2013 Māori All Blacks tour of North America

2013 Māori All Blacks tour of North America
2013 Māori All Blacks tour of North America
	Māori All Blacks performing their haka prior to their match against the United States team in Philadelphia in 2013
Date	3 – 9 November
Coach(es)	Colin Cooper
Tour captain(s)	Tim Bateman
Top point scorer(s)	Robbie Robinson (18)
Top try scorer(s)	Jamison Gibson-Park (3)
Tour chronology
Previous tour	2012
Next tour	2014

On 23 May 2013, it was announced by the New Zealand Rugby Union that following a successful tour in 2012, the Māori All Blacks will tour North America to take on Canada and the United States.^[1] The fixtures would not be the first time the national sides have met the invitational side, as the teams participated in the now defunct Churchill Cup, and the Māoris faced Canada during their 2012 tour where the Māoris were victorious 32-19.

The head coach for the tour was announced as Taranaki's head coach Colin Cooper.^[2] He was assisted by Crusaders assistant coach Tabai Matson, and former All Black Carl Hoeft as the scrummage coach.

Fixtures

Canada

3 November 2013
13:00 EDT (UTC-4)

Canada	15–40	Māori All Blacks
Try: Hassler 5' m Carpenter 59' c Con: Underwood (1/2) 60' Pen: Underwood (1/2) 55'	Report^[3]	Try: Guildford 14' m Gibson-Park (2) 30' c, 50' c Robinson 35' c Proctor 69' c Barrett 75' c Con: Taylor (2/3) 31', 37' Robinson (2/2) 51', 70' West (1/1) 76' Pen: Taylor (0/1)

BMO Field, Toronto^[4]
Attendance: 22,566
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

Canada

Māori All Blacks


FB	15	Matt Evans
RW	14	Jeff Hassler
OC	13	Ciaran Hearn	40'
IC	12	Harry Jones
LW	11	Conor Trainor
FH	10	Liam Underwood	67'
SH	9	Phil Mack	52'
N8	8	Aaron Carpenter (c)
OF	7	John Moonlight
BF	6	Nanyak Dala	38'
RL	5	Tyler Ardron
LL	4	Jon Phelan	68'
TP	3	Doug Wooldridge	64'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill	74'
LP	1	Hubert Buydens
Replacements:
PR	16	Jake Ilnicki	64'
PR	17	Ryan March
LK	18	Aaron Flagg	68'
FL	19	Kyle Gilmour	74'
FL	20	Adam Kleeberger	38'
SH	21	Jamie Mackenzie	52'
CE	22	Pat Parfrey	67'
FH	23	Connor Braid	40'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley


FB	15	Robbie Robinson	72'
RW	14	Andre Taylor
OC	13	Charlie Ngatai
IC	12	Jackson Willison	72'
LW	11	Zac Guildford	64'
FH	10	Tim Bateman (c)
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park
N8	8	Elliot Dixon
OF	7	Luke Braid	53'
BF	6	Liam Squire
RL	5	Joe Wheeler	66'
LL	4	Jarrad Hoeata
TP	3	Ben Afeaki	70'
HK	2	Hika Elliot	22'
LP	1	Kane Hames	66'
Replacements:
PR	16	Chris Eves	66'
PR	17	Nick Barrett	70'
HK	18	Ash Dixon	22'
N8	19	Blade Thomson	66'
FL	20	Shane Christie	53'
FB	21	Kurt Baker	72'
FH	22	Ihaia West	72'
WG	23	Matt Proctor	64'
Coach:
Colin Cooper

Man of the Match:
Zac Guildford (Māori All Blacks)

Touch judges:
USA Appt (United States)
USA Appt (United States)
Television match official:
USA Appt (United States)

United States

9 November 2013
19:00 EST (UTC-5)

United States	19–29	Māori All Blacks
Try: Dolan 71' c Con: Siddall (1/1) 73' Pen: Siddall (4/4) 14', 26', 38', 63'	Report^[5]	Try: Gibson-Park 5' c Bateman (2) 43' c, 55' m Katene 78' c Con: Robinson (3/4) 6', 44', 79' Pen: Robinson (1/1) 69'

PPL Park, Chester, Pennsylvania^[4]
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)

United States

Māori All Blacks


FB	15	Adam Siddall
RW	14	Luke Hume
OC	13	Seamus Kelly
IC	12	Andrew Suniula	64'
LW	11	Tim Maupin
FH	10	Toby L'Estrange	48'
SH	9	Mike Petri
N8	8	Cam Dolan
OF	7	Peter Dahl
BF	6	Todd Clever (c)	48' to 50'
RL	5	Tai Tuisamoa
LL	4	Graham Harriman
TP	3	Shawn Pittman	48'
HK	2	Phil Thiel	75'
LP	1	Nicholas Wallace
Replacements:
HK	16	Zach Fenoglio	75'
PR	17	Titi Lamositele	48'
PR	18	Olive Kilifi
LK	19	John Cullen
FL	20	Kyle Sumsion	48'	48'
SH	21	Shaun Davies
WG	22	Zachary Pangelinan	48'
FH	23	Folau Niua	64'
Coach:
Mike Tolkin


FB	15	Robbie Robinson
RW	14	Kurt Baker		66'
OC	13	Charlie Ngatai
IC	12	Tim Bateman (c)
LW	11	Matt Proctor
FH	10	Ihaia West
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park
N8	8	Blade Thomson		63'
OF	7	Luke Braid
BF	6	Shane Christie
RL	5	Joe Wheeler	31' to 41'	41'
LL	4	Jarrad Hoeata
TP	3	Ben Afeaki		79'
HK	2	Ash Dixon		69'
LP	1	Kane Hames		47'
Replacements:
HK	16	Joe Royal		69'
PR	17	Chris Eves		47'
PR	18	Nick Barrett		79'
LK	19	Luke Katene		41'
N8	20	Elliot Dixon		63'
SH	21	Chris Smylie
CE	22	Jackson Willison
WG	23	Zac Guildford		66'
Coach:
Colin Cooper

