Scrum-half Aaron Smith leads the New Zealand haka before the All Blacks Test match against South Africa in July.
WELLINGTON – Before France take on New Zealand in the opening game of the Rugby World Cup the hosts will have to face the ferocious challenge laid down by the All Blacks in the haka.
“In a rugby game, if you want victory, you have to come and get it – it’s either you or us,” Dr Taku Parai, an elder from the Ngati Toa iwi Maori tribe, told AFP.
The haka is the fierce war dance which originated to prepare Maori warriors for battle and has since been adopted by New Zealand, who perform one of two versions of…
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