Tall Blacks Haka

[91gt306]

Wow I'm surprised how unsupportive some of you guys are. Weather you believe the haka should only be for rugby or not, theres no reason to mock them. I mean they are representing NZ but I you guys don't care unless its rugby. Why be one deminsional?

[joherold]

bwahahhahaha..... the haka is officially disney...

[xxxXXXCH04XXXxxx]

it MUST JUST be for rugby -_-!

[WAMEDJO]

Sooo cute indeed

[gioion]

love the small "squeeks squeeks"

[sahlovespie]

the basketball team just doesnt do the haka any justice...leave it to your rugby boys guys.

[vveerann]

Haka is about to scare the opponent

[tizaneenikaah]

I like how the top comments contradict each other.

[yoboiroam]

shot boys!

[Aimeeeexoxo]

this so weird.

i haven't seen basket ball players do the haka before...

but it's cool(:

it shows it's not just for rugby.

[Rao665]

Argentinans were like "what the fuck....not this bullshit....ahh well..."

[XxMetalGorxX]

The players had their hands behind their backs in a show of interest and respect towards New Zealand.

[KINGCOUNTRY01]

Someone get these teams a kaiako to train them how to do the haka correctly. But good on you guys great effort

[ichirojump2]

lol argentina kicked NZ's ass this game, no? but its more intimidating when crazy ripped dudes are yelling with veins popping out of their necks and shit

[cookmark63]

The other team look bored. Basketball isn't the place for the haka. The jungle is the place for the haka.

[Rao665]

@cookmark63

the rugby field isn't the jungle.

[janson84]

agree, this is embarrassing to watch as a New Zealander. The haka should be only used in the rugby codes and for post match celebrations. FiBA should ban the tall blacks from using it as a pre match ritual( still love the tall blacks but this isnt for you :p).

[BalldinhoVanessa]

@janson84 So Much for being Proud of your Culture..... Should never Embarrase you no matter how or where its done.

[koorja1]

Really really lame, the haka is just not ment for basketball, it's embarrassing

[lolSPAMlolll]

in rugby or league the haka is awesome but terrible for basketball seriously, kind of embarrasing even

why why why :/

[vanderToki]

0:04 - do they mention Maradona even during basketball matches?! :/ Or did I mishear?

[disposableheroe]

@vanderToki yes man, they mention Maradona, they were explaining something about his agent in Argentina, You Know Maradona is everything for Argentine people, even Basketball commentators, greetings

[vanderToki]

@disposableheroe Thanks. Still... that's strange. ;]

[exportmarket]

haka is sooooooooooooo old

[JoulseyCupid]

@exportmarket And I bet so are YOU marketplace!

[TheAwesomestAmber]

Love new zealand haka! But its really funny how the opposing team is just staring like wtf LOL

[nodacho13]

Haka is not about rugby, it is about NZ culture

[nicelogin2]

WOW. I think I should do one right before taking an Exam in the classroom. Or, everytime I enter a classroom.

[risareece]

: )))

[risareece]

: )))

[mg205]

asi les fue, jaja, terrible paseo se comieron.

[igglepiggle07]

tall skinny white guys doing the haka is not nearly as intimidating as the actual all black's...

[dylanwyf4]

those Argentinians stood there like they were watching some perfomance... It's great!

[jdfjndng]

tall haka haha nice name

[colbert6]

freeks

[JogaHenryBonito]

Yo man all u guys talking bout ball not being contact are crazy. The game has vastly changed and contact is in the game. Of course u can't throw your opponent to the floor, because that would ruin the sport. If it wasn't contact how do guys get all those injuries? It's main purpose isn't for contact, its a game of skill and teamwork. But ya this does look a little awkward.

[ClaroDeLuna18]

it's very weird in basketball

[thrice528]

such a great idea! looks so intimidating. especially the rugby team

[GiefGoldPlx]

I'm sorry but this is pointless as basketball is a non-contact sport. This is for rugby to get the aggression going.

