Damn that brings goose bumps to the skin and tears to the eys!

To be honest for me the best one was the first one against South Africa at Carisbrook.

No one (spectators) knew what was going on. When they went down on one knee everyone in the pub (Hope Bros. Wellington) went ballistic cause we knew we were in for a treat. Also Tana slapped Rico Gear (or was it McAllister?) on the back which I thought was damn cool.

Having said all of that I LOVE Kapa O Pango and when we were in France I played it to these guys in a bar. The laptop we used was playing the music for the place and so over the top of it came the sound of the All Blacks. Awesome.

The laptop we used was playing the music for the place and so over the top of it came the sound of the All Blacks. Awesome.

Russell has a great story of a correspondent of his playing the audio edition of Hard News over the PA system to a crowd of several tens of thousands at a bull fight in Spain. Nice.

Thats the first time I've seen the 'so called controversial' haka. Stirring stuff. Makes you proud to be a Kiwi. Great camera work by the way.

Russell has a great story of a correspondent of his playing the audio edition of Hard News over the PA system to a crowd of several tens of thousands at a bull fight in Spain. Nice.

Nearly ... it was a big concert at a bullring in Brazil ...

Oh, and thanks for the inside story Rob. That's a fun thing to know.

We need some sort of law slipped into the legislation for the national stadium or whatever ends up happening, that this haka gets done the next time we play any team that complains about 'throat cutting'.

Thanks! Homesick Kiwi abroad had to post this one on her blog.

Loved it.

I freak'n love Kapo O Pango. I was a little disappointed they didn't do it in the second test against the French.

It was also great to see the French displaying such respect for the Haka; contrasts nicely with the confusion over on this side of the Tasman - the Aussie's have made such a fuss over such a long period of time they've only intensified the impact.

John Eales tells a great story about then coach McQueen encouraging the players to turn the backs on the All Blacks, they did and were thrashed. Eales now says it was one of the biggest mistakes in his career - another reason to like the bloke (although I've never forgiven him for the penalty at the Cake Tin)

There is a very small group of Kiwis who live here in Barbados. Just off down to the local pub now to watch ($25 PPV) the Welsh test. Thanks for posting this - it' never fails to get our blood pumping for the tests.