Rugby World Cup Kickoff at Twickebham Oval, England.

The haka is something else that has become slick and commercialised.

The first touring team to start it only did it against "enemies" they respected, and only Maori team members took part.

It was normally done before every international, but only certain club sides.

I can remember the roar of appreciation the first time they ever did id at Cardiff, against the club not the country, would have been back in the late forties.

It was a matter of great pride to us that they did it at Cardiff but not at Leicester!
 
Primitive, very primitive. It is about time you furriners take up some real American sports...
 
Ralphy1 said:
Primitive, very primitive. It is about time you furriners take up some real American sports...
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I've already told you I'm a Cheesehead; Do you want me to do baseball and hockey as well?

(Actually I'm from Cardiff where baseball, a slightly different version but recognizable, is very strong. I still have my father's cup winners' medal from the 20s, which would get him a drink most places in Pen y Lan when he was alive!)
 
Ralphy1 said:
Primitive, very primitive. It is about time you furriners take up some real American sports...
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I previously have been a fan of baseball and basketball. Never American football. Now I'm a fan of proper football (soccer), and I have started watching rugby.
 
Warrigal said:
QANTAS honours it bet with Air New Zealand

http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...losing-rugby-world-cup-bet-to-air-new-zealand
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Your new PM will be wearing a black tie in Parliament to honour the bet he had with our PM..
Malcolm Turnbull will don a black tie in parliament after a Rugby World Cup final bet with the New Zealand prime minister.
The Australian prime minister had said it would be "cool" to see John Key wearing a gold tie in honour of a Wallabies win.
But after Australia's defeat on Sunday Mr Turnbull, responding to a Twitter follower who asked if he intended honouring the bet, said: "I am afraid it does bro".
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