[Tawhguy]

You have no idea what a haka is. A haka is meant to give a challenge to the opposition, rugby is irrelevent to haka....

[GiefGoldPlx]

Well then young Sir, according to wikipedia, "Today, haka constitute an integral part of formal or official welcome ceremonies for distinguished visitors or foreign dignitaries, serving to impart a sense of the importance of the occasion."

I highly doubt that it was their incentive to welcome the their opponents.

[Tawhguy]

Well this young sir is a maori and ive been doing kapa haka since i was three, your thinking of haka powhiri mr know it all......The majority users of wiki are white non maori, who get there information on bullcrap that they think is right..Haka is to show that there giving a challenge...........

[GiefGoldPlx]

I never claimed to know it all mate, cool your jets. I was simply referencing to wiki where I got my information from. I'm prepared to admit I'm wrong if its coming from a maori such as yourself who definitely knows better than myself.

[chavmanx]

totally agree

[tohtorigyro]

no it's a traditon, and the tall blacks name comes from the all blacks.

[sum182wrestling]

Theres also the Ice Blacks (Hockey) and the Iron Blacks (gridiron football)

[luvbite1]

Rubbish. Firstly basket ball is NOT a non-contact sport. Secondly the HAKA is a traditional Maori challenge to opponents or enemies. it makes no difference what the sport is!!

[Slimmekont]

@luvbite1 basketball actually is a NON-contact sport.. :P why do you think there are offensive and defensive contact fouls? your not allowed to touch your oppenent.

[luvbite1]

@Slimmekont You're wrong twice. As a former international basketball referee I can tell you basketball IS a contact sport, and yes you CAN touch your opponent. If you called ALL contact and 'touching' by the 10 players on the 28 by 15 meter basketball court, you'd be there a week. Get real.

[matkentaloriginal]

@GiefGoldPlx yeah but it's not all aggression. it's culture. but it works better in rugby to intimidate the opposition. cheers mate!

[milosbez]

@GiefGoldPlx basketball is non contact in the sense that you cant put your hands on another player or deliberately barge... but you can push and shove all day long (and sneak in the elbow when the ref isn't looking), which makes it a fairly contact sport in reality :D But ill admit somehow the haka is more intimidating in rugby.

[ricky11686]

@GiefGoldPlx Its not about the sport... it's a New Zealand culture!

[dahlers]

they gave it their best, i think.

[Mrconeman69]

listen to all the fucken squeaking thats going on squeak squeak lol

[mozza145]

proud that these fellahs would represent the haka aspect of New Zealand, however, i think someone needs to TEACH them to be and look more agressive as they do it, like hte All Blacks do! but still, Proud as Ever!!

[ickerish]

woooooooow.. harsh..

[levstev]

Hahahaha to many fukin pakhia's in it!!! no one had the heart or agroness to do it aye bru!

fukin joke aye man

Maori Pride!

[Museite]

It's a good spectacle, but it only really works in sports where contact is probably the key part i.e. rugby

[dodger2k11]

not really scary with a bunch of faggots doing it. should be only a rugby thing

[qcpatriote123]

Fucking True

[robtromboner1]

Should be kept for rugby

ROB 06

[nzkingpin]

Should only be used in rugby lol, this was silly

[islandwarrior16]

cant see no tall black people in the Tall Blacks squad

[jameslee1607]

lol Scola pissing his pants

[ginolarenga]

jaja excelente.. gracias por subirlo che

[cricketmad27]

there's probably more maori in that team than the AB's!

[BabelOn4infinity]

should be ranked at least in the top 8 of a sport before you do that.

[chasethevdevil]

lol cause you know, basketball is such an intense sport.

[TrankosCL]

Insisto, aprende a escribir :D.

Por tonto te vas borrado ahora :D

[samsamstop]

I love how you hear rhythmic squeaking on the floor instead of a thundering beat

[truekiwijoker]

This is pretty dumb. The Argies should have just started playing.

