Never short of a word, England’s Joe Marler ruffled a few feathers ahead of the meeting with New Zealand this week with his dismissal of the All Blacks’ haka as ‘ridiculous’. A backlash followed and cue the kind of back pedalling you never see from Marler on the pitch.
The haka is, of course, a cherished part of any game featuring the All Blacks, the pre-match ritual challenge as big a part of things as the almost inevitable victory that follows.
If you fancy joining in while the All Blacks are on tour this autumn, let’s point you in the direction of November 1998’s edition of Rugby World where, courtesy of their sponsors, Steinlager, there was a graphic provided teaching you how to perform the haka yourself, step by step – you’ll find it here.
Give it a go, it’s better than copying ‘Strictly’…
