2019 Māori All Blacks
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@gt12 Yeah, maybe. I was thinking it might be an early trial for the NZU20 development camps later in the year. I assume many of these players will also play at the Jock Hobbs U19 tournament in September and some maybe even Mitre 10 Cup.
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@Bovidae said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
Have the Thompson brothers been poached by Wellington or studying there?
Wellington offered more money than the Bay could afford (I have it from a reliable source). Also, their dad played for Marist St Pat's, so that has probably been a factor, too.
They're both building apprentices, something they could have been in the Bay as well.
So, I call them poached. (Others will argue that they just wanted to play for Wellington, but I'm not buying that
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@Bones said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
@Stargazer who is their dad?
Probably more a question for @Canes4life given his instagram stalking abilities.
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@Steven-Harris The Māori All Blacks have arrived in Fiji. Do you know anything about this? Late addition to the squad?
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
@Steven-Harris The Māori All Blacks have arrived in Fiji. Do you know anything about this? Late addition to the squad?
Akira ruefully checking if Hansen has sent him any messages....
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@Stargazer They said a prop would be added to the squad.
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As the squad heads to Suva today, Coach Clayton McMillan confirmed three new players have joined the Maori All Blacks squad in Fiji.
Highlanders loose forward Elliot Dixon has withdrawn from the squad and prop Ben May has been ruled out with injury. Dixon has been replaced by Crusaders loose forward Billy Harmon (Ngai Tahu, Canterbury) while props Haereiti Hetet (Ngati Maniapoto, Waikato) and Pouri Rakete-Stone (Ngapuhi, Hawke’s Bay) are added.
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@Stargazer Ben May blew his calf at training Monday ..so Rakete Stones who had been training with the NZ Maori as cover got called in..be interesting to see how he goes ,he’s loaded on 5kgs since last year..!
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@Yeetyaah said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
@Bovidae Aye a mate of mine wrote his car off in the ice on his way back from Rotorua at night in the winter a couple of years back. Nearly killed him.
The drive over the Mamakus is much better now than it used to be. RIS is a great ground when the sun is out (e.g., the 2011 RWC games I went to) when you can sit/stand on the grass embankment. But on a cold winters night it is miserable. Not everyone can sit in the stands.
The Fijian home game is a 3 pm KO so they should have done the same for the return fixture. That would get families and kids through the gate.
