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<blockquote data-quote="Groundhog" data-source="post: 823627" data-attributes="member: 50079">Read that article when he wrote it and rolled my eyes to the back of my head. Don&#039;t know much about hakas beyond what I&#039;ve read up on them, but to suggest that the All Blacks were trying to disrespect us, or stir the pot in any way is just an ignorant headline to put out to an Irish population that could very well say &quot;well this guy has a better idea of it than us, maybe he&#039;s right&quot;, not that anyone really reacted that way from what I saw.I think the general reaction was to debate the performance of the haka itself.Look the haka is good for the game, and for the uninformed person when you ask them about rugby, I would imagine the haka is probably one of the first things he&#039;d mention. The novelty has largely worn off for me, unless there&#039;s a challenge of sorts put together for it, which has always led to a really intense game of rugby. I used to begrudge the psychological advantage NZ got from it, but I think at this stage as an opposing player if the prospect of putting your body on the line for 80 minutes is less intimidating to you than a traditional war dance you&#039;ve seen a thousand times before, you&#039;re probably in the wrong business.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Groundhog, post: 823627, member: 50079"] Read that article when he wrote it and rolled my eyes to the back of my head. Don't know much about hakas beyond what I've read up on them, but to suggest that the All Blacks were trying to disrespect us, or stir the pot in any way is just an ignorant headline to put out to an Irish population that could very well say "well this guy has a better idea of it than us, maybe he's right", not that anyone really reacted that way from what I saw.I think the general reaction was to debate the performance of the haka itself. Look the haka is good for the game, and for the uninformed person when you ask them about rugby, I would imagine the haka is probably one of the first things he'd mention. The novelty has largely worn off for me, unless there's a challenge of sorts put together for it, which has always led to a really intense game of rugby. I used to begrudge the psychological advantage NZ got from it, but I think at this stage as an opposing player if the prospect of putting your body on the line for 80 minutes is less intimidating to you than a traditional war dance you've seen a thousand times before, you're probably in the wrong business. [/QUOTE]

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