Haka Xavier Vs Highland Rugby

Pre game of 1997 High School National Championship Rugby match where Highland does the Haka while Xavier stays in huddle

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• high
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• hyland
• national
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[rugbykid4]

i'm american and i dont think that americans should try to do the haka. it has no meaning to us.

[Maruf80]

I couldn't agree more...thats why we stayed in our huddle.

[fraggle1979]

hmmm that's real americanisation (is that a word?) of our haka. It was good, but the real haka has to have the culture and feeling behind it, otherwise it's just an entertainment for the crowd, aye

[Maruf80]

Yeah...I believe there is a significant number of players from Hyland that are from New Zealand, or there were in the past, which is where their tradition came from.

I was on the other side though.

[goosoid]

Some ingorant comments here. No, the Haka is not a "Polynesian" cultural dance. It is a Maori war dance from Aotearoa New Zealand and as a Pakeha New Zealander I have 100 times more right to do it than any Pacific Islander. Polynesia is no more homogenous culturally than Europe. Also wowerzo, NZ is not "all black". It is 60% European, and the other 40% are not black, they are brown people, either Maori or Pacific Islanders and also about 10% Asian. This video is a f*cking disgrace.

[Taw94]

you americans are making ,our traditional war dance a living joke , just so you can entertain the crowd .. pathetic .. I dare any school in the usa to, tour NZ , and play our 1stXV and do the haka . we dont see schools in Australia doing the haka , and most NZ players go over and play for them League and Union . Barely any NZ players go over to the US . just a shame to see our culture being used like that . when you do the haka , you do it to show your going to battle. NOT to hype the crowd up.

[tukuhali]

@sisilia7 Jesuit is always doing that...that's why they are a 3rd tier team...next to United and Highland.

[goosoid]

@byrniemac791 Well the story I always heard in NZ was that when the team weent in the 1920's to the UK, a writer said they played like they were "all backs" (i.e. even the forwards ran like backs). The jersey was black, and so people started saying they were "All Blacks". No, not too many African people in NZ, but I have a Rwandan friend in Auckland and so I know there is a small black African community, mostly refugees.

[byrniemac791]

@goosoid

but the name All Black came from their jerseys right? since their football team was the all whites, they for whatever reason decided to go with the all blacks. obviously there aren't many if any people of african descent

[byrniemac791]

fuck highland thats so disrespectful

[TheLoyalhuman]

@NZMeathead: you interpreted me wrong on a few points since I believe you did not take my previous comment word for word.

1. WORD haka HAS and still IS used in tonga to signify food or dance (i am tongan).

2. The ABC documentary clearly states that the current rugby match haka (not any other haka in any other contexts) was made up by non maoris - out of love for it or otherwise is not my point. Thats what im saying the ABC has said and is not my opinion.

[NZMeathead]

@hr07011 Is the Highland Team from a High school in utah, so you can only play for the team if enrolled at that school? or is it a team that can recruit anyone under a certain age as long as they in the region, sort of like a area rep team.

[NZMeathead]

@TheLoyalhuman Haka has been around for a long time in Maori Tribes, different versions, Nz Abs have done it in their rugby tests, although not until like Buck Shelford in the 80s did they ever put any energy or heart into it, Haka is a maori word not polynesian, Samoans do a Siva Tau, Fijians do a Cibi, Tongans something else, they are not all war dances/chants some have different meanings.

[sisilia7]

wow thats disrespect right there i hope highlands wooped there ass man i hate it when they do that kind of stuff

[TheLoyalhuman]

@goosoid: Not there -the haka is an all round polynesian word that used by tongans to signify dance (although rarely used). The rugby union haka IS maori but not the word nor its general meaning. The haka (rugby one) i believe was first perform on a field (rugby) by palangi new zealanders as a joke (ABC Documentary in AUS.) I believe it was done in the early 1900's. correct me if imwrong