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Firstly, most Australians are over that anyway however secondly, while it may hold up the start of the match, the opposition isn't expected to stand still, get cold and "respect" the song about a suicidal sheep thief either.Originally Posted by Jethro
Australia used actually have a "haka" way back when they first visited England, at the request of the Mother Country following the visit of our Antipodean cousins who had presented theirs.Originally Posted by Jethro
I have no recollection of any official move to re-instate it.
So while it is pissing down rain and you are standing there shivering your arse off to witness some antiquated veiled threat, you are meant to respectfully stand still and absorb the energy (bit like psyching yourself u to another country's national anthem...) while the opposition, many of which are less maori than who they are playing, is performing advance calisthenics and working themselves into a lather?Originally Posted by Jethro
With respect Jethro, what a crock!
I enjoy watching a well performed haka like most people do, but we are now in a professional era and all this BS about the haka belongs pre '95 or in the Amateur sphere. The exception being NZ Maori matches and when two Pacific teams are playing each other and it is equal.