2012 Māori All Blacks tour of England

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2012 Māori All Blacks tour of England
Coach(es)Jamie Joseph
Tour captain(s)Tanerau Latimer
Top point scorer(s)Willie Ripia (41)
Top try scorer(s)Frae Wilson
Charlie Ngatai
(2 each)
Summary
P W D L
Total
03 02 00 01
Test match
00 00 00 00
Tour chronology
Previous tour1982 Wales & Spain
Next tour2013 N.America

The 2012 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour of England was a series of three matches played by the Māori All Blacks (then known as the New Zealand Māori team) in England.[1]

Despite playing three fixtures, only one would be against a test international nation (Canada); this was the second time the two teams met. The Māori team also faced English domestic team Leicester Tigers and a RFU Championship XV, a team consisting of players that compete in England's second-tier club tournament, RFU Championship.

Fixtures[]

Leicester Tigers[]

13 November 2012
19:30 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
Leicester Tigers England 32–24 Māori people Māori All Blacks
Try: Morris 17' c
Thompstone 29' c
Con: Ford (2/2) 18', 30'
Pen: Ford (6/7) 2', 8', 12', 22', 43', 66'
 Report[2] Try: Wilson 5' c
Bateman 39' c
Ngatai 63' c
Con: Ripia (3/3) 6', 40', 64'
Pen: Ripia (1/3) 33'
Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance: 17,206
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
Leicester Tigers
FB O England Mathew Tait
RW N Ireland Niall Morris
OC M England Matt Smith Substituted off 53'
IC L England Anthony Allen
LW K England Adam Thompstone Substituted off 65'
FH J England George Ford
SH I Australia Patrick Phibbs Substituted off 60'
N8 G England Jordan Crane Substituted off 73'
OF H Australia Julian Salvi
BF F England Ed Slater
RL E England Graham Kitchener
LL D England Louis Deacon (c)
TP C England Fraser Balmain
HK B England George Chuter Substituted off 65'
LP A England Boris Stankovich
Replacements:
PR P England Jonny Harris
HK Q England Jimmy Stevens Substituted in 65'
PR R England Kieran Brookes
FL S Ireland Michael Noone
N8 T England Richard Thorpe Substituted in 73'
SH U England Sam Harrison Substituted in 60'
CE V New Zealand Daniel Bowden Temporarily suspended from 57' to 67' 57' to 67' Substituted in 53'
CE W England Andy Forsyth Substituted in 65'
Coach:
England Richard Cockerill
Māori All Blacks
FB 15 Andre Taylor Temporarily suspended from 11' to 21' 11' to 21'
RW 14 Kurt Baker
OC 13 Charlie Ngatai Substituted off 65'
IC 12 Tim Bateman
LW 11 Kade Poki Substituted off 64'
FH 10 Willie Ripia
SH 9 Frae Wilson Substituted off 57'
N8 8 Elliot Dixon Substituted off 57'
OF 7 Tanerau Latimer (c)
BF 6 Shane Christie
RL 5 Jason Eaton
LL 4 Jarrad Hoeata Temporarily suspended from 62' to 72' 62' to 72' Substituted off 72'
TP 3 Ben Afeaki Substituted off 68'
HK 2 Hika Elliot Substituted off 68'
LP 1 Ben May Substituted off 57'
Replacements:
HK 16 Quentin MacDonald Substituted in 68'
PR 17 Jacob Ellison Substituted in 57'
PR 18 Bronson Murray Substituted in 68'
LK 19 Romana Graham Substituted in 72'
FL 20 Nick Crosswell Substituted in 57'
SH 21 Jamison Gibson-Park Substituted in 57'
CE 22 Jackson Willison Substituted in 65'
WG 23 Declan O'Donnell Substituted in 64'
Coach:
New Zealand Jamie Joseph

Touch judges:
Ian Tempest (England)
Paul Dix (England)

Notes:

  • The Tigers returned to using their traditional lettered-flocked jerseys for this non-test match.[3] They last used this system when they hosted Australia in 2010.[4]

RFU Championship XV[]

