Why should the All Blacks always get the last word?
Post-Rugby World Cup, pre-cold turkey observations, Part Two: whither the haka?
Even though the International Rugby Board (IRB) ruled France was out of order with its V-formation advance on the All Blacks, it’s the haka that will remain under suspicion.
It seems absurd and unfair that the other team should have to stand motionless exuding respect or, at worst, feigning boredom while the All Blacks thunder out their challenge. Deciding what constitutes an appropriate response, however, is more difficult than the IRB’s...
This article appears in the New Zealand Listener issue November 19, 2011.
The full text of the online article will be available on December 5, 2011.
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