Best Haka? : Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:09 am  

I've seen most of the teams do their Haka live at the 2008 WC or at other games, and i'd say the Cook Islands have easily the best Haka, but the most impressive pre game ritual goes to the Fiji prayer/hymn IMO.
The Cooks haka involves the whole squad including training staff and seems to re-enact something similar to the Normandy invasion including boat rowing and a battle scene. Seems a shame to stop it for a game by the time they finish.

[Hillsborough Lad]

Re: Best Haka? : Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:25 pm  

Well personally I hate it. Don't understand why the pacific Islanders get to do a outdated tribal dance and we can't reply with anything. I was glad when we turned our back on it in 2008.

Re: Best Haka? : Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:32 pm  

A bit of Morris or Maypole dancing will really strike fear into England's opponents.

Re: Best Haka? : Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:34 pm  

saw the NZ and cook islands ones today, like the cook islands

isaac luke doing his usual face pulling for NZ

Re: Best Haka? : Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:10 pm  

Hillsborough Lad wrote:

Well personally I hate it. Don't understand why the pacific Islanders get to do a outdated tribal dance and we can't reply with anything. I was glad when we turned our back on it in 2008.

What? We, as a nation, don't have anything like this therefore we should ban everyone else from doing it? Give over.

Re: Best Haka? : Tue Oct 29, 2013 5:59 pm  

fiji just sang?!

will see the tonga one later

Re: Best Haka? : Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:28 pm  

I like Kapa O Pango provided they do the throat slit but the RU version of Ka Mate is best.

Quite like the Samoan Sive Tau as a war dance

Re: Best Haka? : Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:36 am  

brearley84 wrote:

fiji just sang?!

will see the tonga one later

I saw that & thought that it was somthing quiet special to hear & it meant so much to the players & brought somthing to the event. Long may it continue.

Re: Best Haka? : Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:35 pm  

ukuma taai leading the tonga haka lastnight!

prob my fave so far

Re: Best Haka? : Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:28 pm  

Hillsborough Lad wrote:

Well personally I hate it. Don't understand why the pacific Islanders get to do a outdated tribal dance and we can't reply with anything. I was glad when we turned our back on it in 2008.

Why don't we reply with a full on team display of Gangham Style?