Should the Black Caps do the haka?

[Smudge]

Not from 2 feet away, no.

It sends shivers up your spine when you face a good one.

 

[steds]

When I see the New Zealand league team doing theirs it always looks quite weak and limp and I've always wondered why it was considered so intimidating, but I only recently noticed the All Black one looks much more passionate, and I like that.

 

[marc71178]

Na, better if they donned morris dancer garb and show how stupid the whole thing is.

Just confirms my previous post.

 

[marc71178]

Obviously the haka has no place in cricket, but there is no need to disrespect it like that.

On behalf of the decent 99.99% of Englishmen on this forum, I apologise for the comments of one individual.

 

[andyc]

I don't know. It might well suit him

Ohh my god that made me laugh

 

[Scaly piscine]

On behalf of the decent 99.99% of Englishmen on this forum, I apologise for the comments of one individual.

So who apologises for your 38,957 one liners Mr. Moral High Ground?

 

[ohtani's jacket]

This one tells the truth. Every Australian team to disrespect the haka gets a hammering.

The game I was talking about was in 1996. The Wallabies chose to ignore the haka and the All Blacks beat them 43-6 in abysmal conditions. Eales said it was one of the more regrettable decisions in his rugby career.

Having said that, Sam Scott-Young blew kisses at the haka, and he never lost a Test match against New Zealand. He was dropped on his head and in his own words, "woke up 20 minutes later and realised I was playing a game of football," but Australia beat us. A great haka doesn't equal a great Test match performance. Kearns used to wink at the All Blacks mid-haka and I'm pretty sure that Campo did ignore the haka in the '91 World Cup semi-final -- so, really, any player who finds the haka intimidating already fears the All Blacks and is afraid of losing the Test.

The British press were stupid -- the All Blacks did their new haka as a mark of respect for English rugby. Obviously the press don't see playing New Zealand as any kind of special honour, but, really, New Zealanders aren't precious about how you confront the haka so long as you give it some respect.

It may seem strange to British people, but having learnt to perform it as a child, it's just as chilling to perform as it is to watch Buck Shelford do it.

 

[Lyell_Chris]

When I see the New Zealand league team doing theirs it always looks quite weak and limp and I've always wondered why it was considered so intimidating, but I only recently noticed the All Black one looks much more passionate, and I like that.

Ka Mate was intimidating when they jumped at the end

 

[Smudge]

Ka Mate was intimidating when they jumped at the end

But it was also incorrect. There's no jumping action in proper haka.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Ka Mate was intimidating when they jumped at the end

I've always thought the "Ka Mate, Ka Mate, Ka Ora, Ka Ora" bit was the really scary bit - I don't play rugby any more, but if I had to play against a team that did that beforehand, I'd be even more scared than usual.

And that pic of the Irish standing eye-to-eye with them is brilliant. One of the best sporting photos I've seen in a long time.

 

[ClownSymonds]

I just saw a video of the Tall Blacks doing a haka. It was disgusting. The only sports team that should be allowed to do one is the All Blacks.

 

[chaminda_00]

I just saw a video of the Tall Blacks doing a haka. It was disgusting. The only sports team that should be allowed to do one is the All Blacks.

The Kiwis do a good job...

 

[Blaze]

I just saw a video of the Tall Blacks doing a haka. It was disgusting. The only sports team that should be allowed to do one is the All Blacks.

The League boys have every right to do it as well IMO

 

[Craig]

I don't know. It might well suit him

 

[Craig]

I don't have any problem with the opposition being able to do what they like. In fact, I would prefer it if the IRB got rid of the stupid law which requires the opposition to stand behind their own 10-metre line. The response of the Irish to the haka in 1989 was awesome.

South Africa's response is great when they walk closer and closer until they in their face, and seeing the Pacific Island teams play the All Blacks and have them go off at the same time is an awesome experience and one that is the one exciting thing, because the match will end up one sided.

And in great CW tradition this has turned into a rugby thread

 

[ClownSymonds]

Clown doing a haka would be terrifying. Some others who could do it well are Tuffey, Kaneria, McMillan, Afridi, and Warne.

Cricketers I would like to see do a haka: Kamran Akmal, Glenn McGrath, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, and Inzamam-ul-Haq,

 

[Craig]

If they all deiscover their New Zealand backgrounds then yes they can (those not Black Caps).

 

[honestbharani]

I can imagine certain cricketers basically laughing their faces off seeing Vettori and the Marshalls doing the hakka.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Thought I'd bump this... Last couple of weeks in Dance we've been looking at the Haka as an example of a dance from another culture. Culminated in our teaching group (20 of us, age 21 to 40, mainly female) performing it to a bunch of year threes (8 year olds) last Thursday.

They found it hilarious.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Lol @ Rana doing the Haka, he looks a bit like Bill Murray