Sometimes it can feel as if the haka’s primal intensity is diluted by its sheer ubiquity. Take the recent America’s Cup, where New Zealand skipper Peter Burling filed into a Barcelona auditorium ...

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

Pre-game cultural challenges like the haka have sparked ongoing debate around their reception and appropriateness.

Towards the end of the Siva Tau after Chan Kum Tong had screamed in his face, Lewis thrusted his head forward to connect with ...

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 ...

England's Rugby League World Cup clash against Samoa was explosive, but nothing tops the war dance stand-off before a ball ...

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

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

"How good were the Cockerill/Hewitt, Campese, France ’07, Tokyo ’19 or Samoa ... the Haka before their stunning 2019 World ...

England prop Joe Marler has sensationally called for New Zealand’s traditional ‘Haka’ routine to be "binned" ahead of the two sides' clash on Saturday at Twick ...

Ireland and Leinster legend Gordon D'Arcy has called on Andy Farrell's side to have a response ready for the ceremonial ...

The 34-year-old prop deactivated his X account following his comments - before later insisting he was "just having a bit of ...