BBC Blog - The origins of the haka

[ranger]

I love the Haka on it's own but when there's a response it creates something different, huge intensity comes out and just sends chills down you spine. I don't think that marching band should of performed it just to entertain while I know that it's not the actually meaning of the Haka I think it throws down a challenge for the other team.

What would the IRB/ref should a team break the 10M rule

Ive played in games which have started with a free kick/scrum on the halfway instead of a kickoff because one team oversteps the mark during the hakas

 

[Black Heart]

Ive played in games which have started with a free kick/scrum on the halfway instead of a kickoff because one team oversteps the mark during the hakas

So have I. The blood gets hot when it comes down to old rivalries, especially between other iwi. When Ngapuhi travel south to the Waikato or BOP in Maori tounaments the haka challenges can be huge. Mainly because everyone hates Ngapuhi.

This is why the 10m rule needs to be enforced regardless of how teams decide to challenge:

 

[ranger]

So have I. The blood gets hot when it comes down to old rivalries, especially between other iwi. When Ngapuhi travel south to the Waikato or BOP in Maori tounaments the haka challenges can be huge. Mainly because everyone hates Ngapuhi.

This is why the 10m rule needs to be enforced regardless of how teams decide to challenge:

Exactly. Ive seen this happen soo many times. The 10m rule has its place in rugby, whether people realise it or not

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Well, as far as I can see, it's the NZ players who are walking towards the opponents. Should they walk backwards to keep that 10 m. distance then? That sounds ridiculous. Both teams should have stayed put

 

[Black Heart]

Exactly. Ive seen this happen soo many times. The 10m rule has its place in rugby, whether people realise it or not

And yet some people are getting precious over the All Blacks gliding their thumbs accross their throats lol. This video shows what haka really is.

 

[ranger]

Well, as far as I can see, it's the NZ players who are walking towards the opponents. Should they walk backwards to keep that 10 m. distance then? That sounds ridiculous. Both teams should have stayed put

The rule is neither team is allowed to walk past their own 10m line. There were clearly two wardances going on in that vid man, the rule isnt "10m" away from the NZ side..