Courtesy of the Sports Bible on Facebook… the most embarrassing haka ever… Crikey, if you ever want to NOT be intimidated by the All Blacks, just fired up this baby on your iPhone before kickoff, and you’ll be good to go.
Is this the best haka of all time? It has everything… obscure location, simultaneous performances, confrontations, bad haircuts, mullets, condoning commentary… It starts off slow, but ends with a brawl. Could want anything more?
For one thing, we’re a rugby blog that doesn’t have much to say about rugby – though does have an awful lot to say about facial hair and the various developmental stages of Gavin Henson’s spray tan.
But just every once in a while a stereotype sneaks up on you and slaps you on the ass like a Lycra-clad Gareth Thomas on poppers.
That’s why if you ever needed proof that white folk have no rhythm, just take a look at this Haka from way back in 1973.
It’s like a bunch of awkward fathers dancing to Status Quo at the local community centre disco while their kids try to bury their heads in the cement floor out of sheer embarrassment.
If Boks coach Peter (till the bitter end) de Villiers thinks the Haka has lost some of it’s potency then he obviously hasn’t seen this clip. Not too surprising when you consider tv was only introduced to South Africa in 1976 and that three years before that young Peter was hanging-out at the local shebeen getting pissed on homebrew.
The World Cup is an opportunity to see that rare treasure in rugby union – the double haka. Here’s a clip of Tonga facing off against New Zealand with both teams performing simultaneous hakas. If this is a sneak peek of what we’re going to be able to witness tomorrow, then I’m officially ready for the World Cup!