2014 Māori All Blacks tour of Japan
Player Position Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club/province
Ryuhei Arita Hooker ( 1989-03-21 ) 21 March 1989 ( aged 25 ) 7 Coca-Cola Red Sparks
Takeshi Kizu Hooker ( 1988-07-15 ) 15 July 1988 ( aged 26 ) 28 Kobelco Steelers
Hiroki Yuhara Hooker ( 1984-01-21 ) 21 January 1984 ( aged 30 ) 16 Toshiba Brave Lupus
Kensuke Hatakeyama Prop ( 1985-08-02 ) 2 August 1985 ( aged 29 ) 57 Suntory Sungoliath
Keita Inagaki Prop ( 1990-06-02 ) 2 June 1990 ( aged 24 ) 0 Panasonic Wild Knights
Shinnosuke Kakinaga Prop ( 1992-12-19 ) 19 December 1992 ( aged 21 ) 0 Suntory Sungoliath
Masataka Mikami Prop ( 1988-06-04 ) 4 June 1988 ( aged 26 ) 21 Toshiba Brave Lupus
Hiroshi Yamashita Prop ( 1986-01-01 ) 1 January 1986 ( aged 28 ) 36 Kobelco Steelers
Shoji Ito Lock ( 1980-12-02 ) 2 December 1980 ( aged 33 ) 26 Kobelco Steelers
Shinya Makabe Lock ( 1987-03-26 ) 26 March 1987 ( aged 27 ) 27 Suntory Sungoliath
Hitoshi Ono Lock ( 1978-05-06 ) 6 May 1978 ( aged 36 ) 85 Toshiba Brave Lupus
Luke Thompson Lock ( 1981-04-16 ) 16 April 1981 ( aged 33 ) 48 Kintetsu Liners
Michael Leitch ( c ) Flanker ( 1988-10-07 ) 7 October 1988 ( aged 26 ) 37 Toshiba Brave Lupus
Hendrik Tui Flanker ( 1987-12-13 ) 13 December 1987 ( aged 26 ) 25 Queensland Reds
Ryuta Yasui Flanker ( 1989-12-06 ) 6 December 1989 ( aged 24 ) 2 Kobelco Steelers
Hayden Hopgood Number 8 ( 1980-07-30 ) 30 July 1980 ( aged 34 ) 1 Kamaishi Seawaves
Amanaki Lelei Mafi Number 8 ( 1990-01-11 ) 11 January 1990 ( aged 24 ) 0 NTT Communications Shining Arcs
Atsushi Hiwasa Scrum-half ( 1987-05-22 ) 22 May 1987 ( aged 27 ) 36 Suntory Sungoliath
Yuki Yatomi Scrum-half ( 1985-02-16 ) 16 February 1985 ( aged 29 ) 13 Yamaha Júbilo
Kosei Ono Fly-half ( 1987-04-17 ) 17 April 1987 ( aged 27 ) 22 Suntory Sungoliath
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.