2019 Māori All Blacks

[MrDenmore]

Very impressed by Nankiville - hard-running, no-nonsense second-five who seems to be able to read the game. The new Crotty?

[Stargazer]

@MrDenmore He's been good, but that's a bit premature haha

[Steven Harris]

@Stargazer Thomson doing my head in

[Stargazer]

Despite the mistakes, the MABs play a lot better than last week. Fewer missed tackles, and the changes in the squad (Hall, Nankivell, Douglas) paying off. Wainui and Franklin also playing well.

[Stargazer]

Not sure what the rules are. The kick seemed to go to the dead ball area, but Hall tapped it back in backward and Hyland dots it down.

On-field decision is try.

Hmm. Hall's foot just on the line?

[Stargazer]

Ah, too good to be true. No try. Would have been incredible.

[Stargazer]

Half time: MABs 7 - 7 Fiji

[KiwiMurph]

Excellent half of rugby. Two evenly matched team's.

[Chris B.]

Nankivell really seems to have found his feet.

I guess one of those guys who started very young so that you don't realise how young he still is.

[Stargazer]

Thompson scores the try after a great pass from Hall! Deserved lead for the MABs.

14 - 7 Maori ABs

[Stargazer]

Parkinson down with an injury. Not looking good.

[Stargazer]

Hope he hasn't broken his ankle; it looked bad when that happened.

[Stargazer]

Walker-Leawere on for Parkinson; Renata has replaced Lomax.

[Stargazer]

Penalty kick for Fiji: 14 - 10 MABs

Nathan Harris and Akira Ioane coming on for Dixon and Karpik.
Akira to 8 and Douglas to 7.

[Stargazer]

Great maul. Turnover MABs.

[Stargazer]

TTT on for Hall. Subbed off way too early.

[Stargazer]

Fiji under a YC warning.

[Stargazer]

Another scrum close to the Fijian try line.

[Stargazer]

Wow. Kick from Black, tapped back by a Fijian player, dotted down by Nankivell.

On-field decision is try. TMO ...

[Stargazer]

The try is awarded!
If the MABs hadn't scored, Fiji would have lost a player to the bin.

19 - 10 Maori ABs after 61 minutes.

Pouri Rakete-Stones makes his MABs debut!