Thursday, September 08, 2011
All Blacks Haka vs Tongan Sipi Tau at the 2003 Rugby World Cup
As you will have noticed with the way the site is now organised (and still being organised), you can now access and browse archives in a much easier fashion. With that in mind, this classic video from the 2003 RWC needs to be added to RD, so now is a good time to do it.
Having a quick look, it's got almost 8 million views on Youtube since being uploaded five years again. That's an impressive amout in relation to other great rugby videos, but it's a testiment to what a great moment it was in the sport, and we'll be treated to the same again tomorrow when the two sides face off again.
Tonga has been given the green light to go first with their traditional challenge tomorrow, and it's up to the All Blacks as to when they choose to respond with the Haka. In 2003 it was a brilliant start to the game at Suncorp Stadium, and tomorrow it will be an apt start to the Rugby World Cup, hosted of course in a part of the world that is well known for it's culture and traditions.
"Where we have two teams performing cultural challenges ... Team A, who in this case on Friday night is Tonga, will start their challenge first," said Tournament director Kit McConnell.
"And then it's up to the other team to determine when they perform their challenge. The second team performing the challenge can wait until the first team finishes their challenge or they can start after the first team starts."
Tongan captain Finau Maka has said he'll prefer if the All Blacks wait until they finish their Sipi Tau.
"I'd prefer to see one team do the haka and the other team face up to the challenge, after that the other team do theirs," he said. "I'd rather that than two teams doing the haka and the sipi tau at the same time."
There will be another clash of Haka's later in the tournament, when Fiji and Samoa meet.
For now here's a quick look at this great clip that will always be remembered as a wonderful moment from the 2003 RWC in Australia, despite the fact that the All Blacks won the game 91-7.
Posted at 11:18 am | 10 comments
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BuzzKillington September 08, 2011 4:58 pm
tim September 08, 2011 5:12 pm
Well, South Africa liked All Blacks, but not real blacks, if you see what I mean? The same shameless and craven NZRU also happily pandered to what officially became apartheid in the 1940s by refusing to pick any Maori for any of the official tours to South Africa for the next half century. But the all-white All Blacks still performed the haka: how's that for the sacred flame of birthright and all that tripe?
Guy September 08, 2011 6:29 pm
BuzzKillington September 08, 2011 6:34 pm
Find me a person who didn't like Chabal walking France up to the AB's in 2007, was as good as the game itself! Everyone was going wild in the pub
moddeur September 08, 2011 8:47 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhyxfmoSxOA
BuzzKillington September 08, 2011 10:05 pm
Fights don't happen in the big games between pros when the haka's performed, players know better.
moddeur September 09, 2011 7:52 am
Huw September 08, 2011 9:07 pm
JG September 08, 2011 9:36 pm
Tim from above - I noticed that the new system on RD has not stopped you from trolling. Not sure why you are so bitter my friend, but I sure hope that somewhere, somehow you find that inner peace that you are looking for.
Guy September 08, 2011 9:55 pm
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