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Brown Bottle · « **Reply #60 on:** Monday 12-Nov-2018, 22:53* »

Quote from: Blucherquin on Monday 12-Nov-2018, 22:34*

Well it’s not really is it, you don’t make a conscious decision to be intimidated by something.

I think you missed the point.

Gone · « **Reply #61 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 06:17* »

What was the point?

deadlyfrom5yardsout · « **Reply #62 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 09:45* »

WE lost by one.

Brown Bottle · « **Reply #63 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 10:22* »

Quote from: Blucherquin on Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 06:17*

What was the point?

Well I can't speak for QP but I suspect he was suggesting that there's no reason why any of the England team, or any other international team, should feel intimidated by a bit of theatre.

DOK · « **Reply #64 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 11:53* »

I think it's as much the fact the ABs get to do the folk dance to psych themselves up, rather than other players being intimidated. However their preparations are a bit flat if they are obliged by world rugby rules to stand still and watch.

I always liked David Campese's response when asked why he carried on kicking practice while the Haka was going on:
"Mate", he said to the interviewer, "you seen one Haka, you seen them all!"

Quinten Poulsen · « **Reply #65 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 12:45* »

Precisely BB!

DOK, the opposing players also get to psych themselves up facing it, should they choose.

DOK · « **Reply #66 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 12:58* »

Yeah. Standing still with your arms linked round two other people is a well known recipe for psyching yourself up. Unlike performing a haka, which is known for it's calming effect.

Gone · « **Reply #67 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 13:08* »

Quote from: DOK on Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 12:58*

Yeah. Standing still with your arms linked round two other people is a well known recipe for psyching yourself up. Unlike performing a haka, which is known for it's calming effect.

Thank you.

Fearless Fred · « **Reply #68 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 13:32* »

Personally I wish that the ABs were made to do the Haka *before* the anthems are played. That way they get their cultural bit but it's placed where it should be. I'd also scrap the WR ruling that opposition teams have to "respect" it by standing a fixed distance away, unable to respond, etc. If teams want to respond, let 'em.

Cookie · « **Reply #69 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 13:37* »

Quote from: Fearless Fred on Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 13:32*

Personally I wish that the ABs were made to do the Haka *before* the anthems are played. That way they get their cultural bit but it's placed where it should be. I'd also scrap the WR ruling that opposition teams have to "respect" it by standing a fixed distance away, unable to respond, etc. If teams want to respond, let 'em.

Totally agree. It's absurd. We have to do our dance and you have to watch us do it. I really wish teams would just sing their anthem, respect the NZ anthem and then go off and warm up with absolutely no regard for the haka.

BedfordshireBoy · « **Reply #70 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 14:36* »

The whole Haka thing is now well past its sell by date, I well remember the days when The All Blacks would visit these islands for a proper tour and the whole thing was something special.

Fearless Fred · « **Reply #71 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 15:11* »

Ah yes, when the Haka really meant something...

BedfordshireBoy · « **Reply #72 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 15:14* »

Not many "Pacific Islander Players" in that clip.

Quinten Poulsen · « **Reply #73 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 17:25* »

Quote from: DOK on Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 12:58*

Yeah. Standing still with your arms linked round two other people is a well known recipe for psyching yourself up. Unlike performing a haka, which is known for it's calming effect.

It sounds like you have no idea how people can psych themselves up.

fatgat · « **Reply #74 on:** Tuesday 13-Nov-2018, 17:33* »

Thanks FF, made me grin! A few of the players clearly missed out on the choreography sessions. When I first watched them (late 70s), I enjoyed it because they were rare, now they're not. To me, time to ditch them.

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