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What country has complained about it though? Seems like it just SJ from the article. NZ Herald + Stuff NZ are poor media outlets, need to go in the bin alongside Wales Online and the like.
Everyone I know in the UK loves the Haka, the complaint a fair few have is that teams are limited in their response to it which is very different and not aimed at NZ but rather governing body.
I'm not against limiting its use, undoubtedly some journo will then write how the AB's disrespected this team or that team by not deeming them important enough for the Haka...but i think a lot of us are sick of explaining and talking about it, maybe save it for world cup finals, lions tours, grand slams, players centenary games (both ours and theirs)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby...ones-calls-for-all-blacks-to-scrap-bogus-haka
i think ABs should stop doing the haka in europe. if its so controversial then those countries that complain about it ABs should just not do it there. save it for special occasions and countries
i like kirwans article on it and in it he states that its only since the 80's that the haka has been done before every game. before then it was on rare occasions , like the last game of the tour.
everyone knows the 80's were nearly 40 years ago aye....i dont think that counts as a recent development anymore