Embracing the Wā Poi campaign are fans at Eden Park for the women’s rugby world cup final between Ngā Mamaku and England. JASON DORDAY/STUFF Should the Black Ferns' Rugby World Cup win be celebrated with a ratepayer-funded street parade? Over the years this action included: screaming louts, urinating louts, vomiting louts, aggressive louts, immature louts, lout girlfriends, and Waikato versus Wellington, or something. In New Zealand, to modify a famous phrase, mainstream culture has existed downstream of rugby culture. Flash forward 25-odd years to today and Ngā Mamaku, the Black Ferns’, world cup final against England rocked my world.

Source: Stuff November 21, 2022 06:46 UTC