Tribal war dance of Kiwi Ruggers, originated from Maori war dance.
[quote]etaco wrote:
supermick wrote:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8313747460191556109&q=haka
forget rowing mate.
I’ve always wondered about the dancing. What’s the deal with that? Is done before and after every match or just occasionally? [/quote]
Its not really dancing. Its a HAKA - a laying down of a challenge. There are a few varients of this. Its done by new zealand rugby league and union teams as well as the NZ maori team - the one on the tape.
[quote]helga wrote:
Rugby will always be the winner, unless of course you happen to be the current Australian team.[/quote]
agreed. But leave gregan alone. He’s still the man.
As someone who’s participated in both rugby and crew at the collegiate division I level, I can assure you that crew is far from “gay.” Cardiovascularly crew is much harder than rugby and was more of a total body workout than anything, aside from lifting, that I’ve ever done. I enjoyed rugby too, just differently. Getting an open water lead in crew was as satisfying for me as any hit I ever delivered in rugby. And trust me, I hit – I played prop and inside center.
i wouldnt say rowing is gay. My favourtite form of cardio is the C2 rower. There still great athletes. I just prefer contact.
[quote]supermick wrote:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8313747460191556109&q=haka
forget rowing mate.[/quote]
I think rugby is the only sport where a war dance is actually an appropriate warm up.
One game I remember we had something like 11 injuries, including 2 concussions and 1 ripped nutsack.
[quote]helga wrote:
Rugby will always be the winner, unless of course you happen to be the current Australian team.[/quote]
Or the ACT Brumbies. 
(Forced Super 14 reference)
[quote]supermick wrote:
helga wrote:
Rugby will always be the winner, unless of course you happen to be the current Australian team.
agreed. But leave gregan alone. He’s still the man.[/quote]
Please dont think that I was bagging out the aussies. I just needed to express my dissappointment/shame/ embarrassment at our team at the moment. Being a former Canberra boy I am a big fan of Gregan and always will be. Nothing like seeing Gregan score a try at a packed canberra stadium to help win the super 12 over a New Zealand team. (while sitting next to some kiwis) What a great night.
[quote]burt128 wrote:
As someone who’s participated in both rugby and crew at the collegiate division I level, I can assure you that crew is far from “gay.” Cardiovascularly crew is much harder than rugby and was more of a total body workout than anything, aside from lifting, that I’ve ever done. I enjoyed rugby too, just differently. Getting an open water lead in crew was as satisfying for me as any hit I ever delivered in rugby. And trust me, I hit – I played prop and inside center.[/quote]
Man…you totally blew it…I was reading your post and I was starting to think perhaps I’d been a bit hard on rowing then I get to the end and you tell me you hit hard and played Prop and Inside Centre??? I assume you must be American because that must be one of the few places that this could possibly take place…and this makes me then think that far from hitting hard you’d probably struggle to knock the head of a beer. What would you say if I had said that I was a Wide Receiver and Centre for my American Football team?
I think it best that you probably stick with rowing as well and let our friend get back to his rugby.
[quote]CaptainLogic wrote:
One game I remember we had something like 11 injuries, including 2 concussions and 1 ripped nutsack.[/quote]
I was starting to get interested in trying out the sport until you got to the nutsack part. Broken legs and concussions earned in sport may be manly, but I don’t care how tough you are, you’re not a man if lost your nuts in a scrum. Or whatever you call it.
[quote]supermick wrote:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8313747460191556109&q=haka
forget rowing mate.[/quote]
That is fucking awesome! Gotta love the scrum!
[quote]etaco wrote:
CaptainLogic wrote:
One game I remember we had something like 11 injuries, including 2 concussions and 1 ripped nutsack.
I was starting to get interested in trying out the sport until you got to the nutsack part. Broken legs and concussions earned in sport may be manly, but I don’t care how tough you are, you’re not a man if lost your nuts in a scrum. Or whatever you call it.
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Nut sacks tears and such is bad sure. Still am intense game and one any real man suold devote atleast one seaon to just to say they did it.
Worst I saw / heard as for injuries was a guys eye popping / getting deflatted from and uppercut in a scrum. My God it was the worst, god aweful scream I had ever heard.
But the game must go on. Just glad it want me or one of my team mates.
Never got all the damn rules to the game to be ingrained in my head. I was always fouled for illegal tackles from behind, just. Just couldnt get the football mentality out of there.
Anyway I suggest everyone give it a go once. Hell of a way to stay / get in shape and plenty of drinking afterword to replenish that glycogen and electroklytes.
I’ll bring my ball and we can have a game in the hotel foyeur in DC?
Who’s up for a quick game??
[quote]Phill wrote:
etaco wrote:
CaptainLogic wrote:
One game I remember we had something like 11 injuries, including 2 concussions and 1 ripped nutsack.
I was starting to get interested in trying out the sport until you got to the nutsack part. Broken legs and concussions earned in sport may be manly, but I don’t care how tough you are, you’re not a man if lost your nuts in a scrum. Or whatever you call it.
