The Haka

johnayo

The Haka me bollox. Come on Ireland.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

johnayo wrote: »

The Haka me bollox. Come on Ireland.

Love a bit of cultural appreciation around here, don't we?!

OldMrBrennan83

johnayo wrote: »

The Haka me bollox. Come on Ireland.

It is bollocks, but **** 'Ireland' too.

limnam

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Love a bit of cultural appreciation around here, don't we?!

It's a game of rugby.


What the fck has cultural appreciation got to do with it.

blueser

Shouldn't this be in the rugby forum?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

limnam wrote: »

It's a game of rugby.


What the fck has cultural appreciation got to do with it.

The haka is a ceremonial dance performed before the rugby kicks off, old boy! And in any case, if it's not about the dance, then take the damn thing to the rugby forum!

batgoat

Patww79 wrote: »

It is bollocks, but **** 'Ireland' too.

Can you elaborate?

OldMrBrennan83

batgoat wrote: »

Can you elaborate?

Nah. This will be closed in about 8 minutes anyway.

TheValeyard

The Haka is a war dance. Only fair we have our own dance to oppose it.

Subcomandante Marcos

Patww79 wrote: »

It is bollocks, but **** 'Ireland' too.

Why is Ireland in comas?

batgoat

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Why is Ireland in comas?

I think it's the fact that Ulster are in the team but he m doesn't wish to expand upon his view.

Odhinn

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

The Haka is a war dance. Only fair we have our own dance to oppose it.

Yep. The team come on the field in white t-shirts which they - in carefully choreographed movements - tear off, while slagging off the big moon heads on the new Zealanders and their dribbly mouths, while expressing sympathy for their wives and children, who have to live in rat infested caravans.

Dr. Bre

Bout ten national anthems before the game!

orourkeda1977

The Haka is a microcosm of Rugby.

i.e utterly retarded

blueser

orourkeda1977 wrote: »

The Haka is a microcosm of Rugby.

i.e utterly retarded

I dare you to post that in the rugby forum!

buried

orourkeda1977 wrote: »

The Haka is a microcosm of Rugby.

i.e utterly retarded

Genuinelol

Skylinehead

Patww79 wrote: »

Nah. This will be closed in about 8 minutes anyway.

You underestimate my laziness.

sheroman01

Why should one team dictate respect? Why don't the opposition just walk away or not face the haka? It would make it quite less intimidating then.

biko

Seth Brundle

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Patww79 wrote: »

It is bollocks, but **** 'Ireland' too.

Why is Ireland in comas?

Theyre not commas, they're apostrophes!

Hoboo

White lads doing the Haka is just a bit, no.

First Up

Making faces and sticking out your tongue at people is rude.

super_furry

The haka? The bleedin' haka you!

buried

Hoboo wrote: »

White lads doing the Haka is just a bit, no.

They been doin it every Saturday night at 3am outside my local Supersnacks for the last 40 years

tonycascarino

New Zealand should be allowed do the Haka right in the opposition's faces like they did a few years back. Keeping them at a safe distance of the opposition has ruined the Haka.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_ZyQ7jW9o

Laois_Man

sheroman01 wrote: »

Why should one team dictate respect? Why don't the opposition just walk away or not face the haka? It would make it quite less intimidating then.

Bizarrely, a team actually gets sanctioned if they turn their backs on The Haka!

The best repose to the Haka was by Wales about 8-years ago when they refused to be the first to walk away from it - as the opposition being the first to walk away is part of the New Zealand ritual

Laois_Man

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Why is Ireland in comas?

I assume the Ireland in quotes was about the lads in Green jerseys who were born elsewhere!

Yer Da sells Avon

Literally the only good thing about rugby is playing 'spot the prod' during Amhrán na bhFiann.

nim1bdeh38l2cw

orourkeda1977 wrote: »

The Haka is a microcosm of Rugby.

i.e utterly retarded

What a gob****e

super_furry

Despite the three anthems and the war dance, I still feel that rugby could do with more pre-match build-up. Maybe a dance off.

limnam

sheroman01 wrote: »

It would make it quite less intimidating then.

Really?


Intimidating?


I'm always surprised the lads manage to contain their laughter..


If you're intimated by that, rugby's probably the wrong sport.

darlett

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Literally the only good thing about rugby is playing 'spot the prod' during Amhrán na bhFiann.

Because prods dont know how to mime the words properly? Must have been a near full crowd of them at the football on Thursday if thats the measure.

