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    • jimmyJ
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      @wazza888:

      What would happen if the opposition turns their back during the haka showing no respect what so ever.

      I think you just answered your own question. It's just disrespectful.

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        I've always wanted to learn the haka  :-\

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          @jimmy:

          @wazza888:

          What would happen if the opposition turns their back during the haka showing no respect what so ever.

          I think you just answered your own question. It's just disrespectful.

          I reckon the french boys should respond with a hearty can-can.
          M. Bougard…what an incredible imagination you have! You should ask what the odds are that it happens EXACTLY as you've just said...
          I personally see it more like this:
          Whistle signals kick-off....the ABs run straight up-field and score a fabulous try...the french (as they have been known to do) roll over and surrender allowing the All blacks to rack up a world record total without reply (110 - 0). Game over.
          I wonder which of us will be proven correct? Having spent 6 months in NZ, and knowing how much rugby means to them (like the welsh) I have to say I hope the ABs come out on top. Would love it if the french turn it on though and give them a run for their money.
          All in all, an exciting final in prospect...Over to you M. Bougard;)

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          • gbougardG
            gbougard
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            @wazza888:

            What would happen if the opposition turns their back during the haka showing no respect what so ever.

            wrong thread, mate, this is a RUGBY thread, not a soccer one!!! Rugby is a very clean sport played by gentlemen, who shake hands after the game, fight once in a while but never ever ever behave like hoodlums or gangsters or divas (hint hint), they never dive, never fake, never ever ever dispute the referee's decisions (however unfair like last week), man, dont you wish soccer was as clean as Rugby? And dissing the haka is not even an option. It's too beautiful anyway, and Rugby is about beauty (yes, beauty!), grace (did I say grace? I freaking did!), brains, and guts, and strength, of course. It is also about love. Yes love: how can one human put himself through so much pressure and sometimes pain for the sake of his team if he does not have love for his team mates? Dont get me wrong, and dont misinterpret this, it's the love that makes you reach higher heights so your buddy can score a try. Positive energy, ego stays at home.

            Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
            Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
            Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

            Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
            Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
            Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
            Ric

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            • SeulS
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              gbougard: making me get interested in rugby!..

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              • redchrisR
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                Didn't think it disrespectful, but Les Bleus made a good fist of staring down the Haka at the last WC.

                I recall a certain Mr. Chagall looking particularly terrifying.

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                  @redchris:

                  Didn't think it disrespectful, but Les Bleus made a good fist of staring down the Haka at the last WC.

                  I recall a certain Mr. Chagall looking particularly terrifying.

                  Did you not mean Sébastien Chabal?

                  Chagall was a painter… Chabal is the beardy guy. Not in the WC this year because although a very good player it never really worked out in the national team when he was playing.

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                  • redchrisR
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                    Whoops, thats the guy, 'kin 'ell he only played down the road from me for the Sharks and I can't get his name right.

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                    • LuciferL
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                      Chabal is my hero. If I did not have the job I do, I'd totally copy his hair/beard.. 😛

                      Seize the day and don't you cry.

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                      • Finn666F
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                        @Lucifer:

                        Chabal is my hero. If I did not have the job I do, I'd totally copy his hair/beard.. 😛

                        pics please! 🙂

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                        • LuciferL
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                          I'm blonde anyway, so would not look as mean 😉

                          Seize the day and don't you cry.

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                          • redchrisR
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                            He well rocks , always has time for the fans at Edgeley Park as well.

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                            • Finn666F
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                              @Lucifer:

                              riffblaster?…

                              ;)...

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                              • madmondayM
                                madmonday
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                                ^^^^^

                                before the haircut & about 50 pounds of muscle in his neck & face.  that guy looks like he belongs on Game of Thrones

                                head high, middle finger higher

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                                • LuciferL
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                                  Being 113 kg (17 st 11 lb) with a sixpack is.. just sick.

                                  That man is a beast 🙂

                                  Seize the day and don't you cry.

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                                  • SeulS
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                                    Seems to have one devil's eye as well!..

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                                      Are ya nervous M. Bougard….ARE YA! Should be a good one....here we go.....

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                                        bertoni
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                                        HOLD THE PHONE!!! I just screamed for joy when the French scored their try….good grief....maybe my ten years here mean i'm now slightly french....ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!!

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Quote on English TV commentary:

                                          "Lives are waiting to be defined by what happens in the next 10 minutes"

                                          Great

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                            Well done N.Z!!

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