2021 Māori All Blacks
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@kiwimurph said in 2021 Māori All Blacks:
With such logjam of loosies in the AB mix i'd expect to see Akira released to play for Maori ABs allowing ABs to get a look at other loosies (Blackadder etc).
After his efforts in black last season, I expect he will be given first crack this year.
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The 2021 squad has been named:
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Māori All Blacks Coach Clayton McMillan has named a strong squad ahead of their two-match series against Manu Samoa.
It will be the first time the sides have met since 2008, with matches at Sky Stadium in Wellington (June 26) and an exciting double header alongside the All Blacks and Tonga at Mt Smart in Auckland (July 3).
The squad features two debutants, 21-year-old Waikato and Chiefs prop Ollie Norris along with Otago and Highlanders loose forward Josh Dickson.McMillan is joined in the coaching group again by Roger Randle and for the first time, Chris Gibbes, from the Hurricanes.
Established squad announced for Māori All Blacks campaign
Māori All Blacks Coach Clayton McMillan has named a strong squad ahead of their two-match series against Manu Samoa.
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@bovidae said in 2021 Māori All Blacks:
I am always surprised to see some of the new players who have Maori ancestry.
Guarantees that Lomax will be in the AB squad.
And I guess it precludes a few that were fringe as well, unless injury strikes. Not many loose forwards!
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@bovidae said in 2021 Māori All Blacks:
@gt12 Maybe because their first game is on June 26. Perhaps they will add a couple of players once the AB squad is named?
Edit: There is the bare minimum of hookers, halfbacks and loose forwards. And where does TJP fit in?
So name the All Blacks earlier.
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@bovidae said in 2021 Māori All Blacks:
@gt12 Maybe because their first game is on June 26. Perhaps they will add a couple of players once the AB squad is named?
Edit: There is the bare minimum of hookers, halfbacks and loose forwards. And where does TJP fit in?
Fullback also. Two half-fullbacks (Stevenson/Trask) make one.
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From that article:
It’s unlikely the Māori All Blacks will play any overseas games at the end of the year, so the two games against Samoa, at Sky Stadium in Wellington on June 26 and a double header alongside the All Blacks v Tonga at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland on July 3, will be it for 2021.
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@nepia said in 2021 Māori All Blacks:
I'm surprised not to see Zarn Sullivan there, unless he's a surprise AB inclusion.
I assume ABs will supplement the squad even when named in the ABs.
Curious that all the outside backs are from the Chiefs. You could hardly say that Stevenson or Trask were in-form.
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@tim said in 2021 Māori All Blacks:
@nepia said in 2021 Māori All Blacks:
I'm surprised not to see Zarn Sullivan there, unless he's a surprise AB inclusion.
I assume ABs will supplement the squad even when named in the ABs.
Curious that all the outside backs are from the Chiefs. You could hardly say that Stevenson or Trask were in-form.
Slim pickings really. CGB would have been nice to have.
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@tim It may have to do with the fact that the Chiefs have most Māori outside backs. There aren't that many in other squads. I can only think of Connor Garden-Bachop (injured), NMS (hardly played), Bryce Heem and Zarn Sullivan at other franchises (not including Rieko and Dmac, who'll be with the ABs).
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