The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas
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@act-crusader said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@duluth said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@act-crusader Donald would be the last one
Who?
Yeah forgot about him. No wonder the jersey was so short for him....
don't you even slightly besmirch the good name of a World Cup hero. You bow down to the guy that heard the call of a nation from a whitebaiting batch, and strode in to our rescue. This man was the hero that we needed after all those Canterbury/Crusader 10s had failed us over and over again.
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@mariner4life said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@act-crusader said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@duluth said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@act-crusader Donald would be the last one
Who?
Yeah forgot about him. No wonder the jersey was so short for him....
don't you even slightly besmirch the good name of a World Cup hero. You bow down to the guy that heard the call of a nation from a whitebaiting batch, and strode in to our rescue. This man was the hero that we needed after all those Canterbury/Crusader 10s had failed us over and over again.
Amen Brother! Amen!!!
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@act-crusader I'd say he's a bit smaller, a bit slower, a bit less experienced, a bit less elusive, perhaps a bit less naturally talented - compared to Richie and DMac - and all those edges count.
I wouldn't be panicking about not making this tour to Japan, though. Choosing Cameron is a huge punt that a few consistent performances next year would help others surge ahead of him.
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@mariner4life said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@act-crusader said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@duluth said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@act-crusader Donald would be the last one
Who?
Yeah forgot about him. No wonder the jersey was so short for him....
don't you even slightly besmirch the good name of a World Cup hero. You bow down to the guy that heard the call of a nation from a whitebaiting batch, and strode in to our rescue. This man was the hero that we needed after all those Canterbury/Crusader 10s had failed us over and over again.
It was all part of Wayne Smiths cunning plan to put Chiefs rugby back on the map prior to the 2012 season. Turncoat
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Record Crowds Await Maori All Blacks in São Paulo and Santiago - Americas Rugby News
Record crowds await the Maori All Blacks in South America. The New Zealand side will play against Brazil in São Paulo and Chile in Santiago. The matches are part of a three match tour of the Americas which begins this coming Saturday against the USA at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Americas Rugby News...
Record crowds await the Maori All Blacks in South America. The New Zealand side will play against Brazil in São Paulo and Chile in Santiago. The matches are part of a three match tour of the Americas which begins this coming Saturday against the USA at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
Americas Rugby News has learned that ticket sales for both matches in South America have been very encouraging. Both games are to break the respective official attendance records for rugby in Brazil and Chile.
Chile will play host to the Maori All Blacks on Saturday November 17 at the Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo. Located in the Las Condes district of Santiago the venue is a soccer stadium owned by the Club Deportivo Universidad Católica.
The official attendance capacity at the Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo is 15,000 for sport. When the Federation de Rugby de Chile confirmed the venue they were seeking a record attendance and they have succeeded. The largest recorded crowd for rugby in Chile is 8,000. At present ticket sales for the match stand at 9,000.
The Confederação Brasileira de Rugby announced a record attendance of 10,480 on December 04 2015. The actual number is not known as the figure was estimated rather than counted by Brazil rugby based on admission being free for the fixture. The game was Brazil’s home match at the Estádio do Pacaembu against Germany.
For the upcoming match against the Maori All Blacks Brazil will have a larger crowd. Sources have told Americas Rugby News that ticket sales for the fixture at São Paulo’s Estadio do Morumbi are approaching 20,000.
The Estadio Morumbi is the largest privately owned stadium in Brazil. It is also the largest stadium in São Paulo and the third in Brazil overall with a capacity for 72,039 people. Brazil’s largest venues are the FIFA World Cup stadiums in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro.
Both of the Maori All Blacks matches in South America are thereby to set national attendance records and are highly encouraging for the future of rugby in both Brazil and Chile.
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@nepia said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
Anyone heard if the US match will be streamed on the AB site?
Not on the ABs tv site, apparently.
I don't know how this works (whether you can join for just the Rugby Weekend games, or whether you have to take a monthly subscription), but you could check this out:
The Rugby Weekend - Videos - FloRugby
Watch videos for the The Rugby Weekend rugby event on FloRugby.com. Join now!
This is where you'd have to join:
Stream 2018 The Rugby Weekend - FloRugby
Watch replays and highlights from 2018 The Rugby Weekend on FloRugby. Watch on your computer, on the FloSports Mobile App, your Smart TV, Roku or FireStick.