17 November 2012
12:05 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
RFU Championship XV England 21–52 Māori people Māori All Blacks
Try: 22' m
Crane 78' c
Con: Roberts (0/1)
(1/1) 79'
Pen: Roberts (3/5) 4', 11', 42'
 Report[5] Try: O'Donnell 14' c
Baker 28' c
Elliot 33' c
Renata 53' c
Dixon 56' m
Wilson 63' c
Graham 72' c
Willison 75' m
Con: Ripia (5/7) 15', 29', 34', 64', 73'
Renata (1/1) 54'
Castle Park, Doncaster
Attendance: 4,956
Referee: David Rose (England)
RFU Championship XV
FB 15 Zimbabwe
RW 14 England Rhys Crane
OC 13 England Tim Streather
IC 12 England
LW 11 England Josh Bassett
FH 10 England Tristan Roberts Substituted off 69'
SH 9 Wales Gavin Cattle (c) Substituted off 54'
N8 8 England Ben Pienaar
OF 7 England Phil Burgess Substituted off 56'
BF 6 England Jacob Rowan
RL 5 England Nic Rouse
LL 4 England Nathan Hannay Substituted off 49'
TP 3 England Substituted off 49'
HK 2 England Jon Vickers Substituted off 71'
LP 1 England Mark Irish Substituted off 56'
Replacements:
HK 16 England Substituted in 71'
PR 17 Wales Tom Davies Substituted in 56'
PR 18 England Oliver Tomaszczyk Substituted in 49'
LK 19 England Calum Green Substituted in 49'
N8 20 England Substituted in 56'
SH 21 England Luke Baldwin Substituted in 54'
FH 22 England Substituted in 69'
WG 23 England Mark Atkinson
Coach:
Wales Mike Rayer
Māori All Blacks
FB 15 Trent Renata
RW 14 Kurt Baker
OC 13 Jackson Willison
IC 12 Tim Bateman Substituted off 44'
LW 11 Declan O'Donnell
FH 10 Willie Ripia
SH 9 Jamison Gibson-Park Substituted off 61'
N8 8 Elliot Dixon
OF 7 Tanerau Latimer (c)
BF 6 Nick Crosswell Substituted off 46'
RL 5 Romana Graham
LL 4 Jarrad Hoeata Substituted off 54'
TP 3 Ben Afeaki
HK 2 Hika Elliot Substituted off 54'
LP 1 Jacob Ellison Substituted off 46'
Replacements:
HK 16 Quentin MacDonald Substituted in 54'
PR 17 Bronson Murray
PR 18 Ben May Substituted in 46'
LK 19 Jason Eaton Substituted in 54'
FL 20 Shane Christie Substituted in 46'
SH 21 Frae Wilson Substituted in 61'
CE 22 Charlie Ngatai Substituted in 44'
FB 23 Andre Taylor
Coach:
New Zealand Jamie Joseph

Touch judges:
Steve Lee (England)
Simon McConnell (England)
Television match official:
Trevor Fisher (England)

Canada[]

23 November 2012
19:30 WET/GMT+0 (UTC+0)
Canada  19–32 Māori people Māori All Blacks
Try: Barkwill 70' c
Con: Braid (1/1) 71'
Pen: Pritchard (4/5) 24', 28', 39', 47'
 Report[6] Try: Taylor 25' c
Ngatai 79' c
Con: Ripia (2/2) 26', 80'
Pen: Ripia (6/7) 2', 11', 14', 32', 49', 57'
Oxford University Sports Centre, Oxford
Referee: (England)
Canada
FB 15 James Pritchard Substituted off 63'
RW 14 Jeff Hassler
OC 13 Ciaran Hearn Substituted off 78'
IC 12 Phil Mackenzie
LW 11 Taylor Paris
FH 10 Connor Braid
SH 9 Phil Mack
N8 8 Aaron Carpenter (c)
OF 7 Chauncey O'Toole Substituted off 58'
BF 6 Tyler Ardron
RL 5 Tyler Hotson Substituted off 58'
LL 4 Jebb Sinclair
TP 3 Andrew Tiedemann Substituted off 63'
HK 2 Ryan Hamilton Substituted off 43'
LP 1 Hubert Buydens
Replacements:
PR 16 Jason Marshall
HK 17 Ray Barkwill Substituted in 43'
PR 18 Doug Wooldridge Substituted in 63'
LK 19 Brett Beukeboom Substituted in 58'
FL 20 John Moonlight Substituted in 58'
FB 21
FH 22 Nathan Hirayama Substituted in 63'
WG 23 Sean Duke Substituted in 78'
Coach:
New Zealand Kieran Crowley
Māori All Blacks
FB 15 Trent Renata
RW 14 Kurt Baker
OC 13 Charlie Ngatai
IC 12 Tim Bateman Temporarily suspended from 52' to 62' 52' to 62'
LW 11 Andre Taylor Substituted off 70'
FH 10 Willie Ripia
SH 9 Frae Wilson Substituted off 58'
N8 8 Elliot Dixon Substituted off 58'
OF 7 Tanerau Latimer (c)
BF 6 Shane Christie
RL 5 Romana Graham Temporarily suspended from 6' to 16' 6' to 16'
LL 4 Jason Eaton Substituted off 49'
TP 3 Ben May Substituted off 58'
HK 2 Quentin MacDonald Substituted off 49'
LP 1 Bronson Murray Substituted off 40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Hika Elliot Substituted in 49'
PR 17 Jacob Ellison Substituted in 58'
PR 18 Ben Afeaki Substituted in 40'
LK 19 Jarrad Hoeata Substituted in 49'
FL 20 Nick Crosswell Substituted in 58'
SH 21 Jamison Gibson-Park Substituted in 58'
CE 22 Jackson Willison Substituted in 70'
WG 23 Declan O'Donnell
Coach:
New Zealand Jamie Joseph

Touch judges:
(England)
(England)

Notes:

  • This was not considered a Test Match and is part of the new scheme the IRB introduced to increase the competitiveness in tier 2 teams ahead of the next World Cup.
  • At the 21st minute, referee pulled a hamstring, prompting assistant referee to take over as the official.

