All Blacks and the Nude Blacks

Yesterday was a busy day in Dunedin. The All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby team, played a test match against England at Forsyth Barr Stadium. They beat England 28-27 and continued their two year unbeaten streak. The All Blacks are famous for their Haka. It is a traditonal Maori war dance that is basically a challenge and a threat to the other team. Here is a video of the All Blacks doing the Kapa O Pango Haka to the Australian Rugby team. This is the same Haka they did last night.

You can see the players sticking their tongues out during the chant, this was a way for the Maori to say that they were going to eat you, the Maori did practice cannabilism. They also do throat slitting motions at the end which means exactly what you think it means. It is an incredibly powerful intimidation technique and it was crazy to see it live. My friends who weren't at the game said they could hear the Haka blocks away.There are different Hakas done at different games, another famous and popular one is called Ka Mate.

Here are the lyrics to the Kapa O Pango Haka and what they mean:

Kapa O Pango Haka:

This haka was first performed by the All Blacks versus South Africa on 27 August 2005 at Carisbrook, Dunedin. The All Blacks won 31 - 27. This Haka was written by Ngati Porou's Derek Lardelli. This Haka will only be performed before special test matches.

Kapa o pango kia whakawhenua au i ahau!

Let me become one with the land

Hi aue, hi!

Ko Aotearoa e ngunguru nei!

This is our land that rumbles

Au, au, aue ha!

And it's my time! It's my moment!

Ko Kapa o Pango e ngunguru nei!

This defines us as the All Blacks

Au, au, aue ha!

It's my time! It's my moment!

I ahaha!

Ka tu te ihiihi

Our dominance

Ka tu te wanawana

Our supremacy will triumph

Ki runga ki te rangi e tu iho nei, tu iho nei, hi!

And will be placed on high

Ponga ra!

Silver fern!

Kapa o Pango, aue hi!

All Blacks!

Ponga ra!

Silver fern!

Kapa o Pango, aue hi, ha!

All Blacks!

The All Blacks defending against and English advance

Before the game, a charity match was held between the Nude Blacks and England. Basically it was 14 naked men playing rugby in the middle of the city. Children were in attendance and it was pretty hilarious. They had the "Queen" make an appearance and she made plentiful dick jokes. They had a blind referee, a literal blind woman as the referee, and of course, a naked announcer. They did a naked Haka, the Maori war dance that the All Blacks do at the beginning of every game.

 This next picture is from the Nude Blacks game and is NSFW.

The Nude Blacks lining up before the game