Man of the Match:
Cameron Dolan (United States)

Touch judges:
David Smortchevsky (Canada)
Andrew McMaster (Canada)
Television match official:
Bryan Arclero (Canada)

Squad

New Zealand Māori 29-man squad for the 2013 North America November Tour, facing Canada (3 November) and United States (9 November).^[6]

Head coach: Colin Cooper

Note: Bold denotes players that have represented the Māori All Blacks in previous tours.
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Club/province	Iwi
Ash Dixon	Hooker	(1988-09-01) 1 September 1988 (age 36)	Hawke's Bay	Ngāti Tahinga
Hika Elliot	Hooker	(1986-01-22) 22 January 1986 (age 39)	Counties Manukau	Ngāti Awa
Corey Flynn	Hooker	(1981-01-05) 5 January 1981 (age 44)	Canterbury	Ngāi Tahu
Quentin MacDonald	Hooker	(1988-09-25) 25 September 1988 (age 36)	Tasman	Te Whakatōhea / Ngāi Tahu
Joe Royal	Hooker	(1985-05-31) 31 May 1985 (age 39)	Bay of Plenty	Te Arawa / Ngāti Whātua
Ben Afeaki	Prop	(1988-01-12) 12 January 1988 (age 37)	North Harbour	Ngāti Awa
Nick Barrett	Prop	(1988-11-01) 1 November 1988 (age 36)	Southland	Ngāti Kahungunu
Chris Eves	Prop	(1987-12-11) 11 December 1987 (age 37)	Manawatu	Tainui
Kane Hames	Prop	(1988-08-28) 28 August 1988 (age 36)	Bay of Plenty	Ngāi Tūhoe / Ngāti Porou
Jarrad Hoeata	Lock	(1983-12-12) 12 December 1983 (age 41)	Taranaki	Ngāti Kahungunu / Ngāi Tūhoe
Luke Katene	Lock	(1986-06-04) 4 June 1986 (age 38)	Canterbury	Ngāti Toa
Joe Wheeler	Lock	(1987-10-20) 20 October 1987 (age 37)	Tasman	Ngāi Tahu
Luke Braid	Flanker	(1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 (age 36)	Auckland	Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu
Shane Christie	Flanker	(1985-09-23) 23 September 1985 (age 39)	Tasman	Ngāti Kurī
Elliot Dixon	Number 8	(1989-09-04) 4 September 1989 (age 35)	Southland	Ngāpuhi
Liam Squire	Number 8	(1991-03-20) 20 March 1991 (age 33)	Tasman	Ngāi Tahu
Blade Thomson	Number 8	(1990-12-04) 4 December 1990 (age 34)	Taranaki	Ngāpuhi
Jamison Gibson-Park	Scrum-half	(1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 32)	Taranaki	Ngāti Porou / Ngāi Tai
Chris Smylie	Scrum-half	(1982-03-22) 22 March 1982 (age 42)	Taranaki	Ngāti Mutunga
Piri Weepu	Scrum-half	(1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 41)	Auckland	Te Whakatōhea / Ngāi Tahu
Ihaia West	Fly-half	(1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 33)	Hawke's Bay	Ngati Kahungunu / Ngāti Porou
Tim Bateman (c)	Centre	(1987-06-03) 3 June 1987 (age 37)	Wellington	Ngāi Tahu
Charlie Ngatai	Centre	(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 34)	Wellington	Ngāti Porou / Te Whanau-a-Apanui
Jackson Willison	Centre	(1988-09-05) 5 September 1988 (age 36)	Waikato	Ngāti Mahuta
Zac Guildford	Wing	(1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 35)	Hawke's Bay	Ngāti Kahungunu / Ngāi Tahu
Matt Proctor	Wing	(1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 32)	Wellington	Ngāi Te Rangi / Ngāpuhi
Kurt Baker	Fullback	(1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 (age 36)	Taranaki	Ngāpuhi
Robbie Robinson	Fullback	(1989-08-22) 22 August 1989 (age 35)	Southland	Ngāti Tuwharetoa
Andre Taylor	Fullback	(1988-01-11) 11 January 1988 (age 37)	Taranaki	Ngāti Tuwharetoa / Ngāti Kahungunu

Squad notes

Tim Bateman took captaincy from Tanerau Latimer, who has made himself unavailable to have surgery on a long-standing arm injury. Several players were not considered due to injury including Ross Filipo and Bronson Murray. Ash Dixon replaced Corey Flynn after being ruled out of the tour through injury. Hika Elliot and Piri Weepu sustained injuries during the North American Tour and were replaced by Quentin MacDonald and Chris Smylie.^[7]

Player statistics

Key

Con: Conversions
Pen: Penalties
DG: Drop goals
Pts: Points

Name	Overall						Cards
Name	Played	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Robbie Robinson	2	1	5	1	0	18	0	0
Jamison Gibson-Park	2	3	0	0	0	15	0	0
Tim Bateman	2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
Nick Barrett	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
Zac Guildford	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
Matt Proctor	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
Luke Katene	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
Andre Taylor	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
Ihaia West	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Ben Afeaki	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Baker	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Braid	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Christie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ash Dixon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elliot Dixon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Eves	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jarrad Hoeata	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kane Hames	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Ngatai	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blade Thomson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Wheeler	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hika Elliot	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Royal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liam Squire	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jackson Willison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Flynn	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Piri Weepu	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–

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