If you’ve ever seen the New Zealand All Blacks’ pre-game “haka,” you’d probably call it a war dance. But it’s not. At least not technically. Sure, the 15 rugby s… ...

LONDON—The Rugby World Cup is drawing to a close, ... Since 2004 when the team redevoted itself to the haka, the All Blacks have won almost 90 percent of their games. Advertisement.

Again the All Blacks complained loudly when the Welsh decided, in 2008, that the best riposte to the haka was to stand motionless and stare. This, too, was depicted as a grotesque insult to their ...

RUGBY WORLD CUP – When New Zealand’s All Blacks take on France in the final tonight, they will be proud to perform a haka. They’ve taken some criticism for it in the past, but, as André ...

The New Zealand All Blacks may have suffered a 27-13 loss to France in their opening match of the Rugby World Cup, but they made a big statement with a key change to the haka.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has rejected suggestions from former players that the team's famous pre-match haka has been devalued by overuse. The world champions perform the traditional Maori ...

LONDON (Reuters) - English Rugby World Cup winner Matt Dawson's lampooning of the haka in an advert for a clothing company has riled plenty of New Zealanders on social media, but the All Blacks ...

The South African Rugby Union have apologised to the New Zealand Rugby Union for the interference at the end of the All Blacks’ Haka ahead of the Test at Ellis Park. As the Haka was drawing to a ...

To grasp the anomalousness of the haka, it helps to transplant it beyond a rugby context. Take the United States basketball team’s recent World Cup match against New Zealand, the wonderfully ...

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has rejected suggestions from former players that the team's famous pre-match haka has been devalued by overuse.