The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas
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@rapido said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
Quinn Tupaea
He's Tainui according to this page:
http://www.hbhs.school.nz/News/2017-M-ori-and-Pasifika-Awards-Evening -
@stargazer I think Ross Wright was looking like being fit this weekend (or next if we made it that far) well thats what I heard anyway.
He is probably one, if fit, who is good enough to play hooker and prop (played both positions at M10 & Super) if required
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@taniwharugby How long has he been out of action for? I can't remember when he last played.
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@stargazer 4 or 5 weeks I think, which isnt ideal.
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Here's a shot as a best XV if all players were available ... may have missed some. The halfback depth is crazy. The lock depth is not. Neither is openside. Hopefully Hames can play tighthead?
Dagg
NMS
Proctor
Laumape
Ioane
DMac
Smith
Ioane
Pryor
Squire
Pari Pari Parkinson
Hemopo
Hames
Coles/Taylor
Moody -
@stargazer Are you questing whether he's Maori?
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@stargazer said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@nepia Yeah, thought he was Tongan.
He's both.
Edit: The link on his Wiki page for his Tongan descent is actually a link to his Maori descent. Strange no one has fixed that.
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henwood for pryor
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@nepia said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@stargazer said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@nepia Yeah, thought he was Tongan.
He's both.
1/16th bro!
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@mariner4life said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@nepia said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@stargazer said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@nepia Yeah, thought he was Tongan.
He's both.
1/16th bro!
No need for blood quantum, we're not the US or Canada. Just dead ancestors man.
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@muddyriver Henwood has been out for a long time with concussion symptoms. He has been training, but still not cleared to play last weekend. That's why he's on the "capped but unavailable" list.
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This my attempt at a squad without any of the 51 All Blacks.
27 man squad.
Props: 5 Chris Eves, Tyrel Lomax, Ben May, Sean Paranihi, Marcel Renata.
Hooker: 3 Kianu Kereru-Symes, Joe Royal, Leni Apisai
Lock: 3 Paripari Parkinson, Leighton Price, Isaia Walker-Leawere.
Loose-Forward: 5 Whetu Douglas, Reed Prinsep, Kara Pryor, Akira Ioane, Tanerau Latimer
Halfback: 3 Bryn Hall, Jonathan Ruru, Brad Weber
First-Five: 2 Otere Black, Jackson Garden-Bachop
Midfield: 3 Teihorangi Walden, Rob Thompson, Quinn Tupaea
Back 3: 3 Jonah Lowe, Shaun Stevenson, Caleb MakeneIt's actually quite difficult covering that back 3.
So I think they might split the squad and get NMS and Matt Procter in there somehow as gives them versatility. But then I have only named 11 backs in that squad so if you had 2 in Japan for 1 week that would leave only 2 backs reserves for week 1. So that approach wouldn't work in the 16-11 split I went with, would need to change to a 15-12.
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@stargazer said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
My latest blog post: https://www.thesilverfern.com/post/269593-maori-all-blacks-tour-to-the-americas
I have edited the text following the naming of the extended All Blacks squad for the Northern Tour. This has resulted in a few changes in my picks for the squad, which now look like this (15 forwards - 13 backs):
Chris Eves, Ben May, Tyrel Lomax, Sean Paranihi and Marcel Renata
Kianu Kereru-Symes and Joe Royal
Jackson Hemopo, Paripari Parkinson, Leighton Price, and Manaaki Selby-Rickit or Isaia Walker-Leawere
Whetu Douglas, Reed Prinsep, Kara Pryor and Akira Ioane
Bryn Hall, Jonathan Ruru and Brad Weber
Otere Black and Jackson Garden-Bachop
Ngani Laumape, Matt Proctor, Rob Thompson and Teihorangi Walden (extra player)
Jonah Lowe, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Shaun Stevenson and Beaudein Waaka.Looking at the unavailability of players for the USA game (in Italics), I'd prefer the naming of a bigger squad than 27. They're good for all positions, except midfield, so I have added an extra midfielder. They may add one or two more players as injury cover. If they go for a 27-man squad again, I'd have to drop Laumape or Proctor in favour of Walden.
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@kiwimurph said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@rapido great effort but isn't Lomax and Bryn Hall in the 51 man squad?
Who could possibly know, it's just too big!
But if so, a 5th prop and a 3rd halfback can be quite easily covered for the first week in the split squad approach.
If not I'd punt on Hauiti-Parapara at halfback, and no real idea at prop. Stargazer has Pouri Rakete-Stones and Coree Te Whata-Colley as contenders.
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@stargazer said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@stargazer said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
If they go for a 27-man squad again, I'd have to drop Laumape or Proctor in favour of Walden.
Dropping Ngani Laumape should be pretty easy as he does not appear to be Maori anyway
