentially be bolstered by the return of overseas professionals, including: Ciaran Hearn, Aaron Carpenter, DTH van der Merwe, Jake Ilnicki and Brett Beukeboom. -
Josh Larsen handed a cap straight off.
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NZ Maori: Charlie Ngatai, Sean Wainui, Tim Bateman, Rob Thompson, Ambrose Curtis, Ihaia West, Brad Weber, Akira Ioane, Dan Pryor, Tom Franklin, Jarrad Hoeata, Jackson Hemopo, Marcel Renata, Ash Dixon (captain), Chris Eves. Reserves: Liam Polwart, Ross Wright, Tyrel Lomax, Jordan Manihere, Sam Henwood, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Jackson Garden-Bachop, Shaun Stevenson.
