2013 Māori All Blacks tour of North America explained

Tour:	2013 Māori All Blacks tour of North America
Date:	3 – 9 November
Coach:	Colin Cooper
Captain:	Tim Bateman
Top Point Scorer:	Robbie Robinson (18)
Top Try Scorer:	Jamison Gibson-Park (3)
Preceded By:	2012
Succeeded By:	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


FB	15	Matt Evans
RW	14	Jeff Hassler
OC	13
IC	12	Harry Jones
LW	11	Conor Trainor
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	Aaron Carpenter (c)
OF	7	John Moonlight
BF	6
RL	5	Tyler Ardron
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Hubert Buydens
Replacements:
PR	16
PR	17	Ryan March
LK	18
FL	19
FL	20
SH	21
CE	22
FH	23
Coach:
Kieran Crowley


FB	15
RW	14	Andre Taylor
OC	13	Charlie Ngatai
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Tim Bateman (c)
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park
N8	8	Elliot Dixon
OF	7
BF	6	Liam Squire
RL	5
LL	4	Jarrad Hoeata
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
PR	16
PR	17
HK	18
N8	19
FL	20
FB	21
FH	22
WG	23
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


FB	15	Adam Siddall
RW	14	Luke Hume
OC	13	Seamus Kelly
IC	12
LW	11	Tim Maupin
FH	10
SH	9	Mike Petri
N8	8	Cam Dolan
OF	7	Peter Dahl
BF	6	Todd Clever (c)
RL	5	Tai Tuisamoa
LL	4	Graham Harriman
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Nicholas Wallace
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18	Olive Kilifi
LK	19	John Cullen
FL	20
SH	21	Shaun Davies
WG	22
FH	23
Coach:
Mike Tolkin


FB	15	Robbie Robinson
RW	14
OC	13	Charlie Ngatai
IC	12	Tim Bateman (c)
LW	11	Matt Proctor
FH	10	Ihaia West
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park
N8	8
OF	7	Luke Braid
BF	6	Shane Christie
RL	5
LL	4	Jarrad Hoeata
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
N8	20
SH	21	Chris Smylie
CE	22	Jackson Willison
WG	23
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).^[3]

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.

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.^[4]

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	–	–

Notes and References

Web site: Maori All Blacks to play Canada and USA. All Blacks. 14 September 2017. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914081751/https://www.allblacks.com/News/22351/maori-all-blacks-to-play-canada-and-usa. dead.
Web site: Colin Cooper appointed Head Coach of Maori All Blacks. All Blacks. 14 September 2017. 23 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010826/https://www.allblacks.com/News/22796/colin-cooper-appointed-head-coach-of-maori-all-blacks. dead.
Web site: Maori All Blacks squad for North America Tour named. All Blacks. 14 September 2017. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914081714/https://www.allblacks.com/News/23665/maori-all-blacks-squad-for-north-america-tour-named. dead.
Web site: Weepu and Elliot ruled out of North American Tour. All Blacks. 14 September 2017. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914081747/http://www.allblacks.com/News/23765/weepu-and-elliot-ruled-out-of-north-american-tour. dead.