Māori All Blacks Head Coach Colin Cooper (Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Porou) has named an experienced squad including three new caps to play the British & Irish Lions in Rotorua next Saturday.
The 2017 Māori All Blacks Squad for the DHL New Zealand Lions Series is:
Forwards:
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Chris Eves - North Harbour - Waikato/Tainui (7 appearances)
Kane Hames - Tasman - Ngāi Tūhoe/Ngāti Porou (5)
Mike Kainga - Taranaki - Ngāti Kahungunu (2)
Ben May - Hawke's Bay - Ngāti Maniapoto (12)
Marcel Renata - Auckland - Ngāti Whanaunga / Te Aupōuri (4)
Hookers
Ash Dixon (captain) - Hawke's Bay - Ngāti Tahinga (8)
Hikawera Elliot - Counties Manukau - Ngāti Awa (9)
Locks
Tom Franklin - Bay of Plenty - Ngāti Maniapoto (4)
Leighton Price - Taranaki - Waikato/Ngāti Maniapoto (3)
Joe Wheeler - Tasman - Ngāi Tahu (2)
Loose forwards
Elliot Dixon - Southland - Ngāpuhi (9)
Akira Ioane - Auckland - Ngāpuhi/Te Whānau a Apanui (5)
Liam Messam - Waikato - Ngāti Maniapoto (12)
Reed Prinsep - Canterbury - Te Rarawa (2)
Kara Pryor – Northland - Ngāti Awa/Ngāti Pikiao/Ngāti Rangitihi (2)
Backs:
Halfbacks
Bryn Hall* - North Harbour - Ngāti Ranginui
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi* - Taranaki - Ngāti Pikiao
First five-eighths
Otere Black - Manawatu - Ngāi Tūhoe/Te Whānau a Apanui/Ngāti Tuwharetoa (4)
Ihaia West - Hawke's Bay - Ngāti Kahungunu/Ngāti Porou (7)
Midfielders
Tim Bateman - Canterbury - Ngāi Tahu (12)
Charlie Ngatai - Taranaki - Ngāti Porou/Te Whānau a Apanui/Te Whakatōhea (9)
Matt Proctor - Wellington - Ngāi Te Rangi/Ngāpuhi (9)
Rob Thompson* - Canterbury - Ngāti Kahungunu
James Lowe - Tasman - Ngāpuhi/Ngāi Te Rangi (5)
Outside backs
Damian McKenzie - Waikato - Ngāti Tūwharetoa/Ngāti Tahinga (3)
Nehe Milner-Skudder - Manawatū - Ngāti Porou/Tapuika (2)
Declan O'Donnell - Taranaki - Ngāti Tuwharetoa/Ngāti Porou (1)