2012 Māori All Blacks tour of England explained

Team:	Māori All Blacks
Yearstart:	2012
Yearfinish:	2012
Coach:	Jamie Joseph
Captain:	Tanerau Latimer
Top Point Scorer:	Willie Ripia (41)
Top Try Scorer:	Frae Wilson Charlie Ngatai (2 each)
Matchplayed:	3
Matchwon:	2
Matchdraw:	0
Matchlost:	1
Testplayed:	0
Testwon:	0
Testdraw:	0
Testlost:	0
Preceded By:	1982 Wales & Spain
Succeeded By:	2013 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


Leicester Tigers
FB	O	Mathew Tait
RW	N	Niall Morris
OC	M
IC	L	Anthony Allen
LW	K
FH	J	George Ford
SH	I
N8	G
OF	H	Julian Salvi
BF	F	Ed Slater
RL	E	Graham Kitchener
LL	D	Louis Deacon (c)
TP	C	Fraser Balmain
HK	B
LP	A	Boris Stankovich
Replacements:
PR	P	Jonny Harris
HK	Q
PR	R	Kieran Brookes
FL	S	Michael Noone
N8	T
SH	U
CE	V
CE	W
Coach:
Richard Cockerill


Māori All Blacks
FB	15
RW	14	Kurt Baker
OC	13
IC	12	Tim Bateman
LW	11
FH	10	Willie Ripia
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Tanerau Latimer (c)
BF	6	Shane Christie
RL	5	Jason Eaton
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
FL	20
SH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:
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.^[2] They last used this system when they hosted Australia in 2010.^[3]

RFU Championship XV


RFU Championship XV
FB	15	Dante Mama
RW	14	Rhys Crane
OC	13	Tim Streather
IC	12	Charlie Hayter
LW	11	Josh Bassett
FH	10
SH	9	Gavin Cattle (c)
N8	8	Ben Pienaar
OF	7
BF	6	Jacob Rowan
RL	5	Nic Rouse
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
N8	20
SH	21
FH	22
WG	23	Mark Atkinson
Coach:
Mike Rayer


Māori All Blacks
FB	15	Trent Renata
RW	14	Kurt Baker
OC	13	Jackson Willison
IC	12
LW	11	Declan O'Donnell
FH	10	Willie Ripia
SH	9
N8	8	Elliot Dixon
OF	7	Tanerau Latimer (c)
BF	6
RL	5	Romana Graham
LL	4
TP	3	Ben Afeaki
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17	Bronson Murray
PR	18
LK	19
FL	20
SH	21
CE	22
FB	23	Andre Taylor
Coach:
Jamie Joseph

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

Canada


Canada
FB	15
RW	14	Jeff Hassler
OC	13
IC	12	Phil Mackenzie
LW	11	Taylor Paris
FH	10	Connor Braid
SH	9	Phil Mack
N8	8	Aaron Carpenter (c)
OF	7
BF	6	Tyler Ardron
RL	5
LL	4	Jebb Sinclair
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Hubert Buydens
Replacements:
PR	16	Jason Marshall
HK	17
PR	18
LK	19
FL	20
FB	21	Eric Wilson
FH	22
WG	23
Coach:
Kieran Crowley


Māori All Blacks
FB	15	Trent Renata
RW	14	Kurt Baker
OC	13	Charlie Ngatai
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Willie Ripia
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Tanerau Latimer (c)
BF	6	Shane Christie
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
FL	20
SH	21
CE	22
WG	23	Declan O'Donnell
Coach:
Jamie Joseph

Touch judges:
Ross Campbell (England)
Roger Baileff (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 Martin Fox pulled a hamstring, prompting assistant referee Ross Campbell 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.^[4]

Joseph named his 26-man squad on 29 October 2012.^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player statistics

Key

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

Name	Overall						Cards
Name	Played	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
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

Notes and References

http://www.rfu.com/news/2012/august/newsarticles/290812_maori_tour Maori All Blacks visit UK for three-game tour
Web site: Team news: Leicester Tigers v Maori All Blacks. leicestertigers.com. 14 September 2017.
Web site: Tigers return to lettered jerseys. espn.co.uk. 14 September 2017.
Web site: New Zealand Maori 35 England 28. Mick. Cleary. 23 June 2010. 14 September 2017. www.telegraph.co.uk.
Web site: Maori All Blacks squad for 2012 European tour. All Blacks. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20190113003915/http://www.allblacks.com/News/20929/maori-all-blacks-squad-for-2012-european-tour. 13 January 2019. dead.