2020 Māori All Blacks
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@Stargazer said in 2020 Māori All Blacks:
Hmmm
, I hope the last paragraph is nothing more than rumours ...side doesnt look 'evenly' spread to me...how many years has it been M10 Cup now?
If not for Covid, woudl this game even be played? I mean December rugby in NZ....yeah happens every year!
Think people are reading far too much into the squad.
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@taniwharugby Yeah, I think they were just looking for a game to play for the Maori ABs and they had to find an opponent. They could have opted for the NZ Baabaas (which I would have preferred), but "supporting Pasifika rugby" is in fashion, so that's what they went with. It's a good way to get a bit more
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I think the Pasifica team was going to play the All Blacks before their Aussie and Argentine tests,but because the Mitre 10 coaches weren’t happy losing players it was canned.This game is probably more for giving this years Maori side a game.
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As I understand it, NZR are losing about $100k from this game
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Osborne does have a sense of humour.
The role has also brought some fond memories flooding back for Brown, who revealed that he was cheekily given the nickname Inanga ‘’Whitebait’ by Glen Osborne when he first represented NZ Māori in the 1996.
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@Machpants said in 2020 Māori All Blacks:
@Bovidae There are Scottish players not as pale as him!
Well considering they'd have African-born players play for Scotland since the 1880s (James George Robertson) I'm not that surprised!
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@nostrildamus said in 2020 Māori All Blacks:
@Machpants said in 2020 Māori All Blacks:
@Bovidae There are Scottish players not as pale as him!
Well considering they'd have African-born players play for Scotland since the 1880s (James George Robertson) I'm not that surprised!
Note I said Scottish players, not Scotland internationals. Like James Lowe is an Irish International but he's not an Irish player
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ooh, subtle. Given that "Scottish' lot have Siberian blood (which explains their liking for husky types) I'm no so sure what "Scottish" means any more.
and given that Scotland allegedly means "land of the Irish"..
Scottish people's DNA study could 'rewrite nation's history'
Evidence of African, Arabian, south-east Asian and Siberian ancestry in Scotland, says author of book tracing genetic journey
Scot means Irish
The Book of Armagh declares the High King of Ireland, Brian Boru to be “Imperator Scottorum” or “Emperor of the Irish”. Ireland was named ...
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@nostrildamus Irish are pasty bastards too
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@Machpants Norwegian Viking DNA in Ireland..not sure if Norwegian brown cheese made it over there though..
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