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<blockquote data-quote="DanCarterite" data-source="post: 91667">The &quot;maori chief&quot; contacted by the WRU is an Academic in Christchurch, he is certainly Maori and he is a Kaumatua (elder) in his tribe, but he himself has come out and said that the WRU never told him, when asking if the Welsh National Anthem was an appropriate Haka response, that they intended to sandwich the haka between the anthems, something he says is not appropriate at all.This is a case of the WRU hearing what they want to hear and going off half cocked because of it. In the six weeks of &quot;negotiations&quot; between the unions NZ&#039;s position on doing the Haka between the Anthems remained the same, especially as the WRU had promised that this positioning for the centenary test was a one off.&nbsp; Yes it seems a little petty to me that the AB&#039;s did their Haka in the shed and denied the fans the pleasure of seeing it, but... whilst I fault them a little bit I fault the WRU a whole lot more.For me the perfect Haka response would have been for the Millenium Stadium to erupt into &quot;Bread of Heaven&quot;, something in it&#039;s own way as awesome and idiosyncratic as the Haka itself. I cherish the memory of standing in the old Arms Park with &quot;Bread of Heaven&quot; ringing around the stadium just as much as I treasure the memory of my first live Haka led by Buck Shelford.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DanCarterite, post: 91667"] The "maori chief" contacted by the WRU is an Academic in Christchurch, he is certainly Maori and he is a Kaumatua (elder) in his tribe, but he himself has come out and said that the WRU never told him, when asking if the Welsh National Anthem was an appropriate Haka response, that they intended to sandwich the haka between the anthems, something he says is not appropriate at all. This is a case of the WRU hearing what they want to hear and going off half cocked because of it. In the six weeks of "negotiations" between the unions NZ's position on doing the Haka between the Anthems remained the same, especially as the WRU had promised that this positioning for the centenary test was a one off. Yes it seems a little petty to me that the AB's did their Haka in the shed and denied the fans the pleasure of seeing it, but... whilst I fault them a little bit I fault the WRU a whole lot more. For me the perfect Haka response would have been for the Millenium Stadium to erupt into "Bread of Heaven", something in it's own way as awesome and idiosyncratic as the Haka itself. I cherish the memory of standing in the old Arms Park with "Bread of Heaven" ringing around the stadium just as much as I treasure the memory of my first live Haka led by Buck Shelford. [/QUOTE]

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