Tall Blacks ain't the All Blacks.

[sacek1976]

LOL @ the face of the players in the white uniform, they were like, "Damn!! are we gonna get eaten?!!" LMAO!!

[RONOC2008]

lmo tall blacks thats class hahaha

[foxybrown555]

lol at the squeaky floor... that was so surreal...

[tayRAAHH]

wtf? lol

[GuessWhoFool]

that just doesnt look right

[artzmoviez]

i love basketball, and hate rugby...but even i have to say, this looks stupid! the all blacks are so much scarier and more muscular...also new zealand is legendary for its rugby...not so for it's basketball ^^

[sas251981]

Totally agree.. I'm a rugby fan and class rugby as the only sport that remotely comes close to being a battle or war out on the field. I also enjoy watching basketball and love the excitement of a time buzzing 3 pointer to win.

[prescho]

@artzmoviez it is much less impressive. but they played the quarter finals in that tournament. i think. so it must have helped a little

[PrometeoGun27]

Muchos Pendejos no entienden que esa es la cultura neozelandesa, que tipo de cultura tienen los argentinos tirarselas de Europeos?

El Haka es tradicional de la Cultura Maori, y los argentinos que tienen, mas europeos que Boludos...?

[Igoretedel75]

La verdad es que hay que tener coraje para cantar eso y no temer a hacer el ridículo. Bien por los argentinos que dejaron de hacer lo que estaban haciendo para darles un poco de atención (este equipo fué el oro olímpico en atenas).

[patarasal]

it doesn't suit them well as the rugby Allblack one though

[BraScoAh]

basketball palyers cant do the Haka its just doesbt make sense besides they look like fools and basketball if a pussy sport even though i do play it but i hate the rules.

[TheLurker101]

Gay

[kalalella]

common... this is so much better when the rugby team does it... those guys look like they wanna kill the other team

[Holden599GTB]

get the rugby team on the basketball court,

there would be so many fouls in that game

[Chancheros]

1. lolz at title of video

2. those New Zealand Jersey's are sick

3. the haka will always give me chills don't matter the sport

[ANawaz785]

the rugby haka alwaiz the best cause all the other sports the people are pussy so it dont look rite

[Holden599GTB]

used to see big tall muscular guys that make you shit your pants do it, now you see lil skinny white guys and your like WTF

[foofighterjct]

lol i love how some or the argeninian players applaude it

[SkilzGirl]

And.. maybe they don't perform it better than the rugby teams but thats because the rugby players are "taught" to perform the haka properly! Why? Because the rugby is the most popular sport in nz and no-one wants to watch our rugby players perform the haka without any heart! Love basketball.. love the tall blacks!

We'll be forever loving jah!

[SkilzGirl]

The NZ Basketball team (tall blacks) have come a long way - they are 11th best in the world! For a nation that prides on rugby, rugby league and any other contact sport the tall blacks are 11th best in the world! Do't worry there gonna be up in the top 5!

And for you's who are wondering where the name comes from well we have the all blacks (#1 rugby team in the world) Black ferns (world champs of women rugby) Black Sticks (nZ hockey team) our colors are black with the silver fern!

[arfwoof2003]

hindi bagay... (that's Filipino for "Its not appropriate/suitable")

[podgewalsh4]

cmon ireland and munster

[juhhe87]

its just doesn't have the same effect when it's not a contact sport.. The one who watches the haka at the beginning of a rugby match knows they're in for some pain. But this is basketball. Cool haka though.

[RyshyB10Z]

watch the ive hockey one mate, thats pretty cool

[finface85]

bloody idiots.....

Kiwi's probably preform this flipping dance at the opening of supermarkets/before they go to work these days. Haka overkill

Tip: you look like a bunch of muppets

[georgehammer]

Tall Black!!!  Brilliant name - FLMAO!!!

