Want to check out the Haka, what rugby looks like, and what rugby players look like up-close (Hint: good), how big a deal the All Blacks are in New Zealand, and the kind of attitude that is expected in public from an All Black–even a former one? You've come to the right place, because this is all kinds of awesome.
The All Blacks on 60 Minutes Sports!
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I saw this and DVR’d it! I was trying to figure out how I would get it to you to post, but I’m no where near tech savvy enough to figure THAT out. So, I never mentioned it. SO GLAD you posted it. It’s great! Thanks for putting it up!
Mary from Boise
That was pretty cool, to see rugby and the ABs from an outsider’s perspective! He didn’t mention Richie following Meads’ lead and playing several RWC games with a broken foot, which he told everyone was “a niggle” and which the team doctor was too scared to xray so they just let him play on it – after the cup it was discovered to be broken in two places and had a bolt loose from a former foot injury… đ Gotta love McCaw.
I love the game but I also love the beginning, when they do the haka, and the end, when everyone shakes hands and chats and shares a beer in the changing rooms. JK wasn’t kiddingn when he said that’s how it goes. Years ago there was a fierce on-field rivalry between the NZ halfback Justin Marshall and Australian halfback George Gregan. They were always ready to take each other on and wind each other up, snapping at each other’s heels like a pair of savage terriers. But off the field they were very good friends and were, in fact, groomsmen at each other’s weddings. (Aussie is as much our rival as South Africa – historically they are the teams we have lost to the most.)