Won't work in NZ, but should work anywhere else.
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http://allblacks.com/News/33379/maori-all-blacks-team-named-to-face-usa-eagles-chicago
The Maori All Blacks team to face the USA Eagles in Chicago’s The Rugby Weekend triple-header, has been named. 1 Chris Eves North Harbour Waikato / Tainui 2 Ash Dixon (Captain) Hawke's Bay Ngati Tahinga 3 Ben May Hawke's Bay Ngati Maniapoto / Waikato 4 Isaia Walker-Leawere * Wellington Ngati Porou 5 Pari Pari Parkinson * Ta$man Te Whanau a Apanui 6 Reed Prinsep Canterbury Te Rarawa 7 Mitch Karpik * Bay of Plenty Rongomaiwahine / Ngati Kahungunu 8 Akira Ioane Auckland Ngapuhi / Te Whanau a Apanui 9 Brad Weber Hawkes Bay Ngati Porou 10 Otere Black Manawatu Ngai Tuhoe / Te Whanau a Apanui / Ngati Tuwharetoa 11 Regan Ware * Taranaki Ngati Porou 12 Teihorangi Walden Taranaki Ngati Kahungunu / Nga Rauru 13 Rob Thompson Manawatu Ngati Kahungunu / Nga Rauru 14 Jonah Lowe * Hawke's Bay Ngati Pikiao 15 Shaun Stevenson North Harbour Ngapuhi 16 Robbie Abel * Auckland Ngati Wai, Waikato-Tainui, Ngati Hine 17 Ross Wright Northland Ngati Whatua / Ngati Porou 18 Marcel Renata Auckland Ngati Whanaunga / Ngai Takoto 19 Hoani Matenga * Bay of Plenty Rangitane / Te Whanau a Apanui 20 Billy Harmon * Canterbury Ngai Tahu 21 Jonathan Ruru Auckland Ngati Kahungunu / Rongomaiwahine 22 Josh Ioane * Otago Te Rarawa 23 Matty Lansdown * Waikato Te Atiawa -
@kiwimurph Was Regan Ware named in the original squad?
@Stargazer Looks like that site doesn't have the rights for the Maori game - it's not listed on their list for Sunday.
I wonder if Walden and Thompson are related - there can't be too many who are a mix of Kahungunu/Nga Rauru floating about.
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@bovidae said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
It shows the lack of depth at prop in the Maori team if Eves and May continue to be starters.
There's not great depth, but there's a few young guys coming through (and Moody and Lomax are with the ABs and Hames is out concussed). Anyway halfback is the Maori position of depth - almost equivalent to the Highlanders and loose forwards.
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@nepia No, Regan Ware wasn't named in the original squad. I suspect he has taken the place of Caleb Makene, who was named in the squad only for this specific game, because of NMS being in Japan. IIRC, Makene got injured in the M10 Cup Final.
I'm sure that Flo Rugby has the rights for all three Rugby Weekend games, as it it's advertised as such on the USA Rugby twitter page. See also this from the media release in which the USA touring squad is announced:
USA opens their schedule at home on Nov. 3 against the Maori All Blacks as part of The Rugby Weekend's triple-header at Chicago's Soldier Field. The event will also include the return of the Women's National Team against the New Zealand Black Ferns, with Ireland and Italy competing against one another as well. Tickets are available at therugbyweekend.com with the match streamed LIVE on FloRugby.Was it possible to sign up for only this weekend's games?
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@bovidae said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@nepia Nope on Ware.
Travelling as a replacement for the USA leg only, is Canterbury wing Caleb Makene, of Ngapuhi descent.
Makene got injured didn't he?
Not sure about Makene. I would have thought Bailyn Sullivan would have got the nod over Ware - unless he's not Maori.
@Stargazer I did a search of their games and couldn't find it, I'll have another look today.
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From the media release:
The squad includes Sam Nock and Isaac Salmon who were added to the squad last week, and sevens sensation Regan Ware, has been named to start on the wing, after he was called into the squad as an injury replacement. “Regan’s opportunity comes unfortunately through an injury to Caleb Makene who was injured in the Final. Regan trained with us at our camp in Tauranga and made a really good impression and fortunately, the All Blacks Sevens accommodated our request to have him released. He was another player who really showed his ability during Mitre 10 Cup with Taranaki.”