Squad[]

It was announced that Highlanders head coach Jamie Joseph, would coach the side for the 2012 tour, after leading the Māori's to success over England in 2010.[7]

Joseph named his 26-man squad on 29 October 2012.[8]

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
Hika Elliot Hooker (1986-01-22)22 January 1986 (aged 26) New Zealand Hawke's Bay Ngāti Awa
Quentin MacDonald Hooker (1988-09-25)25 September 1988 (aged 24) New Zealand Tasman Rangitāne
Ben Afeaki Prop (1988-01-12)12 January 1988 (aged 24) New Zealand North Harbour Ngāti Awa
Jacob Ellison Prop (1985-02-25)25 February 1985 (aged 27) New Zealand Otago Ngāti Porou
Ben May Prop (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 30) New Zealand Waikato Ngāti Maniapoto
Bronson Murray Prop (1982-11-06)6 November 1982 (aged 30) New Zealand Bay of Plenty Ngāpuhi
Jason Eaton Lock (1982-08-21)21 August 1982 (aged 30) New Zealand Taranaki Ngāti Apa
Ross Filipo Lock (1979-04-14)14 April 1979 (aged 33) New Zealand Wellington Muaūpoko
Romana Graham Lock (1986-05-29)29 May 1986 (aged 26) New Zealand Waikato Ngāti Awa
Jarrad Hoeata Lock (1983-12-12)12 December 1983 (aged 28) New Zealand Taranaki Ngāti Kahungunu
Shane Christie Flanker (1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 27) New Zealand Tasman Ngāti Kurī
Nick Crosswell Flanker (1986-04-03)3 April 1986 (aged 26) New Zealand Manawatu Ngāti Porou
Tanerau Latimer (c) Flanker (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 26) New Zealand Bay of Plenty Te Arawa
Karl Lowe Flanker (1984-09-17)17 September 1984 (aged 28) New Zealand Hawke's Bay Ngāti Kahungunu
Elliot Dixon Number 8 (1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 23) New Zealand Southland Ngāpuhi
Jamison Gibson-Park Scrum-half (1992-02-23)23 February 1992 (aged 20) New Zealand Taranaki Ngāti Porou / Ngāi Tai
Frae Wilson Scrum-half (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 23) New Zealand Wellington Ngati Rangi / Te Āti Awa
Willie Ripia Fly-half (1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 27) New Zealand Bay of Plenty Ngāi Tūhoe
Tim Bateman Centre (1987-06-03)3 June 1987 (aged 25) New Zealand Wellington Ngāi Tahu
Charlie Ngatai Centre (1990-08-17)17 August 1990 (aged 22) New Zealand Wellington Ngāti Porou / Te Whanau-a-Apanui
Jackson Willison Centre (1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 24) New Zealand Waikato Ngāti Mahuta
Declan O'Donnell Wing (1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 21) New Zealand Waikato Ngāti Tūwharetoa / Ngāti Porou
Kade Poki Wing (1988-01-17)17 January 1988 (aged 24) New Zealand Southland Te Āti Awa
Kurt Baker Fullback (1988-10-07)7 October 1988 (aged 24) New Zealand Taranaki Ngāpuhi
Trent Renata Fullback (1988-05-13)13 May 1988 (aged 24) New Zealand Waikato Ngāti Maru
Andre Taylor Fullback (1988-01-11)11 January 1988 (aged 24) New Zealand Taranaki Ngāti Tuwharetoa / Ngāti Kahungunu

Player statistics[]

Key

  • Con: Conversions
  • Pen: Penalties
  • DG: Drop goals
  • Pts: Points
Name Overall Cards
Played Tries Con Pen DG Pts Temporarily suspended Red card
Willie Ripia 3 0 10 7 0 41 0 0
Charlie Ngatai 3 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
Frae Wilson 3 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
Trent Renata 2 1 1 0 0 7 0 0
Kurt Baker 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Tim Bateman 3 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
Elliot Dixon 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Hika Elliot 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Romana Graham 3 1 0 0 0 5 1 R
Jackson Willison 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Declan O'Donnell 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Andre Taylor 2 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
Ben Afeaki 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shane Christie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Crosswell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Eaton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacob Ellison 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamison Gibson-Park 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jarrad Hoeata 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tanerau Latimer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quentin MacDonald 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben May 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bronson Murray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kade Poki 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ross Filipo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karl Lowe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

See also[]

  • 2012 end-of-year rugby union tests

References[]

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