2019 Māori All Blacks
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Thompson scores the try after a great pass from Hall! Deserved lead for the MABs.
14 - 7 Maori ABs
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Parkinson down with an injury. Not looking good.
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Hope he hasn't broken his ankle; it looked bad when that happened.
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Walker-Leawere on for Parkinson; Renata has replaced Lomax.
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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. -
Great maul. Turnover MABs.
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TTT on for Hall. Subbed off way too early.
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Fiji under a YC warning.
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Another scrum close to the Fijian try line.
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Wow. Kick from Black, tapped back by a Fijian player, dotted down by Nankivell.
On-field decision is try. TMO ...
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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!
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Black's kicking has been good! (and I don't mean his goal kicking)
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Awesome try from Walker-Leawere!
26 - 10 MABs
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Different story in NZ's winter eh.
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@Chris-B said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
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.
Almost has a Goodhue look to him. Strong, good decision making and direct.
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
Awesome try from Walker-Leawere!
26 - 10 MABs
Some lovely forward interplay there.
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Stat - handling errors
MABs 3 - 8 Fiji
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Another brilliant kick from Black!
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Merthenesque by Black.
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Haha, and now he's replaced. Fletcher Smith comes on.
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There's a niggle on the field and guess who's involved?
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Walden replaces Thompson.
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Akira Ioane showing, yet again, why he doesn’t have the temperament to be an All Black.
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@MrDenmore I guess he must've got carded then?
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Try Fiji. The MABs' defence held for a long time, but eventually Fiji scores.
26 - 17 MABs with 4 minutes to go
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Not sure why the Fijians keep kicking possession away.
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Walker-Leawere again. Good turnover.
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
Not sure why the Fijians keep kicking possession away.
Because they needed to get it down the right end.
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Full time:
Maori All Blacks 26 - 17 FijiEntertaining game. Much better from the Maori than last week!
Best forwards for me were Douglas and Franklin, with good impact from Walker-Leawere. Best backs, Nankivell, Hall and Wainui.
It's a pity the Maori All Blacks don't participate in the Pacific Nations anymore. It would be great if they could play more games.
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@ACT-Crusader Then you need to kick it in touch, or not kick too far and chase. They did neither.
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@Tim said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
I guess he must've got carded then?
No, he got hit after the whistle by a low level cheap shot. The players got up holding each other collars.
TJ pissed and whined in the commentary until he saw the replay and then conceded Akira had every right to be annoyed.
Nothing interesting
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@MrDenmore said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
Akira Ioane showing, yet again, why he doesn’t have the temperament to be an All Black.
Moronic comment.
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@KiwiMurph I guess the AB coaches would agree with you then??
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@MrDenmore When have they ever cited that?
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@Duluth said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
@Tim said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
I guess he must've got carded then?
No, he got hit after the whistle by a low level cheap shot. The players got up holding each other collars.
TJ pissed and whined in the commentary until he saw the replay and then conceded Akira had every right to be annoyed.
Nothing interesting
Was it Akira that got tackled late? I thought it was IWL with Akira next to him.
IMO it is something he needs to tone down in his game. He is at early Dane Coles level of niggle. Needs to come back to late Dane Coles/BBBR level.
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@MrDenmore said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
@KiwiMurph I guess the AB coaches would agree with you then??
AB coaches made it quite clear he was left out due to fitness.
Nothing to do with temperament.
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I think Fiji will be happy enough with that game as it was obviously a weaker team than played in Suva, and the coaches are looking towards RWC selection. I thought the Fijians might struggle in the dewey conditions but their ball handling was good. They'll be very dangerous on a dry track as their forwards aren't the powder puffs of the past.
An entertaining game to watch.
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@KiwiMurph Being lazy and having a low work rate is also part of his temperament.
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@pukunui said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
Was it Akira that got tackled late? I thought it was IWL with Akira next to him.
It was Walker-Leawere. Not that I thought Akira did anything wrong.
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