[toomanyscrots]

that was weak compared to all the other black hakas

[Heiman98]

SUPER BROTHS

[tizizails]

hahahahah they look so un-co and whats up with dillon bouchers pukana at the end... its just not happening

[87nate87]

its done with more passion in union

[muslim0guerilla]

fa the argentine guys are just kicking back and laughing, i would too, that haka is a disgrace, if the nz league team, or all blacks or someone else done it, the argentine would be running an crying

[r0ze1h]

its more intimidating in a sport where you break peoples faces.

[hockeyfreek888]

like ice hockey

[87nate87]

they got helments on how are you suppose to break there face lol............ more like rugby mate

[hockeyfreek888]

thats why they take their helmets off when they fight genius

[87nate87]

they dont need to take em off in rugby because they dont wear em......... atleast when we get hit hard we dont have padding or the helment to stop the body from hurting hocky is still a girl sport

[socrcrzy333]

lol trinity's haka is so much better imo!

[huskiesrugby]

ha ha I get it now TALL blacks , cause there basketball players and there tall and ryhmes with all. ha ha that's so clever!

That's almost as bad the NZ Hockey Team's Haka

[19H0N3Y87]

LoL @ all the squeaking from their shoes xD!!!!

All blacks haka is the best tho sorry :P.

They dont look intimidating, eh o_o?

Just didn't buy it lol....

[leftyking500]

no offense, but that looks silly

[Dreadfultime]

look for the rugby team haka, basquetball team lacks the maori power, haha

[ihavenopantson]

Los del Rios is the opening act at the basketball game lol

[eazybk]

who won?

[KiwiSamoanGurl]

Yo...I don think it matters if they're wite or not if u do it rite then it doesn't matter. but here it just looks weak...and dood...the squeeking that they make when they move der feet is hecka gay, it just takes away from the fierceness of it all.

[SireBogart]

Weak. Sure, it's tradition, but you might as well throw in some sports psychology to go with it. Who's going to be intimidated by a 7ft Beckham wannabe?

It goes without saying that the rugby version is the benchmark.

[wnshorty]

BEST HAKA IS HAKA IN RUGBY!!!

[vikanadian]

was this just a basketball game between nz and argentina or was it more of a battle of the celestial world? it looked to me like it was entering into a bloody fight between Rangi and jesus. jesus might have won that battle, but Rangi will win the war. mark my words, argentina, mark my words...

[3Mihnea3]

this is crap...complete bull, THE HAKA SHOULD BE IN RUGBY ONLY!

[kiwi0800]

haka is the dance-war for NZ...DUH

[SUVMadd]

I agree with you, 3Mihnea3. I'm not interested in Rugby but the players are physically powerful and intimidating, so when they perform the haka they look like fierce warriors about to go into battle. When it's performed by pale, lanky basketballers wearing long, baggy shorts, it just looks lame.

[meirb13]

it would be so much cooler if they could actually win in hockey or basketball

[69ahG]

too many white guys looks stupid lol

[tbode23]

lets put you on the court and see how non contact the sport is. After playing for 11 years of basketball and now also playing both league and union i have had more injuries from basketball. it is actually a very contact sport but noone ever realises until they step on the court. ive been to many tall blacks games being kiwi and the haka i believe is the best traditional thing that they could do and that is what new zealand is about. pride for there country

[skyaglow]

Haka rocks !!

I love it !

[wellyuk2001]

the haka is used in all off new zealand national teams sports its part off they history, personally i think its great seeing the haka

[GustavGans80]

haka is cool, but just good to contact sports, and basketball in not really a contact sport, think its not thaaaaat good for it...

just expressed my opinion, sry:D

[jaredmasonxd]

42 seconds in. Its me clapping in the middle at the bottom of the shot. Saitama Stadium. Huge!!!!

[BenTombs]

thats me...

[MarthoSinLeY]

jaja! si! estabamos re asustados... x eso salimos 3eros no?? jajaja! le rompimos el culo a todos!

[MarthoSinLeY]

argentina won the olimpics games 2004... united state 4rd... suck my dick fucking gringo! y la re concha de tu madre, puto de mierda! chupame la pija gringo de mierda!!

