5 mental things teams have done to respond to the Haka - Page 2 of 3 - Ruck

5 mental things teams have done to respond to the Haka

3. Middle-class singing

Twickenham’s tuneful attempt to drown out the All Blacks’ ‘Kapa O Pango’ – the one reserved for opponents they really don’t like – had the desired effect: England pulled off a rare victory and have hardly stopped talking about it since.


4. The Munster haka

When the All Blacks played Munster in a tour game in 2008, the Limerick side undermined that advantage by returning the favour. Doug Howlett, who scored 49 tries for New Zealand, Lifeimi MafiRua Tipoki and Jeremy Manning stood up to their countrymen by pre-empting the ritual and performing their own haka.

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