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France fined $15,000 for haka advance
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<blockquote data-quote="T-Rex" data-source="post: 464354" data-attributes="member: 43918"><p><span style="color: #222222">Why are some people using this as a chance to have a veiled go at New Zealand(ers) and the haka? It's not as though we complained about the French challenge, we loved it. Do you truly believe that when the All Blacks perform that throat slitting action, they have genuine intent to kill the opposition? Come off it, seriously.</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222">Most of us welcome a response, and personally, seeing Thierry Dusuatoir leading his team towards the haka in response like that was the best moment of the final and one of the great rugby moments (in my opinion).</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222">As far as I know, the rule is not there because it is disrespectful to respond to the haka, it's there to prevent fights and that sort of thing. I'm sure the rule applies with any pre-game ritual, as you would have when any of Tonga, Samoa or Fiji play.</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222">The haka, in the case of the All Blacks is a challenge, personally, I don't see it as disrespectful to respond. If France did some silly dance making fun of the haka then yeah, you could consider it disrespectful, but in the case of what France, Wales or even England have done in the past, it's not disrespectful, it's a response, and like I say, we welcome that. Just ask most New Zealanders what they think of the potential fine.</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222">As for the French themselves, I gained a massive amount of respect for them and the way they stood up both to the haka and during the game. Amongst my joy, I truly felt bad for them having lost that game, they did themselves proud, if you can ever justify that feeling after losing such a big game.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T-Rex, post: 464354, member: 43918"] [COLOR=#222222]Why are some people using this as a chance to have a veiled go at New Zealand(ers) and the haka? It's not as though we complained about the French challenge, we loved it. Do you truly believe that when the All Blacks perform that throat slitting action, they have genuine intent to kill the opposition? Come off it, seriously. Most of us welcome a response, and personally, seeing Thierry Dusuatoir leading his team towards the haka in response like that was the best moment of the final and one of the great rugby moments (in my opinion). As far as I know, the rule is not there because it is disrespectful to respond to the haka, it's there to prevent fights and that sort of thing. I'm sure the rule applies with any pre-game ritual, as you would have when any of Tonga, Samoa or Fiji play. The haka, in the case of the All Blacks is a challenge, personally, I don't see it as disrespectful to respond. If France did some silly dance making fun of the haka then yeah, you could consider it disrespectful, but in the case of what France, Wales or even England have done in the past, it's not disrespectful, it's a response, and like I say, we welcome that. Just ask most New Zealanders what they think of the potential fine. As for the French themselves, I gained a massive amount of respect for them and the way they stood up both to the haka and during the game. Amongst my joy, I truly felt bad for them having lost that game, they did themselves proud, if you can ever justify that feeling after losing such a big game.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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