Māori All Blacks team to play New Zealand Barbarians

Follow @RedefinedRugby Māori All Blacks team to play New Zealand Barbarians  Five new caps The Māori All Blacks team to play the New Zealand Barbarians in Auckland on Saturday has been named and features five new caps. The new caps include Taranaki’s Sean Wainui in the starting line-up along with Marcel Renata, Joe Edwards, Brad…

Barbarians team named to play Māori All Blacks

Follow @RedefinedRugby Released on behalf of the New Zealand Barbarians  Barbarians team named to play Māori All Blacks The New Zealand Barbarians team to play the Māori All Blacks at Eden Park, Auckland, this Saturday 18 July has been named. The team is: 1      Mitchell Graham (Taranaki) 2      Liam Coltman (Otago) 3  …

Maori All Blacks to play Fiji and NZ Baabaa’s

Follow @RedefinedRugby Maori All Blacks to play Fiji and New Zealand Barbarians Team returns to Fiji for first time since 2008 The Maori All Blacks will play Fiji for the first time in seven years as part of a two match series in July, New Zealand Rugby confirmed today. The team will play Fiji at…

Ben Afeaki retires from rugby

Follow @RedefinedRugby Investec Super Rugby player Ben Afeaki has decided to retire from all rugby due to medical reasons. Afeaki suffered concussion in February 2014 during an Investec Super Rugby match against the Crusaders. He was cleared to resume training as part of a graduated return to play plan. He suffered a further knock during…

Japan side named for sold-out clash with Maori

Follow @RedefinedRugby TOKYO (Nov. 6) – Japan coach Eddie Jones named his side Thursday for Saturday’s clash with the Maori All Blacks at a sold-out Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground. The last remaining tickets for the game were sold earlier in the day and Jones is hopeful his side can put on a good performance.…

Maori All Blacks team to take on Japan

Follow @RedefinedRugby Maori All Blacks team to take on Japan in Tokyo named The Maori All Blacks team to play Japan in Tokyo in the second match of its 2014 tour features four changes to the starting XV that defeated Japan 61-21 in Kobe last Saturday. Canterbury hooker Codie Taylor comes into the front row to…

Big crowd see Japan XV fall to Maori Featured

Follow @RedefinedRugby KOBE, Japan (Nov. 1) – Played in front of the biggest domestic crowd to watch a Japan representative team since 2004, a Japan XV went down 61-21 to the Maori All Blacks on Saturday. The 21,234 in attendance at Noevir Stadium were treated to a spectacle of running rugby as both sides looked…

Japan side named for 1st Maori game

Follow @RedefinedRugby PHOTO CREDIT: (c) 2014, Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU), photos by RJP, All Rights Reserved. KOBE (Oct. 30) – Japan coach Eddie Jones named his side Thursday for Saturday’s game against the Maori All Blacks in Kobe. With the game not an official test and a number of players unavailable through injury, Jones…

2014 Maori All Blacks squad named

Follow @RedefinedRugby 2014 Maori All Blacks squad named The Māori All Blacks squad to take on Japan next month was named in Wellington today and features 11 new caps. The team will be captained by Chiefs midfield back Charlie Ngatai with Tasman loose forward Shane Christie as vice-captain. While New Zealand Rugby has yet to…