2014 Māori All Blacks tour of Japan

2014 Māori All Blacks tour of Japan
2014 Māori All Blacks tour of Japan
Date	1 – 8 November
Coach(es)	Colin Cooper
Tour captain(s)	Charlie Ngatai
Top point scorer(s)	Ihaia West (31)
Top try scorer(s)	Jason Emery (2); Nehe Milner-Skudder (2)
Tour chronology
Previous tour	2013

On 7 July 2014, it was announced by the New Zealand Rugby Union that the Māori All Blacks would play a three-match Asian Series, including two matches against the Japanese national team and a match against an invitational Asian Pacific Barbarians (APB) team - a side made up from top Asian and Polynesian players and coached by Tana Umaga.^[1] The APB match was set to take place at the newly opened National Stadium in Singapore, but due to concerns over the safety of the playing surface at the stadium, the match was cancelled on 21 October 2014.^[2] For Japan, the second a third meeting between the two teams goes ahead a scheduled with the 2013 tour coach Colin Cooper remaining as head coach.

Matches

First match

1 November 2014
14:00 JST (UTC+9)

Japan	21–61	Māori All Blacks
Try: Penalty try (2) 25' c, 73' c Mafi 52' c Con: Goromaru (3/3) 27', 53', 73'	Report^[3]	Try: Eves 7' m Emery (2) 20' c, 34' c Polwart 23' c West 46' c Milner-Skudder 55' m Ngatai 63' c Lowe 76' c Con: West (6/8) 21', 24', 35', 47', 64', 77' Pen: West (3/5) 14', 17', 40'

Noevir Stadium, Kobe^[4]
Attendance: 21,234
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)


FB	15	Ayumu Goromaru
RW	14	Kotaro Matsushima
OC	13	Harumichi Tatekawa	60'
IC	12	Male Sa'u
LW	11	Akihito Yamada	53'
FH	10	Yuu Tamura	40'
SH	9	Atsushi Hiwasa
N8	8	Hayden Hopgood	49'
OF	7	Michael Leitch (c)
BF	6	Hendrik Tui
RL	5	Shoji Ito	53'
LL	4	Luke Thompson
TP	3	Kensuke Hatakeyama	64'
HK	2	Takeshi Kizu	70'
LP	1	Masataka Mikami	17'
Replacements:
PR	16	Keita Inagaki	17'
HK	17	Hiroki Yuhara	70'
PR	18	Shinnosuke Kakinaga	64'
LK	19	Shinya Makabe	53'
N8	20	Amanaki Mafi	49'
SH	21	Keisuke Uchida	60'
FH	22	Kosei Ono	40'
WG	23	Karne Hesketh	53'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Robbie Robinson	56'
RW	14	Matt Proctor
OC	13	Jason Emery	54'
IC	12	Charlie Ngatai (c)
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Ihaia West
SH	9	Chris Smylie	56'
N8	8	Elliot Dixon	49'
OF	7	Sean Polwart
BF	6	Blade Thomson
RL	5	Hayden Triggs	53'
LL	4	Tom Franklin
TP	3	Mike Kainga	59'
HK	2	Ash Dixon	22'
LP	1	Chris Eves	65'
Replacements:
HK	16	Codie Taylor	22'
PR	17	Joe Royal	65'
PR	18	Nick Barrett	59'
FL	19	Nick Crosswell	53'
FL	20	Dan Pryor	49'
SH	21	Jamison Gibson-Park	56'
FH	22	Marty McKenzie	56'
WG	23	Nehe Milner-Skudder	54'
Coach:
Colin Cooper

Touch judges:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
James Leckie (Australia)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Second match

8 November 2014
14:00 JST (UTC+9)

Japan	18–20	Māori All Blacks
Try: Yamada 38' m Penalty try 47' c Con: Goromaru (1/2) 48' Pen: Goromaru (2/3) 54', 72'	Report^[5]	Try: Taylor 16' c Milner-Skudder 22' m Pryor 80' m Con: West (1/2) 17' Pen: West (1/2) 31'

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo^[4]
Attendance: 20,515
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)


FB	15	Ayumu Goromaru
RW	14	Karne Hesketh
OC	13	Kotaro Matsushima
IC	12	Male Sa'u	73'
LW	11	Akihito Yamada	48'
FH	10	Kosei Ono
SH	9	Atsushi Hiwasa
N8	8	Amanaki Mafi
OF	7	Michael Leitch (c)	75'
BF	6	Hendrik Tui
RL	5	Shinya Makabe	65'
LL	4	Luke Thompson
TP	3	Kensuke Hatakeyama
HK	2	Takeshi Kizu	58'
LP	1	Keita Inagaki
Replacements:
PR	16	Yusuke Nagae
HK	17	Hiroki Yuhara	58'
PR	18	Shinnosuke Kakinaga
LK	19	Hitoshi Ono	65'
N8	20	Hayden Hopgood	75'
SH	21	Keisuke Uchida
FH	22	Harumichi Tatekawa	68'
CE	23	Ryohei Yamanaka	73'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Nehe Milner-Skudder		65'
RW	14	Kurt Baker
OC	13	Matt Proctor
IC	12	Charlie Ngatai (c)
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Ihaia West		58'
SH	9	Chris Smylie		72'
N8	8	Elliot Dixon
OF	7	Sean Polwart		46'
BF	6	Dan Pryor
RL	5	Blade Thomson
LL	4	Tom Franklin	6' to 16'	58'
TP	3	Mike Kainga
HK	2	Codie Taylor		72'
LP	1	Chris Eves		58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Joe Royal		72'
PR	17	Brendon Edmonds		58'
PR	18	Nick Barrett
LK	19	Hayden Triggs		58'
N8	20	Mitchell Crosswell		46'
SH	21	Jamison Gibson-Park		72'
FH	22	Marty McKenzie		58'
WG	23	Joe Webber		65'
Coach:
Colin Cooper

