2014 Māori All Blacks tour of Japan explained

Tour:	2014 Māori All Blacks tour of Japan
Date:	1 – 8 November
Coach:	Colin Cooper
Captain:	Charlie Ngatai
Top Point Scorer:	Ihaia West (31)
Top Try Scorer:	Jason Emery (2) Nehe Milner-Skudder (2)
Preceded By:	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


FB	15	Ayumu Goromaru
RW	14	Kotaro Matsushima
OC	13
IC	12	Male Sa'u
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9	Atsushi Hiwasa
N8	8
OF	7	Michael Leitch (c)
BF	6	Hendrik Tui
RL	5
LL	4	Luke Thompson
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
PR	16
HK	17
PR	18
LK	19
N8	20
SH	21
FH	22
WG	23
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15
RW	14	Matt Proctor
OC	13
IC	12	Charlie Ngatai (c)
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Ihaia West
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Sean Polwart
BF	6	Blade Thomson
RL	5
LL	4	Tom Franklin
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
FL	19
FL	20
SH	21
FH	22
WG	23
Coach:
Colin Cooper

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

Second match


FB	15	Ayumu Goromaru
RW	14	Karne Hesketh
OC	13	Kotaro Matsushima
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Kosei Ono
SH	9	Atsushi Hiwasa
N8	8	Amanaki Mafi
OF	7	Michael Leitch (c)
BF	6	Hendrik Tui
RL	5
LL	4	Luke Thompson
TP	3	Kensuke Hatakeyama
HK	2
LP	1	Keita Inagaki
Replacements:
PR	16	Yusuke Nagae
HK	17
PR	18	Shinnosuke Kakinaga
LK	19
N8	20
SH	21	Keisuke Uchida
FH	22
CE	23
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15
RW	14	Kurt Baker
OC	13	Matt Proctor
IC	12	Charlie Ngatai (c)
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	Elliot Dixon
OF	7
BF	6	Dan Pryor
RL	5	Blade Thomson
LL	4
TP	3	Mike Kainga
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18	Nick Barrett
LK	19
N8	20
SH	21
FH	22
WG	23
Coach:
Colin Cooper

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

Asian Pacific Barbarians

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Japan

Japanese 30-man squad for two uncapped matches against the Māori All Blacks.^[5]

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		1	7	4	0	31
Ayumu Goromaru		0	4	2	0	14
Nehe Milner-Skudder		2	0	0	0	10
Jason Emery			2	0	0	0	10
Chris Eves		1	0	0	0	5
Amanaki Mafi		1	0	0	0	5
James Lowe		1	0	0	0	5
Charlie Ngatai		1	0	0	0	5
Sean Polwart		1	0	0	0	5
Dan Pryor		1	0	0	0	5
Codie Taylor		1	0	0	0	5
Akihito Yamada		1	0	0	0	5

Notes and References

Web site: Maori All Blacks to play three-match Asian Series including historic Singapore clash. All Blacks. 14 September 2017. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914081743/http://www.allblacks.com/News/25434/maori-all-blacks-to-play-three-match-asian-series-including-historic-singapore-clash. live.
Web site: NZ Maori clash with Singapore cut from tour. Stuff. 20 October 2014. 14 September 2017. 12 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112001113/http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/10641985/NZ-Maori-clash-with-Singapore-cut-from-tour. live.
Web site: 2014 Maori All Blacks squad named. All Blacks. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170618061045/http://www.allblacks.com/News/26211/2014-maori-all-blacks-squad-named. 18 June 2017. dead.
Web site: Three injury replacements called into Maori All Blacks squad. All Blacks. 14 September 2017. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914124839/http://www.allblacks.com/News/26245/three-injury-replacements-called-into-maori-all-blacks-squad. live.
Web site: 日本代表「リポビタンDチャレンジカップ2014」「リポビタンDツアー2014」メンバー. rugby-japan.jp. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20150401175828/http://sakura.rugby-japan.jp/japan/2014/id28327.html. 1 April 2015. dead.