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a football haka????

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
a football haka????
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Didn't get that at all. What were they trying to achieve? What was the point? Acknowledge the fans and go back to the changing room. End of.
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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hard News wrote:
1999 Confeds Cup.
 
Ok then...once every (more or less) ten years I can live with...(just about).
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Whats so bad about that?

Allegedly

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

It's an anachronism.

Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
the haka belongs to the Maori, I don't even think the All Blacks should be doing it! it was/is a war dance I don't see the relevance the haka has to sport anyway! Just get on the field and play the game!

Queenslander 3x a year.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
So after the game were they challenging the fans? Haka's have no place in football.
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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Lonegunmen wrote:
So after the game were they challenging the fans?


Yes, they thought they could beat them.

Three for me, and two for them.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
The haka's a bit more complex than at first sight - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka - but it's still as I said above...
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I don't mind the haka, but there's a time & place for it.  Also, the haka has to be done well.  I've seen some bad ones done & it's embarassing.  Not when you're touring around Europe with a bunch of other Kiwis on a Contiki Tour & drunk trying to impress the locals.  Seen old footage of All Black teams doing the haka?  Pretty bad!
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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

the haka should involve knob helicopters
I like tautologies because I like them.
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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
we need a yellow fever haka
You know we belong together...

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

We have one, it involves shirts off and spinning them above your head for about 10 minutes.

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Smithy wrote:

We have one, it involves shirts off and spinning them above your head for about 10 minutes.

 
class!!!

Queenslander 3x a year.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Looks like they were attempting it in that pic but it's gone horribly wrong.

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Smithy wrote:
Looks like they were attempting it in that pic but it's gone horribly wrong.
So you are saying- to pull it off they need the finely tuned physique of a feverite?
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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I dont really have a problem with the Haka (generically) being done in different situations. I have a problem with KaMate being done every 3 minutes, i think someone needs to develop a new one. At School in rotorua we had our own haka which we used to do any number of things, acknowledge someones performance, thank someone for a contribution, farewell people and  just generally to honour people. Mess was always one of the first to pull out a haka back then to so it doesnt suprise me that he is thier up front.
I feel the Olywhites probably had something similar in mind, honouring the fans who had gone to Beijing to watch, thanking the coaches for all the work they put in.

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