England prop Joe Marler has lit the touchpaper ahead of this weekend’s clash against the All Blacks, controversially calling ...

The Haka is a traditional Maori dance routine ... England's players faced up to their opponents during their pre-match Siva Tau, a Samoan war dance, with Mikey Lewis and Gordon Chan Kum Tong ...

On Tuesday, Marler wrote on social media that “the haka is ridiculous, it needs binning”. In another post, referencing the ...

Image: England's men's rugby league side came face-to-face with Samoa when they ... of the traditional war dance. Wales refused the All Blacks' request for the haka to be performed after the ...

England prop Joe Marler is criticised after posting that the haka "needs binning" before Saturday's match against New Zealand ...

Sometimes it can feel as if the haka’s primal intensity is diluted by its sheer ubiquity. Take the recent America’s Cup, ...

I didn't understand why and how you could disrespect the Haka by just telling another bloke to get effed.' Mason and Horo also spoke about the Samoan war dance the Sipi Tau which has been used ...

Samoa performed their traditional pre-game war dance, known as the Siva Tau ... ‘Now you have all stood before various versions of the Haka, the Siva Tau, I’ve never seen one get as feisty ...

Rugby league fans were left feeling inspired and then disheartened in a matter of hours during the last day of the Pacific ...

What Marler did was dare to voice doubts about the Haka ritual ... the England v Samoa rugby league Test in Wigan last Sunday, when the visitors performed their traditional war-dance challenge ...