The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas

[Steven Harris]

I reckon it would have been a much better game if Italy had played the USA and the Maori had played Ireland.

[Stargazer]

@steven-harris It's a pity this game is played outside the international window. The Eagles are missing quite a few of their Europe based players. It's also why Italy wasn't full strength (no Parisse, for example).

[Chris B.]

@taniwharugby said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:

You lift a man off his feet, you put your time on the park in the hands of the ref.

9.18 A player must not lift an opponent off the ground and drop or drive that player so that their head and/or upper body make contact with the ground.

[Stargazer]

Was waiting for the intercept try, and Thompson is the one to score one.

[Stargazer]

Was Stevenson illegally tackled there? Or did he trip up?

[KiwiMurph]

@stargazer accidental foot tangle. Not sure he would have got across anyway.

[Stargazer]

What's up with this ref? Why did he give Abel a YC?

[KiwiMurph]

@stargazer professional foul in the red zone.

[Nepia]

Haha, it’s card city!

[Stargazer]

Haha, Brad Weber.

[Stargazer]

Jonah Lowe, try on debut. Great break from Akira.

[Nepia]

Lowe in after a kick through and catch by Akira who passed inside for Lowe to score.

Edit: first five kicked it not Akira.

[sparky]

Not able to watch. How has Akira gone?

[KiwiMurph]

@sparky Akira has been excellent.

[Stargazer]

@sparky Doing all his core roles well. That break was excellent.

[Machpants]

ref was pretty one eyed there, that's a deliberate *knock down to me

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[Stargazer]

FT: USA 22 - 59 Māori All Blacks

No real stand-out players in this game for me; the pack was generally good. For a team that has had not much time together, I think the MABs played reasonably well.

Glad to see 3 Magpies dotting down.

[Nepia]

@stargazer Yeah, the MABs actually looked well drilled for their limited time together.

Ware in the backs and Parkinson in the forwards probably edged ahead for me.

Ware was a revelation in that first half, finally brought some of that 7s play to his 15s game.

[Stargazer]

Considering the MABs played more than 20 minutes with 14 players, and about 7 minutes with 13, the result is good. Discipline wasn't always good enough, but the ref was pathetic.

Looking forward to the rest of the tour, although you'd have to expect monster scores against tier 3 nations.

[Canes4life]

How has Walker-Leawere played?