LONDON >> New Zealand coach Scott Robertson has defended his team’s pre-match haka after England prop Joe Marler stoked up ...

NEW ZEALAND will be performing their traditional Haka when they take on England in the Autumn Internationals. The big match at Twickenham is kicking off the long-awaited Autumn clashes.

However, they can claim a solitary moral triumph. Cast your minds back to Saturday, November 22, 2008—the day Wales 'won' the haka. As the rugby world reminisced on that intense encounter ...

"The haka for us is a custom. It is part of who we are, our DNA. You can welcome somebody, it is for celebrations, for joy, and also for challenge and we use it as a challenge.