Sky Television has come under attack on social media for inserting a commercial between the end of the All Blacks haka and the kick-off of last night's first test against the British and Irish Lions. Irate viewers took to Facebook to complain about the inclusion of a lengthy ad for its chief broadcast sponsor, a car manufacturer. Veitch published a passionate post from Graeme Fisher as reflective of the reaction of fans on his page. "What really got my back up was the fact that straight after the haka you decided to throw a stupid ad on [...] . "My dad thought someone sat on the remote and changed the channel, we all got up to look for the remote and just realised it was a stupid ad," Maria Poei responded.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 24, 2017 23:05 UTC