Re: Best Haka? : Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:34 pm  

I also thought it could be challenged sure if you YouTube haka challenge there will are some, admittedly they are RU but it should be the same.

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Re: Best Haka? : Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:43 pm  

Just to be clear, the Hakas are nothing to do with Rugby Union. They are traditional to teh countries, and there are various types.
A couple of years ago the Kiwis said the traditional New Zealand Haka is actually a victory dance and wasn't really appropriate for a prematch Haka

Either way, I think it is a great traditiona nd has added extra colour and excitement to the world cup.

Re: Best Haka? : Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:19 pm  

I cannot find details at the moment, but the Aussies did a variation of the Haka in the early years of the last century. Bring it back!

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Re: Best Haka? : Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:18 pm  

Hillbilly_Red wrote:

I cannot find details at the moment, but the Aussies did a variation of the Haka in the early years of the last century. Bring it back!

I remember seeing that. It might have been on a history of rugby video or something.

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Re: Best Haka? : Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:24 am  

it was awful, let it go lol.

Re: Best Haka? : Sat Nov 16, 2013 6:28 pm  

do the hokie kokie

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Re: Best Haka? : Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:12 am  

DoubleAone wrote:

do the hokie kokie

Then turn around?

Re: Best Haka? : Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:57 pm  

roopy wrote:

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.

Have to agree with this after seeing it live at Wembley yesterday.

The key thing was their voices were very good.

Having had some choir singing before (pretty averagely) it was amazing to hear some tuneful voices with no musical backing singing a hymn beautifully. The togetherness, emotion and enjoyment amongst the players was great....really impressive IMO.