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
Jonathan Ionatana Falefasa Umaga (; ; born 27 May 1973) is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. Since 2016 he has been coach of the Blues in the Super Rugby competition.
He played ...
. The APB match was set to take place at the newly opened
National Stadium in
Singapore
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, but due to concerns over the safety of the playing surface at the stadium, the match was cancelled on 21 October 2014. For Japan, the second a third meeting between the two teams goes ahead a scheduled with the
2013 tour coach
Colin Cooper
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As a player, he was a defender who notably played in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough. He played over 5 ...
remaining as head coach.
Matches
First match
Second match
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.
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.
Japan
Japanese 30-man squad for two uncapped matches against the
Māori All Blacks.
Statistics
Key
*Con: Conversions
*Pen: Penalties
*DG: Drop goals
*Pts: Points
Māori All Blacks player statistics
Match statistics
References
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2014 rugby union tours
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2014
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2014–15 in Japanese rugby union
2014 in New Zealand rugby union