The centrality of the haka within All Black rugby tradition is not a recent development. Since an 1888 tour by the "New Zealand Natives" led by Joseph Warbrick the haka has been closely associated ...

New Zealand coach Scott Robertson says England prop Joe Marler could have chosen his words better when he called for the All Blacks' haka to be "binned". Marler, 34, called the haka – a pre ...