That's the game! A cracker of an All Stars clash. Match report to come
UNSUCCESSFUL! Indigenous All Stars scrumfeed with a minute on the clock
CAPTAIN's Challenge! James Fisher-Harris was ruled to have knocked it on in the tackle
Māori All Stars are throwing the ball around! They aren't going to die wondering
THIS GAME ISN'T OVER! Preston Riki beats a few to score, and the gap is six!
Rapana nails the pressure kick to bring the gap to four points! Two minutes on the clock
SIX AGAIN! Too slow in the ruck! Māori All Stars throwing everything at them now
FORWARD PASS! Another somewhat harsh forward pass call, this one going against the Indigenous All Stars. Māori will get an attacking set here
Cody Walker finds an intercept after a dangerous looking attacking set from the Māori All Stars. With 4 minutes on the clock, that should be the game
SUCCESFUL SHORT KICK-OFF Māori! They aren't done yet!
Mitchell this time misses from the sideline
Cobbo gets his hat-trick, and with it, most likely, the game. Beautiful hands off the back of a Māori error sees a try in the left-hand corner, and extends the gap to ten points
An error from the Māori All Stars while working it off their own line. They aren't helping themselves here
Mitchell with the floating ball over the top on the last, but Cobbo puts another down. Māori ball
Insufficient evidence to overturn the onfield ruling. Indigenous All Stars scrum inside the Māori half
CAPTAIN'S CHALLENGE! Corey Harawira-Naera was ruled to have lost it for Māori, but we'll see what the bunker has to say about it
10 minutes on the clock. 6 points the gap. This is going down to the wire!
Hynes misses from the left sideline
Cobbo gets his second from a deft Cody Walker grubber, and the gap extends to six. You get the feeling that Māori All Stars are starting to struggle out there
FORWARD PASS Māori! That's a tough call there. The Indigenous All Stars have a scrum 20 metres out form the Māori line
Hynes throws it into someone's head and turns the ball over. Māori will feel good to have held them out there
Zach Dockar-Clay puts it out on the full and will put his team under heaps of pressure here. Indigenous All Stars inside their attacking 40 with plenty of tackles left
Hynes misses to go 2/3 in conversion attempts
100 METRES! Cobbo picks up the grubber on the fly, and after casually fending off a handful of defenders, he runs the length to dive over in the corner!
Paul Turner almost goes all the way!
We're back for the final 20 minutes, with the home Māori team with ball in hand.
3 QUARTER TIME!
Māori throw it into touch on the last, and it's Indigenous ball 15 out from their own line with 20 seconds on the clock
Māori All Stars are storming downfield in the dying moments of the quarter
Daine Laurie jumps for the 5th tackle kick, but drops it in-goal to give Māori a 20m tap.
James Fisher-Harris drops it cold and gifts the Indigenous All Stars a midfield scrum just the attacking side of halfway
Rapana gives the Aotearoa NZ Māori All Stars the lead again!
TRY! Jordan Riki levels the scoreline for his team off the back of a linebreak by Preston Riki. Jordan was brought down just short of the line, but was ruled to have not been held before getting back up and over the line.
SIX AGAIN Māori ALL STARS! They're into their attacking half now!
Desperate Māori defence somehow keeps the Indigenous All Stars out. That is a big missed opportunity there, with Latrell dropping it while the defence was in shambles.
PENALTY INDIGENOUS ALL STARS! Strip is the call, and they'll bring the ball up to the halfway
Back to 13 on 13 with Josh Kerr returning to the field
SUCCESFUL CHANLLENGE Māori ALL STARS! One-on-one strip is the ruling, and Māori will get the ball on their own 40 metre line
CAPTAIN"S CHALLENGE Māori! The ruling on field is a penalty for the Indigenous All Stars for a strip
20m TAP AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ALL STARS! The last tackle kick from Zach Dockar-Clay is too deep for Māori
SIX AGAIN Māori! Inside the ten metres, can they turn this into points?
A shocking kick from Nicho Hynes goes 10 metres over the sideline on the full, and gifts the Māori team a set starting from the halfway line
Hynes makes it a four point lead!
Stunning shortside play on the last from the Indigenous All Stars! Hynes runs it, finds Laurie who grubbers it back through for Hynes. Hynes manages to flick the ball to Naden on the wing as the Māori fullback tried to recover, and Naden strolled through to finish it off!
Good defence from the Australian Indigenous All Stars see Māori get caught with it on the last. Handover
First real attacking chance of the second half going Māori's way here. 3 tackles still up there sleeves as they enter their attacking 20 metre zone
Intercept chance for Cobbo, but he knocks the ball down. Māori will get a midfield play the ball on the halfway
A physical start to this second half, with the Australian Indigenous side on top field-position-wise early on
Don'f forget that the Indigenous team are down to 12 for the next 10 or so minutes, with Josh Kerr in the sin bin
We're underway in the third quarter of All Stars 2023, with the Aotearoa Māori All Stars holding a slim lead over the Australian Indigenous All Stars. Māori have first use of the ball. This will be an enthralling 40 minutes of footy!
JOSH KERR SIN BINNED! Shoulder charge on Māori's James Fisher-Harris sits him down for 10 minutes. And that brings us to half-time!
