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June Internationals: Chiefs vs. Wales (14/06/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 803069" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Haha...kebabs? English culture? Yep, that's irony alright!</p><p></p><p> @<a href="http://www.therugbyforum.com/member.php?u=71826" target="_blank">Every Time Ref</a></p><p></p><p>That business with the Māori warriors holding spears and performing the Haka is quite normal here, not so much at Super Rugby, NPC or Club rugby level, but at the school level where Māori culture is part of the education curriculum. As one of the NZ posters pointed out earlier, school 1st XVs use their school <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapa_haka" target="_blank">Kapa Haka (Māori performing arts)</a> groups in support on the field. There are Haka by both sides before College 1st XV matches almost without exception.</p><p></p><p>The Welsh players would have been considered to be honoured guests of the local <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marae" target="_blank">Marae</a>, especially so as their leader (Warren Gatland) is a son of the Waikato region. He will have understood perfectly well what this was about, and I am sure he will have explained it to his players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 803069, member: 20605"] Haha...kebabs? English culture? Yep, that's irony alright! @[URL="http://www.therugbyforum.com/member.php?u=71826"]Every Time Ref[/URL] That business with the Māori warriors holding spears and performing the Haka is quite normal here, not so much at Super Rugby, NPC or Club rugby level, but at the school level where Māori culture is part of the education curriculum. As one of the NZ posters pointed out earlier, school 1st XVs use their school [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapa_haka"]Kapa Haka (Māori performing arts)[/URL] groups in support on the field. There are Haka by both sides before College 1st XV matches almost without exception. The Welsh players would have been considered to be honoured guests of the local [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marae"]Marae[/URL], especially so as their leader (Warren Gatland) is a son of the Waikato region. He will have understood perfectly well what this was about, and I am sure he will have explained it to his players. [/QUOTE]
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