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce (England)
James Leckie (Australia)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Asian Pacific Barbarians

15 November 2014
14:30 SST (UTC+8)

Asia Pacific Dragons	Cancelled	Māori All Blacks

New Singapore National Stadium, Singapore
Referee: ARU Appointment (Australia)

Squads

Note: Caps, ages and clubs are to 1 November, pre first match.

Māori All Blacks

New Zealand Māori 27-man squad for the 2014 Japanese November Tour was announced on 21 October.^[6]

On 26 October, Nick Crosswell, Mitch Crosswell and Hayden Triggs were added to the squad to replace the injured Shane Christie, Liam Squire and Joe Wheeler respectively.^[7]

Player	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Club/province	Iwi
Ash Dixon	Hooker	(1988-09-10)10 September 1988 (aged 26)	Hawke's Bay	Ngāti Tahinga
Joe Royal	Hooker	(1985-05-31)31 May 1985 (aged 29)	Bay of Plenty	Te Arawa / Ngāti Whātua
Codie Taylor	Hooker	(1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 23)	Canterbury	Ngāti Kahungunu / Muaūpoko
Nick Barrett	Prop	(1988-11-01)1 November 1988 (aged 26)	Auckland	Ngāti Kahungunu
Brendon Edmonds	Prop	(1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 23)	Hawke's Bay	Ngāti Kahungunu
Chris Eves	Prop	(1987-12-11)11 December 1987 (aged 26)	Manawatu	Tainui
Mike Kainga	Prop	(1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 23)	Bay of Plenty	Ngāti Kahungunu
Tom Franklin	Lock	(1990-08-11)11 August 1990 (aged 24)	Otago	Ngāti Maniapoto
Hayden Triggs	Lock	(1982-02-22)22 February 1982 (aged 32)	North Harbour	Ngāti Kahungunu
Joe Wheeler	Lock	(1987-10-20)20 October 1987 (aged 27)	Tasman	Ngāi Tahu
Shane Christie	Flanker	(1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 29)	Tasman	Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi
Nick Crosswell	Flanker	(1986-04-03)3 April 1986 (aged 28)	Manawatu	Ngāti Porou
Sean Polwart	Flanker	(1990-04-14)14 April 1990 (aged 24)	Auckland	Ngāti Pūkenga / Ngāti Maru
Dan Pryor	Flanker	(1988-04-14)14 April 1988 (aged 26)	Northland	Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Pikiao
Mitchell Crosswell	Number 8	(1988-11-14)14 November 1988 (aged 25)	Taranaki	Ngāti Porou
Blade Thomson	Number 8	(1990-12-04)4 December 1990 (aged 23)	Taranaki	Ngāpuhi
Liam Squire	Number 8	(1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 23)	Tasman	Ngāi Tahu
Elliot Dixon	Number 8	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 25)	Southland	Ngāpuhi
Jamison Gibson-Park	Scrum-half	(1992-02-23)23 February 1992 (aged 22)	Taranaki	Ngāti Porou / Ngāi Tai
Chris Smylie	Scrum-half	(1982-03-22)22 March 1982 (aged 32)	Taranaki	Ngāti Mutunga
Marty McKenzie	Fly-half	(1992-08-14)14 August 1992 (aged 22)	Taranaki	Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ihaia West	Fly-half	(1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 22)	Hawke's Bay	Ngati Kahungunu / Ngāti Porou
Jason Emery	Centre	(1993-09-21)21 September 1993 (aged 21)	Manawatu	Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Maniapoto
Charlie Ngatai (c)	Centre	(1990-08-17)17 August 1990 (aged 24)	Taranaki	Ngāti Porou / Te Whanau-a-Apanui
James Lowe	Centre	(1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 22)	Tasman	Ngāpuhi / Ngāi Te Rangi
Nehe Milner-Skudder	Wing	(1990-12-15)15 December 1990 (aged 23)	Manawatu	Ngāti Porou / Tapuika
Matt Proctor	Wing	(1992-10-26)26 October 1992 (aged 22)	Wellington/Hurricanes	Ngāi Te Rangi / Ngāpuhi
Joe Webber	Wing	(1993-08-27)27 August 1993 (aged 21)	Waikato	Ngāti Ranginui
Kurt Baker	Fullback	(1988-10-07)7 October 1988 (aged 26)	Taranaki/Highlanders	Ngāpuhi
Robbie Robinson	Fullback	(1989-08-22)22 August 1989 (aged 25)	Southland/Chiefs	Ngāti Tuwharetoa