Nut sacks tears and such is bad sure. Still am intense game and one any real man suold devote atleast one seaon to just to say they did it.
Worst I saw / heard as for injuries was a guys eye popping / getting deflatted from and uppercut in a scrum. My God it was the worst, god aweful scream I had ever heard.
But the game must go on. Just glad it want me or one of my team mates.
Never got all the damn rules to the game to be ingrained in my head. I was always fouled for illegal tackles from behind, just. Just couldnt get the football mentality out of there.
Anyway I suggest everyone give it a go once. Hell of a way to stay / get in shape and plenty of drinking afterword to replenish that glycogen and electroklytes.
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Rowings shit, their’s only one sport worse than it, that AMerican Football bollox. What’s al that about? They fkin restart everytime the ball touches the floor, and wear loads of padding, pussies. In the whole match their must be about 2 minutes of play.
Seriously though, the whole world plays Rugby, not so many row.
England world champions WHOOOO!
(sorry its not to often we English get to brag about sporting achievements, I have to savour it where I can.)
Stay on the right side of the river!
…and might I just say that their performances as reigning world champions has been stunning…exactly what we expected from them. [insert golf clap here]
[quote]alstan90 wrote:
Rowings shit, their’s only one sport worse than it, that AMerican Football bollox. What’s al that about? They fkin restart everytime the ball touches the floor, and wear loads of padding, pussies. In the whole match their must be about 2 minutes of play.
Seriously though, the whole world plays Rugby, not so many row.
England world champions WHOOOO!
(sorry its not to often we English get to brag about sporting achievements, I have to savour it where I can.)
Stay on the right side of the river![/quote]
the scariest part of rugby was getting in front of everyone after the match, getting naked and drinking beer, snot, spit, grass, etc out of a boot, all while everyone is singing and drinking and laughing at you. tasty!!! oh, yeah, and the elephant train in the middle of the street!!! the hitting and blood is just gravy. suck it up and play.
Yeh well since your Irish you obviously jealous :D. With our performance against the kiwis we are obviously starting to get back on the right track. I think we’ll have a hard time against France in the six nations though, especially since we have to go to Paris. Im sure we’ll finish above Ireland though :D; if not win the thing. Never fear though, you wont get the wooden spoon, thats for Scotland.
…seeing as you are from England you are obviously white, wear a bowler hat, read The Times on the tube on the way to work, you went to a posh school where you were buggered endlessly by school chums and school masters alike, have floppy hair, shoot pheasents on the weekend then do some morris dancing and eat devonshire teas and drink some warm beer…I am Australian mate…so I am not jealous…just bitter.
[quote]alstan90 wrote:
Yeh well since your Irish you obviously jealous :D. With our performance against the kiwis we are obviously starting to get back on the right track. I think we’ll have a hard time against France in the six nations though, especially since we have to go to Paris. Im sure we’ll finish above Ireland though :D; if not win the thing. Never fear though, you wont get the wooden spoon, thats for Scotland.[/quote]
[quote]Will Heffernan wrote:
…seeing as you are from England you are obviously white, wear a bowler hat, read The Times on the tube on the way to work, you went to a posh school where you were buggered endlessly by school chums and school masters alike, have floppy hair, shoot pheasents on the weekend then do some morris dancing and eat devonshire teas and drink some warm beer…I am Australian mate…so I am not jealous…just bitter.
alstan90 wrote:
Yeh well since your Irish you obviously jealous :D. With our performance against the kiwis we are obviously starting to get back on the right track. I think we’ll have a hard time against France in the six nations though, especially since we have to go to Paris. Im sure we’ll finish above Ireland though :D; if not win the thing. Never fear though, you wont get the wooden spoon, thats for Scotland.
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Oh rite, it says Ireland below your screen-name. Or is that because you work in Ireland? I went on holiday and it only seems to be Austraians working in Irish pubs abroad :S strange. Nehow In that case you definitely cant take the piss out of us since the world cup because you haven’t exactly been brilliant. A fortnight ago, hint hint.
Win it again mate…then we’ll talk.
[quote]alstan90 wrote:
Will Heffernan wrote:
…seeing as you are from England you are obviously white, wear a bowler hat, read The Times on the tube on the way to work, you went to a posh school where you were buggered endlessly by school chums and school masters alike, have floppy hair, shoot pheasents on the weekend then do some morris dancing and eat devonshire teas and drink some warm beer…I am Australian mate…so I am not jealous…just bitter.
alstan90 wrote:
Yeh well since your Irish you obviously jealous :D. With our performance against the kiwis we are obviously starting to get back on the right track. I think we’ll have a hard time against France in the six nations though, especially since we have to go to Paris. Im sure we’ll finish above Ireland though :D; if not win the thing. Never fear though, you wont get the wooden spoon, thats for Scotland.
Oh rite, it says Ireland below your screen-name. Or is that because you work in Ireland? I went on holiday and it only seems to be Austraians working in Irish pubs abroad :S strange. Nehow In that case you definitely cant take the piss out of us since the world cup because you haven’t exactly been brilliant. A fortnight ago, hint hint.[/quote]