there you go. true spectacle even before the action begins. Great stuff

Makes me laught that

It's all getting kind of silly. I can understand why other teams are a bit fed up with the hype of the haka performance. This stems from a combo of the throat slitting gesture (sure I know it isn't actually a representation ofthroat slitting but it certainly looks like it) and overpromotion of the haka in sport.

I enjoy the haka and it makes me proud to be a NZer, so I hope it can go back to what it was. The opposition should just face the challenge, all staunch like and then proceed to beat the All Blacks in reply. If they can of course...now that (the valiant attempt only to be crushed in the end) is what I want to see

The whole thing is ridiculous.

Why?

Perhaps other teams don't see it as a challenge, just a waste of time.
I don't think it's rediculous, just not relevent to a game of international rugby.

Well Mantas, I suppose I just want to see things go back to how they were. I like watching test matches and am used to things like that. As to relevance, the haka has been a fixture of interntional matches for a long time, so there is a lot of historical precedence to keep it so.

I wish they'd just get on with the game as well. I think the blame for the current situation is with NZ. Overhyping things has backfired and that is too bad. Maybe they could give the ABs a choice of the haka or the national anthem.