There's some friction on the field here!
A try-saving intercept from Morgan Harper keeps his team ahead heading into the half-time break! Some Mitchell magic down the left hand side looked like an almost certain try was coming for the Indigenous side
Māori All Stars thought they'd scored, but it's pulled back for a player offside on the kick chase. The Indigenous All Stars start their set at the halfway line
The Māori side still look really dangerous with the ball - they're throwing offload after offload
Hynes converts his own try
Hynes goes through a gaping hole to bring his team back to within touching distance
SIX AGAIN INDIGENOUS ALL STARS! They'll get another crack at the line
PENALTY INDIGENOUS ALL STARS! An exciting passage of play down the left edge almost leads to a second try for Sloan, but it does earn his team a penalty. They'll start the set 10 metres out from the Māori tryline
Māori hold them out with some scrambling defence on the last! Turnover
SIX AGAIN INDIGENOUS ALL STARS! Māori too slow in the ruck, and the Indigenous team will be hard to hold out here
Jesse Arthars almost pulls off an intercept for his Māori team, but he bobbles it on the ground trying to recollect it. Scrum Indigenous All Stars on their own 40 metre line
20 METRE TAP AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ALL STARS! They withstand some pressure from the Māori team, and they get their reward now
PENALTY Māori! "Hand on ball" Sutton exclaims, and the Māori team will start their next set just short of half-way
20 metre tap for Māori! The kick from dummy-half is too deep from the Australian Indigenous All Stars' own 40m line
Rapana gets it through with some help from the post
Māori All Stars extend their lead! Great hole running from Jesse Arthars - he is serviced by a nice pass from Zach Dockar-Clay. Not great defence from the left edge of the Australian Indigenous All Stars
PENALTY Māori! Briton Nikora earns a penalty for high contact, and his team will get a full attacking set starting just 20 metres out from their opposition's line
Another 3rd tackle kick from Nicho Hynes! Māori will start their set from their own 40m line
We're back for the second quarter, with the Australian Indigenous All Stars getting first use
And that is quarter-time! A brief drinks break, and we'll be back soon
COBBO! Latrell Mitchell with a lovely cut-out pass to Cobbo, and with nothing but tryline in front of him, he puts it down. Māori ball
PENALTY INDIGENOUS ALL STARS! This will relieve the pressure
SIX AGAIN Māori ALL STARS! But now they're coughed it up
A string of offloads from the Indigenous All Stars ends up with the ball in the hands of the Māori team, who are now inside their attacking 20
Mitchell misses from the right side of the field to keep the score at 6-4
The Indigenous All Stars' spine show their class to find Tyrell Sloan on their right wing for their first points of the afternoon!
SIX AGAIN INDIGENOUS ALL STARS! Markers not square, and this gives the Indigenous team their first real chance
PENALTY INDIGENOUS ALL STARS! First penalty of the game by my count. Walker kicks it into touch upfield, and his team will start the set from the half-way
A beautiful 3rd tackle kick from the Indigenous team out of dummy half turns the Māori All Stars around, and forces them to work it off their own goal line
Silky hands on the left hand side from the Indigenous All Stars almost sees them go over for their first points, but some scrambling defence from the Māori All Stars saves the day.
SUCCESFUL SHORT DROPOUT Māori! They have the ball back and are working it out of their own end
DROPOUT! Great 4th tackle kick from Cody Walker earns his team another set.
Hayze Perham drops it on the last for Māori while trying to get a kick away, and the Indigenous All Stars will start their set 30 metres out from their own line
A frantic and slightly rusty start from both teams, with the game settling into a bit of a rhythm now
The Māori All Stars are really utilising their forward pack at the moment, and the Indigenous side look a little flustered early on
Rapana slots it from right in-front
TRY Māori! What a way to start the match! Zach Dockar-Clay kicks the ball into the upright on the last, and it bounces right back into his arms for him to dive over in-between the posts
Cobbo puts down a fairly simple take off a Zach Dockar-Clay kick to give the Māori side a mid-field scrum 10 metres out
3rd tackle kick from Nicho Hynes looks to put Māori on the back foot early, but it gives away some field position early on in the game
Gerard Sutton starts us off, with the Indigenous All Stars getting first use
With the incredible pre-game over, it's time for some footy! We're just minutes away from kick-off for All Stars 2023. Māori line up 1-20, while the Australian Indigenous team have promoted Ryan James to a starting spot, with Tyrone Peachey moved to the reserves.
We're less than 10 minutes away from kick-off here in Rotorua, with the Aotearoa Māori All Stars set to meet a star-studded Australian Indigenous All Stars side in this exciting pre-season clash. The teams are on field, with the pre-game ceremony about to get underway
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gerard Sutton
Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, Drew Oultram
Video Referee: Adam Gee
AOTEAROA NZ MāORI TANE ALL STARS (24)
Tries: Zach Dockar-Clay, Jesse Arthars, Jordan Riki, Preston Riki
Conversions: Jordan Rapana (4/4)
AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS MEN’S ALL STARS (28)
Tries: Tyrell Sloan, Nicho Hynes, Brent Naden, Selwyn Cobbo (3)
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (0/2), Nicho Hynes (2/4)