[mozziessuck]

4rd? lol dumb dumb.

[reetromaan]

Oh, so not speaking english suddenly makes you dumb. sos un choto de mierda q se oculta tras un gobierno imperialista. Dub that, bitch!

[ryan4lozz]

argentina 3rd world country lol

[elvita1971]

fuckin idiots lol leave that shit for rugby, yea the argentenians were pissing their pants lmao

[rvprvprvp]

WHO WINS?

[WishYouWereHere87]

Argentina of course

[WazzaJr]

u serious? :O

[jpdgc88]

No!! The next was lacrosse XDDD

[tornatic021]

ohh maan..this sucks just as much as the 'ice blacks' doing the haka.. whats next? cricket?!

[jpdgc88]

Pos parece que en todos los deportes hacen el haka estos neozelanes, hasta en hockey sobre hielo lo he visto XDDDDD

[Ebbesjonnie]

Argentina looks scared;P

[ginolarenga]

despues les termimamos rompiendo el culo jaja, son unos pechos frios estos neozeolandeses

aguante argentina

[NSN32]

its funny seeing small guys doing it

[Stalinfan27]

The Tall Black one was ok but the All Black one is the best!

[apapap187]

Argentina won any ways. Lol wats new zeland.

[curtains01]

the squeeking makes it sound crap

[pat07celticdabest]

the haka in basketball?

[Splinter1X]

ah way not i sa 1 whit hokey a few minnutes ago

[enzol86]

jjaj que payasos... de TERROR... :-( aguante TUCU

[wysiwyg248]

Hahahahaha, the Argentinian players (some) were clapping at the end of the Haka. They probably thought it was a welcome song.

[naykd]

ROFL!

[oconnor130]

every NZ team should do it

[Leandro2410]

jajja de mucho no les sirvioo...

salvo en ragby el haka parese medio comico.. y estoy tipos se deben creer importantes por esto xD..por dios q comicoo

saludoss

[luchosui9]

que barabaro

[iri2503]

faaa!!hasta ellos se rieeen!!vieron al rubio??

ajajja!q gracioso

xD

[tardiletrin]

sacando cualquier deporte que no sea rugby el haka pasa a ser medio autoflagelante.. pero igual creo que el equipo contrario debe por lo menos demostrar altura y respeto y no boludear con la pelota como el salame ese..

[papucho79]

por lo visto el haka echo por grandotes y es muy distinto a uno echo por flacos altos con cara de nabos?? ahora yo me pregunto algo?cuando hacen un mundial de ajedres el representanten te nueva zelanda tambien se pone a hacer el haka??? adelanete de kasparov por ejem??' ... es para pensar no?? ... o no .. bue chau

[ElqueProntoViene]

Si es para pensar!!Jaja...Pero bueno es una tradicion del pais tomada por todas sus selecciones,recien estaba viendo la de hoquey,jejeje(tampoco meten miedo)Muchos saludos a todos....Y bueno por ahora Nueva Zelanda es Rugby y nada mas,solo por ahora....

[kritostar]

pateticos

[Nekrocow]

Only the All-Blacks should be allowed to do the Haka...

[kbbostero]

cuak

[leandropch]

uhhh..q mierda...la cara del rubio ese del final no asusta a nadie..jajajaja..estos tall black ( ajajaja) son cualkiera...!!

[Lakwana]

to the guy below me...wtf oi?? we got electricity down here...just go screw urself

[sherrinator]

new zealand is a sham of a country. its not even a real country, it's a sad little dominion. i hear they dont even have electricity there yet.

[churbro]

fuck up you lame kunt

[sherrinator]

choice brew!

btw if you hadnt noticed, new zealand is not a real country.

[jayroo10]

LMAO at a white guy doing the HAKA!!!! what a stupid dance, its get more lame each time I see it!!!!!

[djsimo149]

lol in rugby is much better !!! lol