England prop Joe Marler reignited an old debate when he wrote on social media this week that New Zealand's haka — its Maori pre-match challenge since 1888 — was “ridiculous” and should be ...

Jamie George revealed he first thought about England stepping forward during New Zealand’s Haka a couple of weeks ... and all eyes were on the Maori war dance ahead of kick-off, which started ...

England accepted the challenge of New Zealand’s pre-match Haka as they stepped forward to the halfway line during the Maori war dance before the Allianz Stadium fixture. Joe Marler had described ...

A powerful haka for an immigrant who overcame a language barrier to become dux of Hastings’ Flaxmere College has gone viral across the world. The haka was posted to TikTok on Saturday and has ...

England captain Jamie George led his team a few steps forward to the halfway line at the start of the Haka as Steve Borthwick’s men fronted up after days of discussion over the Maori war dance.

Speaker Gerry Brownlee suspended the House and ordered the public gallery cleared. A massive haka started by Te Pāti Māori MPs and joined by those in the public galleries forced the Speaker to ...

Thank you, Joe." Marler had been forced to apologise during the week after calling New Zealand's haka 'ridiculous' and claiming it had needed 'binning'. The controversial opinion came in the run ...

Joe Marler had already left the England camp before he called for the haka to be scrapped going into Saturday’s Autumn Nations Series match against New Zealand. Telegraph Sport understands that ...

Many viewers were particularly disapointed with the sight of mostly empty stands in the background of the haka, as you can see in the video at the top of the page. One fan wrote on X ...

However, they can claim a solitary moral triumph. Cast your minds back to Saturday, November 22, 2008—the day Wales 'won' the haka. As the rugby world reminisced on that intense encounter ...