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The Haka
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<blockquote data-quote="scuubasteve" data-source="post: 143874"><p>What I can't understand is, as someone watching the haka, don't you get just as fired up as the AB's?</p><p></p><p>I know when I watch it, I'm pretty fired up too!</p><p></p><p>So I would have thought that opponents facing the haka would get a big buzz from just as much as the AB's do?</p><p></p><p>I can understand how other teams might feel disadvantaged but I don't think the All Blacks win because they perform the Haka.</p><p></p><p>Will, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!</p><p></p><p>Here in NZ every high school has a unique Haka which is performed before big games. Watching two teams lay down the challenge to each other is truly a sight to behold.</p><p></p><p>The tradition of the Haka, while being something of an exhibition piece in the first half of last century, has become very close to Kiwi's hearts over the last 20-30 years with the renaissance of Maori culture within our society.</p><p></p><p>It's something very unique in sport and makes a rugby international match against a pacific nation an even more special occasion.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I wish NZ fans could sing our boys on like the NH nations do. Listening to 65,000-80,000 of my countrymen singing as one (as fans at Murrayfield and the Millenium will no doubt do this weekend) would give any team a massive motivational boost!</p><p></p><p>But, its just another of the little things that makes international rugby magic!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scuubasteve, post: 143874"] What I can't understand is, as someone watching the haka, don't you get just as fired up as the AB's? I know when I watch it, I'm pretty fired up too! So I would have thought that opponents facing the haka would get a big buzz from just as much as the AB's do? I can understand how other teams might feel disadvantaged but I don't think the All Blacks win because they perform the Haka. Will, I'm sure you'll enjoy it! Here in NZ every high school has a unique Haka which is performed before big games. Watching two teams lay down the challenge to each other is truly a sight to behold. The tradition of the Haka, while being something of an exhibition piece in the first half of last century, has become very close to Kiwi's hearts over the last 20-30 years with the renaissance of Maori culture within our society. It's something very unique in sport and makes a rugby international match against a pacific nation an even more special occasion. Personally, I wish NZ fans could sing our boys on like the NH nations do. Listening to 65,000-80,000 of my countrymen singing as one (as fans at Murrayfield and the Millenium will no doubt do this weekend) would give any team a massive motivational boost! But, its just another of the little things that makes international rugby magic! [/QUOTE]
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