Kiwi fury over nose to nose Haka confrontation!

think positive · Side By Side Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere

since im a pom, ill save my view!!

(but I will add nothing will ever beat the unsportsmanship of THAT underarm bowl!!)

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8920794

over reaction? by the Aussies or the Kiwis?

is it fair to get tin their face when they get to do the war dance?

is this another racial thang!

Tannin · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:30 am

The Kiwis are allowed to do their dumb haka, which is a traditional dance designed to intimidate other groups; any group doing likewise right back at them can only be a good thing. What makes the Kiwis think they are the only ones allowed to act like dickheads?

Wokko · Come and take it. Joined: 04 Oct 2005

I don't understand the point of premeditated responses to the Haka. Just let them do it, smile, clap if they did a good one then get on with the game.

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

Better than everyone else standing around awkwardly, right? The haka is done purely for theatre, so I can't see why a bit of theatre on the other side hurts.

Besides, surely any boring rugby game would be improved by a good all-in brawl at the beginning.

HAL · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:14 pm

Perhaps better, but not perfectly.

King Monkey · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:34 pm

The Haka is an invitation to "war" ("compete" would be a better word in a sporting context) and is designed to intimidate the opponent.
Those Aussie boys standing up to it is a case of - you're doing it right!!!!
The exceptions in this case were - the few on the end that stepped over the halfway line, (only mildly), but that fkn blonde clown with that smirk on his smart arse head deserved to have it knocked off!!

Turning their backs (ala the Wallabies a few years ago who got beaten by 50 odd points!! Laughing

) and/or openly mocking it (ala Victor Matfield, former Captain of South Africa), are actions that are the height of disrespect.

stui magpie · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:08 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVlGDa5mx28

John Wren · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:36 pm

King Monkey · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:59 pm

Lol, JW.
Majority Kiwi view is compatible with mine - but you'll always get a perception of a view from the people who make themselves heard loudest; ie, people who need to have something to complain about.

The general consensus is that it's great somebody had the balls to eyeball a version of the Haka face-to-face.
The only real disrespect was from that blonde goose.

King Monkey · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:01 pm

think positive · Side By Side Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere

Tannin · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:17 am

think positive · Side By Side Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere

No sense of theatre Tannin?

"Alis stupid posturing!!"!

a little respect for THE GREATEST!

always makes me laugh when people take pot shots at national treasures!

small ball syndrome!

Tannin · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:56 am

Ali was a dickhead.

Tannin · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:02 am

PS: I have enormous respect for great sportsmen who are decent people - for example, Bradman, McGrath, Flower; none for dickheads like Ali and Botham and Acker who just happen to be good at sport.

PPS: I wouldn't want to ban the Kiwis and their "theatre", but if I was playing against them, I wouldn't pay it any respect whatever. They do it to try to get a psychological advantage. Screw that; the best response it to ignore it. Let then look dumb and do what they want, spend their haka time doing more important stuff like waving to the crowd or tying up your bootlaces.