Japan

Japanese 30-man squad for two uncapped matches against the Māori All Blacks.^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Ryuhei Arita	Hooker	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 25)	7	Coca-Cola Red Sparks
Takeshi Kizu	Hooker	(1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 26)	28	Kobelco Steelers
Hiroki Yuhara	Hooker	(1984-01-21)21 January 1984 (aged 30)	16	Toshiba Brave Lupus
Kensuke Hatakeyama	Prop	(1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 29)	57	Suntory Sungoliath
Keita Inagaki	Prop	(1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 24)	0	Panasonic Wild Knights
Shinnosuke Kakinaga	Prop	(1992-12-19)19 December 1992 (aged 21)	0	Suntory Sungoliath
Masataka Mikami	Prop	(1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 26)	21	Toshiba Brave Lupus
Hiroshi Yamashita	Prop	(1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 28)	36	Kobelco Steelers
Shoji Ito	Lock	(1980-12-02)2 December 1980 (aged 33)	26	Kobelco Steelers
Shinya Makabe	Lock	(1987-03-26)26 March 1987 (aged 27)	27	Suntory Sungoliath
Hitoshi Ono	Lock	(1978-05-06)6 May 1978 (aged 36)	85	Toshiba Brave Lupus
Luke Thompson	Lock	(1981-04-16)16 April 1981 (aged 33)	48	Kintetsu Liners
Michael Leitch (c)	Flanker	(1988-10-07)7 October 1988 (aged 26)	37	Toshiba Brave Lupus
Hendrik Tui	Flanker	(1987-12-13)13 December 1987 (aged 26)	25	Queensland Reds
Ryuta Yasui	Flanker	(1989-12-06)6 December 1989 (aged 24)	2	Kobelco Steelers
Hayden Hopgood	Number 8	(1980-07-30)30 July 1980 (aged 34)	1	Kamaishi Seawaves
Amanaki Mafi	Number 8	(1990-01-11)11 January 1990 (aged 24)	0	NTT Communications Shining Arcs
Atsushi Hiwasa	Scrum-half	(1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 27)	36	Suntory Sungoliath
Yuki Yatomi	Scrum-half	(1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 29)	13	Yamaha Júbilo
Kosei Ono	Fly-half	(1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 27)	22	Suntory Sungoliath
Harumichi Tatekawa	Fly-half	(1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 24)	26	Kubota Spears
Kotaro Matsushima	Centre	(1993-02-23)23 February 1993 (aged 21)	4	Suntory Sungoliath
Male Sa'u	Centre	(1987-10-13)13 October 1987 (aged 27)	18	Melbourne Rebels
Yuu Tamura	Centre	(1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 25)	25	NEC Green Rockets
Craig Wing	Centre	(1979-12-26)26 December 1979 (aged 34)	7	Kobelco Steelers
Yoshikazu Fujita	Wing	(1993-09-08)8 September 1993 (aged 21)	18	Waseda University
Karne Hesketh	Wing	(1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 29)	0	Fukuoka Sanix Blues
Toshiaki Hirose	Wing	(1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 33)	21	Toshiba Brave Lupus
Akihito Yamada	Wing	(1986-07-26)26 July 1986 (aged 28)	9	Panasonic Wild Knights
Ayumu Goromaru	Fullback	(1986-03-01)1 March 1986 (aged 28)	41	Yamaha Júbilo

Statistics

Key

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

Māori All Blacks player statistics

Name	Overall						Cards
Name	Played	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Ihaia West	2	1	7	4	0	31	0	0
Nehe Milner-Skudder	2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
Jason Emery	1	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
Chris Eves	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
James Lowe	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
Charlie Ngatai	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
Sean Polwart	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
Dan Pryor	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
Codie Taylor	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
Mitchell Crosswell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elliot Dixon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Franklin	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jamison Gibson-Park	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kainga	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marty McKenzie	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Proctor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Royal	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Smylie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hayden Triggs	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Crosswell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ash Dixon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brendon Edmonds	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robbie Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blade Thomson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Webber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Christie	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Liam Squire	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Joe Wheeler	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–

Match statistics

Name	Overall
Name	Team	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Ihaia West	Māori All Blacks	1	7	4	0	31
Ayumu Goromaru	Japan	0	4	2	0	14
Nehe Milner-Skudder	Māori All Blacks	2	0	0	0	10
Jason Emery	Māori All Blacks	2	0	0	0	10
Chris Eves	Māori All Blacks	1	0	0	0	5
Amanaki Mafi	Japan	1	0	0	0	5
James Lowe	Māori All Blacks	1	0	0	0	5
Charlie Ngatai	Māori All Blacks	1	0	0	0	5
Sean Polwart	Māori All Blacks	1	0	0	0	5
Dan Pryor	Māori All Blacks	1	0	0	0	5
Codie Taylor	Māori All Blacks	1	0	0	0	5
Akihito Yamada	Japan	1	0	0	0	5

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