The Maori All Blacks have beaten the Fiji Airways Flying Fijians 26-17 in their second test match in Rotorua.
Fiji scored first through Veremalua Vugakoto as Fiji took a 7-0 lead.
Sean Wainui scored for the Maori All Blacks as they leveled the scores to 7-7.
Both teams were locked 7-all at half time.
The Maori All Blacks scored three tries in the second half through Rob Thompson, Isaia Walker-Leawere and Alex Nankivell.
Mosese Voka scored a consolation try late on as the Maori All Blacks held on for the win.
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| Flying FIjians | TIME | Maori All Blacks |
| Crucial turnover by Nemani Nagusa after MABs had all the momentum early on | 3' | |
| Charge down on Veitokani kick gets hacked forward and gathered by Nayacalevu almost resulting in a try but he knocks it on 5m from the tryline | 5' | |
| Waqaniburotu toes the ball ahead after a low pass then passes between his legs to Veremalua to score in the corner. TRY FIJI!!!! | 8' | |
| 10' | Bad exit by Seniloli and a penalty has given the MABs a lineout 5m from their tryline | |
| 13' | Try to Wainui in the corner after an aimless kick by Fiji to exit their 22 | |
| 23' | Rolling maul from MABs from the 5m line defended well by Fiji and results in a knock-on over the tryline. Fiji ball. | |
| Great clearing kick from Veitokani after Fiji sustained pressure for a lengthy period. Fiji lose the ball after the lineout. | 26' | |
| Veitokani misses a penalty attempt from near half way. | 29' | |
| Fiji get a penalty and take the lineout attacking and making it into the 22 | 31' | |
| Nakosi sets up Fiji's attack but the MABs steal the ball on the tryline and clear the ball | 34' | |
| Some massive hits from Vatubua stops MABs attack | 38' | |
| 39' | Fiji fail to take a high kick in midfield almost resulting in a try for the Maori All Blacks |
| HALFTIME |
| Flying Fijians | TIME | Maori All Blacks |
| 43' | Try to Maori All Blacks under the posts after a lineout from the 5m line | |
| Veitokani kicks a penalty on the 22m line | 51' | |
| 54' | Maori All Blacks get a scrum near the 22m after holding up Josh Matavesi | |
| 56' | Maori All Blacks scrum leads to a penalty near the 5m line after some indiscipline from Fiji | |
| Fiji give away another penalty on the tryline and the ref warns them the next infringement will result in a yellow card | 58' | |
| 59' | Veitokani drops a cross-kick resulting in a try for the Maori All Blacks in the corner. Conversion misses. | |
| 62' | Veitokani drops another kick which leads to a dominant Maori scrum then penalty | |
| 64' | Try to Walker-Leawere after a lineout | |
| Fiji score a try after a dominant scrum on the 5m line | 76' | |
| 80' | Maori All Blacks grinding it out for the win. |
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