The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas
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@rapido said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
Ross Wright makes that squad size selectable. Without him covering prop and hooker trying to balance the squad of 27 with 5 in Japan is a nightmare. As I found yesterday in my attempts.
that's a pretty decent skill set to have as a pro player! First since Aled de Megamunch?
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@mariner4life said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
that's a pretty decent skill set to have as a pro player! First since Aled de Megamunch?
McCartney & Coltman
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@duluth said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@mariner4life said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
that's a pretty decent skill set to have as a pro player! First since Aled de Megamunch?
McCartney & Coltman
okay i didn't know that. To what level? NPC only?
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McCartney started at LH at SR level. Also played TH at NPC level
Coltman might only be NPC? Not sure
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@duluth said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
McCarney started at LH at SR level. Also played TH at NPC level
Coltman might only be NPC? Not sure
all three front row positions is pretty decent.
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Good call, I forgot about him. He had a few seasons as a prop before moving to Auckland
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okay so not that great after all. As you were...
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@tim Yeah i'm more interested in the lineup for the US game which will be without the AB players in Japan as on paper it should be the toughest game for the MABs.
Something like this
- Eves/May
- Dixon (Abel is in better form but Dixon has played a lot of rugby for the MABs)
- Renata
- Parkinson
- Walker-Leawere
- Prinsep (not a fan of Matenga)
- Harmon
- Ioane
- Ruru
- Black
- Lowe
- Walden
- Thompson
- Makene
- Stevenson
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@tim said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
@kiwimurph That's a pretty handy team, though a bit inexperienced at lock and six.
- May
- Abel
- Lomax
- Parkinson
- Walker-Leawere
- Hemopo
- Harmon
- Ioane
9. Hall - Black
- NMS
- Thompson
- Proctor
- Lowe
- Stevenson
Hell no! Either of the two Hawkes Bay boys at 9 for me. Probably Ash Dixon at hooker too. But agree with the rest aside from May, I don't think he's up to starting anymore (see I can remove a Magpie as well).
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@kiwimurph Wasn't Dixon also captain last tour?
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@daffy-jaffy Yeah that sounds right.
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I wonder if we will get TV coverage of Chile and Brazil?
If so probably filmed by soccer cameramen from miles too far away!Maori All Blacks Match Schedule (Kickoff times are local)
v USA
Soldier Field, Chicago, USA
Saturday 3 November
Kickoff: 6pm
(Sunday 4 November 12pm NZT)v Brazil
Estadio Do Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Saturday 10 November
Kickoff: 8pm
(Sunday 11 November 11am NZT)v Chile
Estadio San Carlos De Apoquindo, Las Condes, Chile
Saturday 17 November
Kickoff: 4pm
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@daffy-jaffy said in The Māori All Blacks' tour to the Americas:
I wonder if we will get TV coverage of Chile and Brazil?
If so probably filmed by soccer cameramen from miles too far away!Maori All Blacks Match Schedule (Kickoff times are local)
v USA
Soldier Field, Chicago, USA
Saturday 3 November
Kickoff: 6pm
(Sunday 4 November 12pm NZT)v Brazil
Estadio Do Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Saturday 10 November
Kickoff: 8pm
(Sunday 11 November 11am NZT)v Chile
Estadio San Carlos De Apoquindo, Las Condes, Chile
Saturday 17 November
Kickoff: 4pm
(Sunday 11 November 9am NZT)Read my blog post, or at least check the headings.
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@stargazer Thanking you kind sir.
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@stargazer I looked up Josh Ioane and couldn't find any info on him being Māori, so I thought he wasn't. Great to see him picked ahead of JGB!
Just on Josh Ioane,he’s my sister in-laws first cousins grandson,the father is Samoan ,the mother is a Pirini from Northland
He’s got ties to both Northland and Auckland ,schooled at Kings College in Auckland ..you could say another one that got away from both Northland and Auckland