NFL versus Rugby, and the All Blacks

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by SaburoS
Sounds like the second and third lines he's barking out. First line couldn't make out.

Unless you speak Maori I doubt you would

"Kapa O Pango talks about the silver fern, the blackness of the jersey and living your time as an All Black."

I haven't seen a direct translation yet but I'm sure one will come out. I must grab some of haka from Sky sports, as the link I posted missed some of the better bits such as Piri Weepu's perfect throat cutting gesture

[Pei]

Kapa o Pango

KIA WHAKAWHENUA AU I AHAU!
Let me become one with the land
HI AUE, HI!!
KO AOTEAROA E NGUNGURU NEI!
This is our land that rumbles
AU, AU, AUE HA!
And it’s my time! It’s my moment!
KO KAPA O PANGO E NGUNGURU NEI !
This defines us as the All Blacks
AU, AU, AUE HA!
It’s my time! It’s my moment!
I AHAHA!
KA TU TE IHIIHI
Our dominance
KA TU TE WANAWANA
Our supremacy will triumph
KI RUNGA KI TE RANGI E TU IHO NEI, TU IHO NEI, HI!
And will be placed on high
PONGA RA!
Silver fern!
KAPA O PANGO, AUE HI!
All Blacks!
PONGA RA!
Silver fern!
KAPA O PANGO, AUE HI, HA!
All Blacks!

as opposed to the old one:

Ka Mate

Ka mate, Ka Mate
(It is death, It is death)

Ka ora, Ka ora
(It is life, It is life)

Ka mate, Ka mate
(It is death, It is death)

Ka ora, Ka ora (It is life, It is life)

Tenei Te Tangata Puhuruhuru
(This is the hairy man)

Nana i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra
(who caused the sun to shine again for me)

Upane, Upane
(Up the ladder, Up the ladder)

Upane, Kaupane
(Up to the top)

Whiti te ra
(the sun shines)

[-tronski-]

I've been to every Australian based bledisloe game since '95 (a pretty good effort considering how hard it is to get tickets -  and the cost) and nothing beats the All Blacks Haka live

 Tronsky

[Furball]

why not create your own?

[SaburoS]

Is there a better link to that haka? It comes across real choppy. The second and third lines sure do sound like "God is Great." "God is good."

[Reschke]

Rip they look pretty good there. But they do have a point...why are they playing on articificial turf? That just isn't youth football in my view. Although we may end up playing on the high school field this year if our field gets damaged any more with this current storm. We lost all the lights and bleachers there last week not to mention the turf got destroyed with the light poles fell onto the field.

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by SaburoS
Is there a better link to that haka? It comes across real choppy. The second and third lines sure do sound like "God is Great." "God is good."

Will try and capture it in the next day or so, its getting plenty of airtime here

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Reschke
Rip they look pretty good there. But they do have a point...why are they playing on articificial turf? That just isn't youth football in my view. Although we may end up playing on the high school field this year if our field gets damaged any more with this current storm. We lost all the lights and bleachers there last week not to mention the turf got destroyed with the light poles fell onto the field.

That's a state call, they build the schools.(all of our games are on highschool fields) We don't have a choice of what we play on. 1/2 of our games are on artificial turf, and half are on grass.

Sorry to hear about your losses.

Did I mention we won our first game 27-6?

[Reschke]

Fortunately the property taxes I pay to live in this section of Alabama will more than pay for the repair work but one thing we don't have is time.

Good to that you guys won the first game. If we play our first game is tonight and its supposed to be a balmy 89 degrees tonight with 100% humidity. Great football weather.