Nz maori

Just wondering when the squad actually gets named and who is likely to make the squad?

Thursday?

@Whites72
I expect to see Kara Pryor,Dan Pryor,reiko and akiera ioane,Kane hames,Chris eves,ash Dixon,ihaia west,Brad Weber,James lowe,Jason emery,otere black,bryn hall and Marty McKenzie in there.
Struggling to think of any 2nd rows

@Whites72 said in Nz maori:

@Whites72
I expect to see Kara Pryor,Dan Pryor,reiko and akiera ioane,Kane hames,Chris eves,ash Dixon,ihaia west,Brad Weber,James lowe,Jason emery,otere black,bryn hall and Marty McKenzie in there.
Struggling to think of any 2nd rows

Waikato's Jacob Skeen has already played for the NZ Maori.

@Stargazer
Blade Thompson still out injured?
I forgot tom Franklin

Hoani Matenga played lock for Blues this year.

@Whites72 Blade Thompson is out for the season and Franklin is also injured at the moment (not sure for how long; according to media he has a "slight fracture in his lower leg").

Hika as captain? Ngatai was the captain last year.

Triggs, Thomson and Skeen were the locks last year. Finding a compeitive tight five will be the biggest problem.

@Milk said in Nz maori:

Thursday?

Never gets old. It'll be dad joke status soon. I can't remember who cracked the shits but it is has given us heaps of material. Thanks whoever that was!

@Crazy-Horse said in Nz maori:

@Milk said in Nz maori:

Thursday?

Never gets old. It'll be dad joke status soon. I can't remember who cracked the shits but it is has given us heaps of material. Thanks whoever that was!

Short odds on Stargazer

2015 squad

Forwards

• Quentin MacDonald
• Ash Dixon
• Brendon Edmonds
• Chris Eves
• Ben May
• Joe Royal
• Blade Thomson
• Hayden Triggs
• Josh Hohneck
• Jacob Skeen
• Mitch Crosswell
• Heiden Bedwell-Curtis
• Shane Christie
• Elliot Dixon
• Akira Ioane

Backs

• Jamison Gibson-Park
• Brad Weber
• Otere Black
• Marty McKenzie
• Codey Rei
• Charlie Ngatai
• Jason Emery
• Matt Proctor
• Sean Wainui
• Kurt Baker
• Rieko Ioane
• Damian McKenzie

2014 squad

Forwards

• Ash Dixon
• Codie Taylor
• Brendon Edmonds
• Chris Eves
• Joe Royal
• Michael Kainga
• Nick Barrett
• Blade Thomson
• Hayden Triggs
• Mitch Crosswell
• Joe Wheeler
• Tom Franklin
• Nick Crosswell
• Liam Squire
• Shane Christie
• Dan Pryor
• Elliot Dixon
• Sean Polwart

Backs

• Chris Smylie
• Jamison Gibson-Park
• Ihaia West
• Marty McKenzie
• Charlie Ngatai
• Jason Emery
• Matt Proctor
• Kurt Baker
• Joe Webber
• Nehe Milner-Skudder
• James Lowe
• Robbie Robinson

@Frye Nope

@Crazy-Horse I think it was Gollum. Well done that man

@Crazy-Horse said in Nz maori:

@Milk said in Nz maori:

Thursday?

Never gets old. It'll be dad joke status soon. I can't remember who cracked the shits but it is has given us heaps of material. Thanks whoever that was!

Gollum iirc

@jegga said in Nz maori:

@Crazy-Horse I think it was Gollum. Well done that man

Beat me to it Jegs

So possible players by position.

Please correct me where I am wrong and someone is not available coz they've moved overseas and I've missed it.

I'll put who I understand is likely to be with the ABs or who is injured in brackets first.

Haven't watched a lot of M10 Cup but have thrown in a few blokes whose name has popped up in the odd game I have noticed. Again tell me if I'm wrong and these guys are no chance ... or are not Maori eligible. Ta

1. Hames, Edmonds, D Lienert-Brown, Hohneck
2. (Coles, Taylor) A Dixon, H Elliot, Q McDonald(?)
3. Eves, May
4. Skeen, H Matenga
5. see 4
6. (Squire, Dixon) Kirikiri
7. Christie, K Prior, D Prior, M Crosswell
8. (Squire, A Ioane(?)) Douglas, Bedwell-Curtis
9. (Smith, Perenara, TKB) Hall, Smylie, Gibson-Park, Weber
10. ( Cruden, D McKenzie) M McKenzie, West, Black, Sam Christie
11. See 14
12. See 13
13. (ALB, R Ioane(?)) (Ngatai - unavailable) Emery,
14. (Dagg, NMS (injured)) Proctor, Lowe (see also 15)
15. (Dagg, NMS (injured)) Proctor, Lowe, Curtis

Other injured players

• Blade Thomson - injured
• Tom Franklin - injured

Also, from ACTC's previous years lists I either dont know the current playing status of these guys or don't know the position they play.

• Joe Royal (position? Hooker?)
• Michael Kainga
• Nick Barrett
• Hayden Triggs (goorne?)
• Mitch Crosswell (see he plays 7 for Naki ... edited above list)
• Joe Wheeler
• Nick Crosswell (goorne?)
• Josh Hohneck (prop. Updated above
• Heiden Bedwell-Curtis (8. Updated above)
• Codey Rei
• Sean Wainui
• Sean Polwart (7?)
• Kurt Baker
• Joe Webber

Stepping through the week 9 playing squads thread a few other names pop up.

Not all teams named thereupon yet...

Please let me know if these guys are any chance and we'll update the possibility list.

11/14 Caleb Makene
11/14 Beaudein Waaka
11/14 Declan O'Donnell
9 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (plenty halfbacks ... )
4 Jackson Hemopo
8 Heiden Bedwell-Curtis
11/14 & 12/13 Matt Faddes (is he Maori?)
12/13 Teihorangi Walden
6 Jordan Manihera

Possibilities from the Northland team (sorry they're the only games I've watched);
Waa
K Pryor
D Pryor if fit
Nock
Tua

@booboo
1 Edmonds is injured; Josh Hohneck going to Gloucester
1/3 Mason Kean (NZU20 player, about the same level of experience as Makene)
2 Quentin MacDonald will not be available because he'll be heading to France where he's signed with Oyonnax; a contender might be Tangaere (justifiable if you also include Makene on that list)
8 Mikaele-Tu'u (NZU20 player, about the same level of experience as Makene, although younger)
9 Gibson-Parks is playing in Europe; if Smith doesn't go on the EOYT, Weber might not be available
10/12 Tiaan Falcon (contender for next year's NZU20)
11/13/14 Not sure which Lowe you have on your list (I assume you mean James Lowe), I'd definitely add Jonah Lowe who has been outstanding

From Act's lists: not sure Nick Barrett has played any Mitre 10 Cup this year; Triggs, Wheeler, Nick Crosswell, Codey Rei, Kurt Baker all gone overseas