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2013 Māori All Blacks Tour Of North America
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. 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. He was assisted by Crusaders assistant coach Tabai Matson, and former All Black Carl Hoeft as the scrummage coach. Fixtures Canada United States Squad New Zealand Māori 29-man squad for the 2013 North America November Tour, facing Canada ''(3 November)'' and United States ''(9 November)''. * Head Coach – Colin Cooper Note: Bold denotes players that have represented the Māori All Blacks in previous tours. Note: Flags indicate national union as h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haka
Haka (; plural ''haka'', in both Māori and English) are a variety of ceremonial performance art in Māori culture. It is often performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted or chanted accompaniment. Haka are performed to welcome distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements, occasions, or funerals. Haka have been traditionally performed by both men and women and for a variety of social functions within Māori culture. Kapa haka groups are common in schools. The main Māori performing arts competition, Te Matatini, takes place every two years. New Zealand sports teams' practice of performing a haka before their international matches has made haka more widely known around the world. This tradition began with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team tour and has been carried on by the New Zealand rugby union team (known as the All Blacks) since 1905. Although popularly associated with the traditional battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Hoeft
Carl Henry Hoeft (born 13 November 1974, in Auckland) is a former rugby union footballer from New Zealand, currently working as coach. His usual position was at loosehead prop. He was a part of the New Zealand national rugby union team squad at both the 1999 and 2003 Rugby World Cups. Hoeft was known as a powerful scrummager. He played club rugby for the Highlanders (rugby union) in New Zealand and for Castres Olympique and Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ... in France. After his retirement from rugby in late 2011 he became coach and entered the provincial side Waikato's staff as assistant for the scrum. External links * IRB 2003 profileERC Rugby profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoeft, Carl 1974 births New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Anselmi
Federico Anselmi (born 29 August 1982) is a rugby union referee who represents the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR). He also is a referee for Major League Rugby in North America. Refereeing career Anselmi is a referee on the Sevens World Series circuit, haven made his debut during the 2009 Dubai Sevens - 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. He is a referee on the seven circuit and was rewarded with a place on the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens referee panel. Since 2010 he has tried to develop into a world class 15's referee but couldn't, and on 27 October 2012 he made his 15's debut, refereeing the Round 2 final of the 2015 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification, Americas 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification between Brazil national rugby union team, Brazil and Paraguay national rugby union team, Paraguay. He has since gone on to referee more competitive matches, most notable the Canada national rugby union team, Canada vs Māori All Blacks match on 3 November 2013. In June 2014, he was on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMO Field
BMO Field is an outdoor stadium located at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which is home to Toronto FC of Major League Soccer and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Constructed on the site of the former Exhibition Stadium and first opened in 2007, it is owned by the City of Toronto, and managed by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. The stadium's naming rights are held by the Bank of Montreal, which is commonly branded as "BMO" (). BMO Field was originally constructed as a soccer-specific stadium to serve as the home field of the expansion Toronto FC, and hosted matches during the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In 2010, when it was still a neutral-site game, BMO Field hosted the MLS Cup. It has since hosted the 2016 and 2017 finals featuring Toronto FC, under the current practice of giving home field advantage to the side with the better regular season record. The venue has also hosted rugby union, including ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Taylor
Andre Taylor (born 11 January 1988) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the fullback (and occasionally wing or centre) position and most recently played for Kintetsu Liners of Japan, and previously played for the Wellington-based Super Rugby franchise, the Hurricanes. He has played for New Zealand's Māori international side, the Māori All Blacks. Also a former New Zealand under-20 rep, Taylor endeared himself to Hurricanes' fans with a superb Super Rugby season in 2012. Starting at fullback, he became a regular try-scoring threat, drawing comparisons with the great Christian Cullen. At provincial level he began his career with Manawatu, his home province before making the switch to Taranaki in early 2010. Early life Born in Palmerston North, Taylor originally came out of the town of Ashhurst, just out of Palmerston North and attended the local school. He possibly made his way into Palmerston North as he grew older. Domestic career Taylor came to the attentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Barrett
Nicholas Barrett (born ) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Southland Stags in the ITM Cup ITM may stand for: Education * ITM Global School, an English medium co-educational day school in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India * ITM Law School, one of the professional graduate schools of ITM University * ITM-IFM, Mumbai, India * Institut Tekn .... References External links itsrugby.co.uk profile 1988 births Living people Auckland rugby union players Chiefs (rugby union) players Crusaders (rugby union) players Māori All Blacks players New Zealand Māori rugby union players New Zealand rugby union players Rugby union players from Dannevirke Rugby union props Southland rugby union players {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Proctor
Matthew Phillip Proctor (born 26 October 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a utility back for the Northampton Saints in the Premiership Rugby and for the in Super Rugby. Club career In October 2012, he was named in the Hurricanes squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season. He scored a try on debut against the Stormers on 27 April 2013, playing on the wing. After the departure of the Hurricanes' long-serving midfield combination, Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith, Proctor became a regular starter for the club in 2016. At the end of the season, Proctor started for the Hurricanes in the 2016 Super Rugby Final, in which the team won Super Rugby for the first time. Proctor's form continued into the 2017 season, leading to rumours of an All Black call-up. However, Proctor lost his place in the starting lineup in 2017, after struggling with injury, while midfield team-mates, Vince Aso and Ngani Laumape, were the top two scorers of the competition for the year. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zac Guildford
Zachary Robert Guildford (born 8 February 1989) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Waikato in the Mitre 10 Cup. A wing, he has won 11 caps for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, including during their victorious 2011 Rugby World Cup campaign. He initially signed with the Tasman Rugby Union for the 2016 Mitre 10 Cup season, but the Union and Guildford agreed to part ways before the start of the season. In Super Rugby, he most recently played for the New South Wales Waratahs, having previously played for the and the , in the Top 14 competition for French side Clermont Auvergne and in the New Zealand domestic ITM Cup for . He was selected for the All Blacks' end of year tour in 2009; the 2010 and 2012 Steinlager Series; and the 2011 Tri Nations Series. Biography Guildford was born in Greytown, New Zealand. He is the son of Deborah and Robert Guildford. He has one younger brother, Victor. When Guildford was 10 years old, his family moved to Napier, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Underwood
Liam Underwood (born 3 June 1991 in Toronto, Ontario) is a rugby union fly-half who plays for Ontario Blues and Canada. Underwood made his debut for Canada in 2013 and was part of the Canada squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was onl .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Underwood, Liam 1991 births Canada international rugby union players Canadian rugby union players Living people Rugby union players from Toronto Rugby union fly-halves 2015 Rugby World Cup players Ontario Blues players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Carpenter (rugby Player)
Aaron Carpenter (born 9 January 1983) is a retired Canadian rugby union player. Carpenter has represented Canada at three Rugby World Cups, in 2007, 2011 and 2015. Carpenter became the international cap leader for Canada on June 17, 2017 with a record 77 caps. After announcing his retirement from rugby in January 2018 he took up a role coaching with the Toronto Arrows Toronto Arrows R.F.C. is a rugby union club based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that plays in Major League Rugby. The Arrows team is an independent off-shoot of the Ontario Blues provincial programme and is funded by a group of private investors .... References External links Rugby Canada: RWC 2007 Player ProfilesRugby Canada: Carpenter From Back to Front {{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, Aaron 1983 births Living people Canadian rugby union coaches Canadian rugby union players McMaster University alumni Rugby football people from Ontario Sportspeople from Brantford Canada international rugby union players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
