In Rugby Union no team is better, no team is more intimidating than the New Zealand All Blacks. A great deal of their appeal and intimidation factor has to do with the Haka, the war dance that they do before their test matches. It is truly a riveting sight: fifteen burly, strong men, calling upon the power of the gods to beat their opponents. After seeing that across the pitch, you don't wanna play rugby anymore. You want to run home to mommy for safety.
And today the All Blacks decided not to do the Haka against Wales.
!@#$%^&*(^$@!
Pride plays into this: home teams want to be last to be introduced, but a visiting New Zealand squad demands their anthems to be played even after that of the home team's. Or else no Haka.
You wanna see how quickly you can make a crowd turn on you? Don't do your song and dance. Don't do your gimmick. Don't do what people pay hard earned money to see.
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