2014 Māori All Blacks tour of Japan

2014 Māori All Blacks tour of Japan
Date	1 – 8 November
Coach(es)	Colin Cooper
Tour captain(s)	Charlie Ngatai
Top point scorer(s)	Ihaia West (31)
Top try scorer(s)	Jason Emery (2) Nehe Milner-Skudder (2)
Tour chronology
Previous tour	2013

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. The APB match was set to take place at the newly opened National Stadium in Singapore, 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 remaining as head coach.

Touch judges:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
James Leckie (Australia)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce (England)
James Leckie (Australia)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Note: Caps, ages and clubs are to 1 November, pre first match.

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.

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