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<blockquote data-quote="Conor in Dublin" data-source="post: 823598" data-attributes="member: 74534">Former All-Black Craig Dowd reckoned that that the ABs were a bit disrespectful to Ireland in Chicago when they did the Kapa O Pango haka in advance of the game. <a href="http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/former-all-black-haka-in-front-of-ireland-in-chicago-was-disrespectful-763297.html" target="_blank">http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/former-all-black-haka-in-front-of-ireland-in-chicago-was-disrespectful-763297.html</a> Ireland definitely didn&#039;t see it that way but I&#039;d like a Kiwi to tell me whats true. I&#039;ve always felt that the ABs did the Ka Mate routinely but reserved the Kapa for a gesture of greater respect; used for games where they genuinely believed they might lose. I vaguely felt we earned the Kapa with the 2013 test and was delighted to see it. Am I wrong?Just BTW the ABs were absolutely not disrespectful; quite the reverse. Beat the Aussies and there&#039;s a huge burst of whinging - the ref was wrong, the pitch was wrong, the gravity was wrong. NZ had more reason to be disappointed but reacted with class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Conor in Dublin, post: 823598, member: 74534"] Former All-Black Craig Dowd reckoned that that the ABs were a bit disrespectful to Ireland in Chicago when they did the Kapa O Pango haka in advance of the game. [url]http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/former-all-black-haka-in-front-of-ireland-in-chicago-was-disrespectful-763297.html[/url] Ireland definitely didn't see it that way but I'd like a Kiwi to tell me whats true. I've always felt that the ABs did the Ka Mate routinely but reserved the Kapa for a gesture of greater respect; used for games where they genuinely believed they might lose. I vaguely felt we earned the Kapa with the 2013 test and was delighted to see it. Am I wrong? Just BTW the ABs were absolutely not disrespectful; quite the reverse. Beat the Aussies and there's a huge burst of whinging - the ref was wrong, the pitch was wrong, the gravity was wrong. NZ had more reason to be disappointed but reacted with class. [/QUOTE]

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