Rugby league fans were left feeling inspired and then disheartened in a matter of hours during the last day of the Pacific ...

Australia’s men’s netball team stole the show on the opening day of netball’s Fast5 series in Christchurch, busting out a ...

Kiwis captain James Fisher-Harris and fellow prop Joe Tapine then led New Zealand’s famous ‘Haka’, which caused a rapturous ...

Marler went on to apologise and explained it was a 'poorly articulated' joke - but caused a stir among players on both sides ...

Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu insists he and his team-mates will show full respect to Fiji's pre-match war dance when the ...

Pre-game cultural challenges like the haka have sparked ongoing debate around their reception and appropriateness.

National Rugby League respects and honours the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living ...

"The Welsh players are statues. There was a rumour Wales would respond to the haka. But there was no counter dance, only that mute acceptance." While Butler and the rest of us could enjoy the ...

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.

The 34-year-old said via his X account on Tuesday that the "ridiculous" haka "needs binning", with his statement about the Maori war dance heavily scrutinised and leaving England captain Jamie ...

England rugby union star Joe Marler has walked back on his controversial comments about the haka - after receiving "an education" on the matter. "It's ridiculous," he initially wrote. "It's only ...