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Polo says he likes "smack talking", and that's what the Haka is all about - ritualized and cultural smack talking.

@MrVvulf I've never seen it described that way but that's totally appropriate.

The Haka is definitely pre game smack talking. But, the reality of it is the intimidation factor. When you understand that the Maori warriors, who were headhunters and to some extent cannibals, that performed Haka as they confronted other warrior tribes before engaging in hand to hand combat with clubs studed with sharpened sea shells and other crazy weapons, and the stomping and facial expressions were used to envoke the warrior spirits of their dead ancestors to give them spiritual power to fight the best fight, that's when you really understand the Haka and that it isn't just some dance to pump up the crowd and to taunt the other team. 'That's some serious heritage tribal death dance. Hahahahaha

Oh yes! Would be awesome to see!

Yup, when a player is described as small it only applies on the rugby field. The small ones are still big when they stroll into the pub. I met Jonah Lomu a couple of times, eek!

Try playing it. It'll change your life

Jonah was the epitome of speed and power

R.I.P Jonah Lomu.

Yeah remember to tune is July 6th South Africa vs Ireland 1st of 2 games. Gonna be epic. Go Bokke🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

I agree had a good chuckle at that

Yeah remember to tune is July 6th South Africa vs Ireland 1st of 2 games. Gonna be epic. Go Bokke 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 🇿🇦

He signed somewhere in Houston or dallas dont care saffa here. He left because he saw Walsh had no future and also that he cant play on international level for another country that is why he changed

I can’t agree more!

Yeah remember to tune is July 6th South Africa vs Ireland 1st of 2 games. Gonna be epic. Go Bokke🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

Faf SA's own little Jack Russell

Called a scrum cap but a bit of a misnomer now as in the early day only forwards wore them to stop cauliflower ear like wrestlers. Only some wore them though. Now back line players wear them to help prevent concussions in collisions rather than ear protection. Example Cheslin Kolbe of South Africa.

@@jaycordner3890Scrum caps do nothing to reduce concussion. Your brain still gets rattled around. They just protect your skin really.

@@willsonj nah dude. I played and in the final years of my career I've worn a scrum cap. I had a couple head on head clashes and I can promise you that the foam padding has give and softens the blow. Skull to skull collisions with nothing between them not only rattle the brain around a bit more but just the act of skull v skull clash smashes nerves in the skull which can shock the nervous system as well as be painful in its own right.

@@RobRochon I also played, and wore one. However, numerous studies have found no significant protection from concussion. ‘…only injuries that are cuts and abrasions’ encountered when in contact with other players or the ground during play. ‘With limited impact acceleration attenuation properties, they are not intended nor expected to protect against any form of mild traumatic brain injury or skull fractures’. World Rugby, Regulation 12, Headgear Specification

@@willsonj dude...I don't care what booksmart people wearing labcoats say. I played most of my life without them, and for a few years I did with them and I can promise you there were instances where I had head clashes and I mentally braced myself for the expected ensuing trauma, and there was a noticable cushioning of the strike. I've had multiple concussions in my athletic career and recognize the elements leading to them inherently, and these things do help. Would they prevent all or from some of the most violent collisions? Maybe not. But they do help (and way more than football helmets which I have played in as well....and they ring your brain and head like a bell.)

It's a good game better and faster than NFL. There are strategies involved you've got to watch it more often.

@@hbrew9348 Thanks--I will, now. And now that you mention it, I think that's true of most sports, no? Basketball, baseball...even boxing (sorry for the"even"-- I know it's called "the sweet science," meaning, in part that is involves a lot of strategy; I just don't like watching people punch each other...esp. given how some of them end up). Maybe even golf has strategies, though I wouldn't know.

YES!!!

Norton is English, Carlin Isles and Perry Baker are American

Why feel the need to mention his skin colour? What does it have to do with anything?

what's his skin colour got to do with anything?

@@oldsoulsheart I would recommend trying to watch the New Zealand Vs England game that’s on next week! Should be very good

7's rugby has both men's and women's.

I had right around 10sec for 100yds..not quite straight

It broke away from rugby union in the late 1800's by working class players in the North of England for very good reasons if you were one of the working class players. For many years it was played exactly the same as union but there was a conscious effort to change the way the game was played . Saying that league was "inspired" by union isn't really correct mate. As I was taught growing up in the rugby league heartland of Yorkshire, to look at it as essentially the same game just played in two different ways. Expecting very angry and snotty responses from some union fans about that lol

@stoneagepig3768 inspire, as a verb - to give rise to. So to say that rugby union gave rise to the creation of rugby league seems pretty correct to me, given league emerged from the schism from union, through a process of rule changes over time?

Aussie Rules is not rugby!

@@lindascott6902 --- what do you call it Australian Football?

@13_13k Yes they do, it's never been referred to as rugby - ever. Just to confuse you even more, there are two different codes of rugby, rugby union and rugby league. Both codes were created in England, rugby union in England is governed by the RFU (Rugby football union) and rugby league in England is governed by the RFL (Rugby football league) . It's not uncommon to refer to both as "footy" or football especially in Australia and New Zealand, but they also call Aussie rules "footy" and football. Then there is Gaelic football in Ireland (brought to Australia by Irish immigrants and evolved into Aussie rules) which is also referred to as football in Ireland - but never rugby. Obviously all across the British isles football is called football too. I I hope that clears up any confusion 😂

@@stoneagepig3768 --- thanks for making my head hurt first thing on Monday morning.

Sorry brother lol have a coffee and I hope you have a good day. All the best from Yorkshire

I'd go to a Rugby game in heartbeat! I gave up my love for watching sports for youtube. I couldn't tell you who won the last Super Bowl.

@@poloreacts27 Yeah well that’s sad.

No he’s not, he’s good but “comfortably the best” is woefully ignorant! Just ignoring plenty of other players

@@kurupt7154 Name one who comes close?

Here is a better idea How about non Americans needing to be less focussed on Rugby and Cricket and watch real sports like American Pro and College football or at the least taking time to learn and try playing before making asinine judgments and ignorant statements