New Zealand Rugby has confirmed it has “respectfully and formally asked” a South African university side to stop performing the Kapa o Pango haka before matches. Richie McCaw and All Blacks players perform the Kapa O Pango haka before a Bledisloe Cup match at Eden Park in 2015. “While we understand the motivation for the team was to show their support for the All Blacks, the haka was written exclusively for the All Blacks to perform. “New Zealand Rugby asked us not to do the haka for now,’ the fullback told VarsityCup.co.za. We hold ourselves to the standard of New Zealand rugby, we want to play like them.

Source: Stuff May 06, 2021 01:16 UTC