New Zealand Haka

[mickd1961]

Why do other teams still put up with this b o l l o x?

Opposing sides should do their own thing in retaliation or totally ignore it with indifference.

God Save The Queen sung in *** Pistols style for me!

[albion68]

Why do other teams still put up with this b o l l o x?

Opposing sides should do their own thing in retaliation or totally ignore it with indifference.

God Save The Queen sung in *** Pistols style for me!

oh so very true mick,I hate it with a passion why should other teams stand there and watch them pump themselves up to this nonsense .for me make them kneel while the England players sing Jerusalem with 80,000 England fans.jerusalem should be England’s national anthem.

[holmleighchris]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who dislikes it. The opposition should go and sign a few autographs whilst they are doing it.
Looks stupid, sounds stupid, is stupid.

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

oh so very true mick,I hate it with a passion why should other teams stand there and watch them pump themselves up to this nonsense .for me make them kneel while the England players sing Jerusalem with 80,000 England fans.jerusalem should be England’s national anthem.

Great sdong but Jerusalem is a hymn and therefore too religous to represent modern day England. For me this should be the English National Anthem (might have to change bit about the Empire) It's certainly one that I could relate to. Images to be shown on the big screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81hbu0Uhkp8

[stripes39]

I can’t disagree with anything in this thread. I just don’t get how we are all expected to bow and scrape to this team and almost be forced by the media and many non media to offer our undying respect to this dance that belongs in the 17C. To pick up on a previous comment, it gives them carte- blanche to get pumped up and psyched up whilst the opposition are forced to watch and be respectful. Yet another nation who have never really done anything except be good at rugby. If England don’t win it then anyone but NZ for me.

[Dubbag]

As are anthems at internationals...complete waste of time.....some of them go on for hours...and when you think that its finished...its only the first verse.....shocking when they then get an official singer in to sing it....

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

I remember one tour when the then England captain [don't recall his name] took a newspaper stuffed down the back of his shorts onto the field and when they started poncing around and wailing he took it out [the newspaper now] and started to read it.

Any one else recall this?