I don't really have a problem with the Haka...seems like most players like to face it.
I do have a problem with the fact that you must face it. You can't ignore it and continue the warm-up. You can't go into a huddle or whatever. You can't make any response to it while it is happening (as Tonga so memorably did years ago). You can't encroach on them like Ireland did years ago. You just have to stand there, a certain distance apart.
I also don't much like the idea that the opposition should have some kind of 'response' to the Haka...some kind of mental retaliation or whatever. You hear that teams have discussed the best way to respond to it. Why bother? It doesn't make them better players, just get on with it.
i actually think the whole idea of a response is getting sucked into the mental gamesmanship that the Haka is part of.
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