Richard Hillman

A bunch of white, middle class, middle aged men doing a Maori war dance. Ridiculous.

darlett

Richard Hillman wrote: »

A bunch of white, middle class, middle aged men doing a Maori war dance. Ridiculous.

You kinda lost that at middle aged.

corner of hells

super_furry wrote: »

Despite the three anthems and the war dance, I still feel that rugby could do with more pre-match build-up. Maybe a dance off.

Cheerleaders and maybe some cage fighting ?

Yer Da sells Avon

darlett wrote: »

Because prods dont know how to mime the words properly? Must have been a near full crowd of them at the football on Thursday if thats the measure.

No, because they don't go through the motions of pretending to know the words and just stand there, stony-faced throughout. Not even a "seo libh, canaidh..." out of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnNhd7dLj3w

darlett

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

No, because they don't go through the motions of pretending to know the words and just stand there, stony-faced throughout. Not even a "seo libh, canaidh..." out of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnNhd7dLj3w

Yes we do. We walk amongst you. We mime along with you. At both Rugby and Football. Even GAA. Its likely you have acquaintances from that side that just care less about it.

Yer Da sells Avon

darlett wrote: »

Yes we do. We walk amongst you. We mime along with you. At both Rugby and Football. Even GAA. Its likely you have acquaintances from that side that just care less about it.

I wish I could pinpoint the exact moment when making jokey, flippant remarks on AH became impossible without sparking earnest responses.

darlett

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

I wish I could pinpoint the exact moment when making jokey, flippant remarks on AH became impossible without sparking earnest responses.

Apologies. Let me withdraw my earnest response, and travel back to that simpler more jokey, flippant period in our boards.ie AH history.

LOOK PRODS AT THE RUGBY AHahahahaha

super_furry

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

I wish I could pinpoint the exact moment when making jokey, flippant remarks on AH became impossible without sparking earnest responses.

No-one has ever been able to pinpoint the exact moment, but it has something to do with "snowflakes" and "PC gone mad". Maybe even 'SJWs', but it's impossible to know.

Yer Da sells Avon

darlett wrote: »

Apologies. Let me withdraw my earnest response, and travel back to that simpler more jokey, flippant period in our boards.ie AH history.

LOOK PRODS AT THE RUGBY AHahahahaha

I'd just like to clarify, lest there be any doubt whatsoever, that I have nothing against our Church of Ireland brethren. You worship God your way, and I - a committed Roman Catholic - worship him his way.

VeryTerry

super_furry wrote: »

No-one has ever been able to pinpoint the exact moment, but it has something to do with "snowflakes" and "PC gone mad". Maybe even 'SJWs', but it's impossible to know.

In fairness how many provocative threads are started by 'SJWs' ? Absolutely none as far as I can see. The threads with the biggest reactions are ones started about Muslims, travellers, feminists, dole recipient's etc. The decline of After Hours has **** all to do with 'SJWs' whatever that's supposed to mean anyway.

nice_guy80

Get a few lads from Pavee Point out on the field to do one of those 'bare knuckle fight callouts'

buzzinfly83

Have to say I find the Haka a bit silly. It's the kind of thing that's cool the first time you see it but the novelty wears off quickly once you've seen it a few times.

Billy86

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Literally the only good thing about rugby is playing 'spot the prod' during Amhrán na bhFiann.

Where to begin with this...

fatknacker

I love the Haka, I get a bit emotional when I see it. Very powerful. The kiwis pull it off well.

Kevin Finnerty

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Get a few lads from Pavee Point out on the field to do one of those 'bare knuckle fight callouts'

Some amount of YT camera men at those callouts, they must be on a fortune!

Canis Lupus

orourkeda1977 wrote: »

The Haka is a microcosm of Rugby.

i.e utterly retarded

It's also heavily involved in social media if you want something to go viral. Like watch all these legless and armless children do the haka in honour of their teacher.

NIMAN

Whatever your thoughts on the Haka, its definitely worth searching YouTube for videos of the guys doing it back in the 70s and 80s before matches. Pathetic altogether.

Don't see why anyone would have an issue with it. The more culture, the better.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Richard Hillman wrote: »

A bunch of white, middle class, middle aged men doing a Maori war dance. Ridiculous.

They aren’t all white, not all of them are middle class, none of them are middle aged, and some of them are Maori.

Everything else you said was right.