The Maori All Blacks have dominated Canada 51-9 at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver this afternoon.
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TRY! Tim Bateman throws an excellent timed inside pass to Sean Wainui who crosses over the try-line for his first try of the match.
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NO TRY! A chance goes begging for Canada as they lose the ball just inside the Maori All Blacks' 22 metre line.
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TRY! Jackson Garden Bachop finds his way to the try-line throwing a dummy before crossing over to score against Canada. The Maori All Blacks are making metres with ease with their forwards' carries.
He converts his own try.
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TRY! Shaun Stevenson finishes off a spectacular set move from the Maori All Blacks off a line-out. Charlie Ngatai found his man Akira Ioane on the outside with a long pass with Ioane holding up the ball long enough before giving the final pass to Stevenson to score.
The conversion is no good from new first-five Jackson Garden Bachop.
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YELLOW CARD! Canada's lock Josh Larsen has been sin binned for a dangerous hit on Brad Webber in the line-out.
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TRY! Charlie Ngatai makes Canada pay after they opt to grubber the ball down the right edge. Ngatai stopped the ball with his foot and makes a great pick up. He then shows off his incredible pace to burn off the Canadian defenders.
Ihaia West makes no mistake with the kick at goal.
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Rob Thompson comes up with a huge defensive play, Canada had an overlap down the left edge but Thompson saves the day for the Maori All Blacks and tackles Canada's winger Dan Moor over the touch line around halfway.
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Ihaia West puts in a lovely weighted kick just outside Canada's 22m line. Canada are struggling to get over the advantage line with the punishing defence from the Maori All Blacks.
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YELLOW CARD! Tim Bateman has been sent to the bin for a dangerous head high tackle on Canada's prop Matt Tierney.
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Looked to be a good start to a counter attack play from the Maori side but Rob Thompson drops the ball forward after being tackled just over the halfway line.
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And we are back underway with Ihaia West kicking off for the Maori All Blacks to the Canadians!
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TRY! A clever set play by the Maori All Blacks - Ash Dixon throws the ball straight to Tom Franklin at the front of the line-out and gives it back to his skipper. Dixon fires the ball back quickly back to Franklin who crosses over to score the Maori All Blacks' third try.
Ihaia West nails his kick at goal from wide out.
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THREE! Ihaia West is on target with another penalty kick at goal and the Maori All Blacks extend their lead.
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NO TRY! Tim Bateman gets an intercept and runs over to score untouched from 40 metres out - but the referee was playing advantage to Canada ruling the Maori All Blacks had knocked the ball on prior to Bateman getting the intercept.
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TRY! A huge carry from Akira Ioane and he powers over the try line carrying three Canadian defenders over with him. The conversion is good by Ihaia West.
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Dan Pryor returns to the pitch after his sin bin for a high tackle, the Maori side have an attacking scrum from five metres out of the try line.
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THREE! Brock Staller converts another penalty kick at goal and the home side just trail by one point.
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TRY! Charlie Ngatai takes a great high ball and gets the ball away to Rob Thompson, he finds some space down the left edge and delivers a perfect pass for Ambrose Curtis to score the first try of the match.
Ihaia West is on target with his conversion.
16 mins - CANADA 6 MAORI ALL BLACKS 3
THREE! Brock Staller nails his second penalty kick attempt and gives Canada the lead.
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YELLOW CARD! Dan Pryor has been sent to the bin for a high tackle shot on Canada's left winger Dan Moor.
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Canada show great defence to keep the Maori All Blacks from scoring, they come up with some great counter attack - marching over halfway and into the visitors 22m.
10 mins - CANADA 3 MAORI ALL BLACKS 3
NO TRY! After 14 phases the MABs knock the ball on just over the try-line but the ref was playing an advatage to the visitors after Canada was ruled to be offside. The Maori All Blacks opt for a scrum.
THREE! Canada's winger Brock Staller is on target with his kick at goal from over 40 metres out and he levels the scores at 3-3.
5 mins - CANADA 0 MAORI ALL BLACKS 3
PENALTY! Maori All Blacks are penalised after a high tackle from Tom Franklin.
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THREE! Ihaia West nails his first penalty kick attempt at goal from over 40 metres out on a slight angle.
2 mins - CANADA 0 MAORI ALL BLACKS 0
PENALTY! Canada are penalised for playing the ball on the ground. The Maori All Blacks are looking good on attack - opting to throw the ball around to give their backs a go down the edges.
KICK-OFF!
CANADA 0 MAORI ALL BLACKS 0
Canada gets things underway - kicking off to the Maori All Blacks!
PRE MATCH
Following on from a 32-10 loss to the British and Irish Lions earlier this year, the Maori All Blacks are back in action, looking to salvage some pride after their last outing.
Coach Clayton McMillan has named an exciting side for today's match, with eight players to make their first appearance for the Maori.
A mighty backline containing the likes of Charlie Ngatai and Rob Thompson will be lead by the halves combination of Brad Weber and Ihaia West, while in the forwards, Ash Dixon leads star names such as Tom Franklin and Akira Ioane.
On the bench, young prop Tyrel Lomax will make his debut, having switched allegiances from Australia to New Zealand at the end of the Super Rugby season, signing for the Highlanders for 2018.
TEAMS:
Maori All Blacks: 15. Charlie Ngatai, 14. Sean Wainui, 13. Tim Bateman, 12. Rob Thompson, 11. Ambrose Curtis, 10. Ihaia West, 9. Brad Weber, 8. Akira Ioane, 7. Dan Pryor, 6. Tom Franklin, 5. Jarrad Hoeata, 4. Jackson Hemopo, 3. Marcel Renata, 2. Ash Dixon (c), 1. Chris Eves.
Reserves: 16. Liam Polwart, 17. Ross Wright, 18. Tyrel Lomax, 19. Jordan Manihera, 20. Sam Henwood, 21. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22. Jackson Garden Bachop, 23. Shaun Stevenson.
Canada: 15. Andrew Coe, 14. Brock Staller, 13. Be LeSage, 12. Guiseppe du Toit, 11. Dan Moor, 10. Patrick Parfrey, 9. Phil Mack (c), 8. Tyler Ardron 7. Matt Heaton, 6. Dustin Dobravsky, 5. Josh Larsen, 4. Kyle Baillie, 3. Matt Tierney, 2. Ray Barkwill, 1. Hubert Buydens.
Reserves: 16. Eric Howard, 17. Djustice Sears-Duru, 18. Ryan Kotlewski, 19. Lucas Rumball, 20. Evan Olmstead, 21. Andrew Ferguson, 22. Robbie Povey, 23. Kainoa Lloyd.
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