2019 Māori All Blacks
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They'll get tipped again, def keeping 'faith' with a team that was awful. Praying for improvement rather than improving the squad
@Machpants Giving some players a start, who were on the bench last week (particularly Hall, Douglas and Nankivell), is an improvement of the matchday squad. With a squad of only 27 players, there's not much more you can change.
Agree that they'll probably lose again, though, but I think that says more about Fiji than the MABs. Fiji has improved significantly the last few years.
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@Machpants Giving some players a start, who were on the bench last week (particularly Hall, Douglas and Nankivell), is an improvement of the matchday squad. With a squad of only 27 players, there's not much more you can change.
Agree that they'll probably lose again, though, but I think that says more about Fiji than the MABs. Fiji has improved significantly the last few years.
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@Stargazer Really I just looked at Black, and went - that's it.
@Machpants Fletcher wasn't good in Suva, but he played at fullback. I'd have given him the start at 10 for this game, and moved Black to the bench.
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So I'm currently on a mini tour of NZ with some overseas friends and on Tuesday stopped into Ohinemutu Marae and it was full of Fijians. Turned out it was a welcome for the Fijian and Fijian U20s.
@Nepia said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
So I'm currently on a mini tour of NZ with some overseas friends and on Tuesday stopped into Ohinemutu Marae and it was full of Fijians. Turned out it was a welcome for the Fijian and Fijian U20s.
Was Aunty Suzie there serving her special pork bones and puha....
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So I'm currently on a mini tour of NZ with some overseas friends and on Tuesday stopped into Ohinemutu Marae and it was full of Fijians. Turned out it was a welcome for the Fijian and Fijian U20s.
@Nepia said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
So I'm currently on a mini tour of NZ with some overseas friends and on Tuesday stopped into Ohinemutu Marae and it was full of Fijians. Turned out it was a welcome for the Fijian and Fijian U20s.
Come along to the Maddison Trophy final at McLean Park on Saturday afternoon
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@Nepia said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
So I'm currently on a mini tour of NZ with some overseas friends and on Tuesday stopped into Ohinemutu Marae and it was full of Fijians. Turned out it was a welcome for the Fijian and Fijian U20s.
Was Aunty Suzie there serving her special pork bones and puha....
@ACT-Crusader said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
@Nepia said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
So I'm currently on a mini tour of NZ with some overseas friends and on Tuesday stopped into Ohinemutu Marae and it was full of Fijians. Turned out it was a welcome for the Fijian and Fijian U20s.
Was Aunty Suzie there serving her special pork bones and puha....
I didn't see Whaea Huhana anywhere but hopefully she was out the back during meal prep.
@Stockcar86 said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
@Nepia said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
So I'm currently on a mini tour of NZ with some overseas friends and on Tuesday stopped into Ohinemutu Marae and it was full of Fijians. Turned out it was a welcome for the Fijian and Fijian U20s.
Come along to the Maddison Trophy final at McLean Park on Saturday afternoon
It would have been awesome to cheer on Hastings R&S over the evil Napier empire but we left the Bay today after three days of non stop eating.
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NZ Māori U20
1 Kershawl Sykes Martin ( Ta$man) - Ngati Porou)
2 Te Ariki Te Puni(co-captain) (Auckland) - Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Porou, Rangitane o Manawatu, Ngai Te Rangi
3 Jonas Pomare (Bay of Plenty) - Ngapuhi
4 Josh Hill (Otago) - Ngai Tahu
5 Keelan Whitman (Wellington) - Ngati Rangiwewehi
6 Kaipo Brown (Bay of Plenty) - Te Aupouri, Te Arawa, Tainui, Ngai Te Rangi, Te Ati Awa
7 Tamarau McGahan (North Harbour) - Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Raukawa
8 Shamus Hurley Langton (Wellington) - Te Ati Awa, Taranaki
9 Cortez-Lee Ratima (Waikato) - Ngati Maniapoto, Ngati Tama
10 Zarn Sullivan(co-Captain) (Auckland) - Ngati Kahungunu
11 Coel Kerr (Canterbury) - Ngati Ranginui
12 Leo Thompson (Wellington) - Ngai Ta Manuhiri, Ngati/Rangiwewehi
13 Tahu Kaa (Canterbury) - Ngati Porou, Ngai Tahu
14 Dennon Robinson Bartlett (Bay of Plenty) - Ngati Kahungunu
15 Bailey Gordon (Bay of Plenty) - Te Arawa)16 Tyrone Thompson (Wellington) - Ngai Ta Manuhiri, Ngati, Rangiwewehi
17 Benet Kumeroa (Bay of Plenty) - Te Atihaunui-a-Paparangi
18 Tanara Haenga (Wellington) - Ngati Porou
19 Sam Smith (Wellington/Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Kahungunu)
20 Isaac Bracewell (Wellington) - Ngati Maniapoto
21 Tobias Manuel Wickham (Manawatu) - Ngati Porou, Ngati Tuwharetoa
22 Callum Bean (Auckland) - Ngai Tahu, Nga Puhi
23 Leo Ngatai Tafau (Counties Manukau) - Ngati Porou, Tainui -
Only a handful of names are familiar to me. Cortez-Lee Ratima would have been hoping to play in the Waikato club final today but his team (Otorohanga) got upset in the semi.
Is Tamarau McGahan another son of Hugh?
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@Stargazer said in 2019 Māori All Blacks:
Bloody h*ll, some very big lads in that Fiji U20 team!
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Good start from the Maori U20 with Cortez-Lee Ratima and Keelan Whitman scoring the first tries, the last one after a great break from Zarn Sullivan. The Fijians have been dominating the last 10 minutes though, resulting in a good try from their hooker.
Third try for the Maori scored by McGahan.
Maori U20 19 - 10 Fiji U20 after 30 minutes.
