Haka… Haka…

September 8, 2007

Yes! It’s on! Yesterday was the start of the World Championship Rugby which is this hosted by France. Unfortunately for the French they got beaten - surprisingly - by Argentina. Neither countries share my sympathies so I could not be bothered.

Today featured three matches: New Zealand - Italy, Australia - Japan and England - USA. By far the best match was New Zealand against Italy. Well, the “All Blacks” really spanked the Italians with a staggering 76 - 14! I was not impressed by the English team, although they managed to beat the USA team.

Now you might wonder about the Haka… haka… thing in the title of this post. It refers to the traditional opening ceremony performed by the national team of New Zealand. Play the YouTube video below. Watch the All Blacks do their thing and notice the looks of the South African team. Great video!!

[youtube width="320" height="240"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zvs4T4RU30[/youtube]

Unless the Scottish team will show some really great rugby, I think my cheers will go for the New Zealanders…

Posted by roger | Filed Under Blog, Rugby World Cup 2007 

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