All Blacks players and staff were disappointed by Joe Marler's comments that the haka should be banned
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00:00I wonder if he wish he could have articulated himself a little bit better on that.
00:04The haka for us, it's a custom, it's part of who we are, it's a DNA, you know, you can
00:12welcome somebody, it's for occasions, for joy, for connection, and also for challenge
00:18and we use it as a challenge and we believe it's a great tradition of rugby, as all Pacific
00:25nations, you know, do beforehand, just to honour where they've come from, so not just
00:31about the All Blacks, it's about us as a country, so it means a lot to us.
00:36Joe Marlow knew exactly what he was doing by throwing that out there, but to us the
00:41haka's, it's something traditional, but it's also like, in New Zealand, when we perform
00:48the haka to someone, it's a sign of respect, you know, it's performed at 21sts, at weddings,
00:54it's laying down a challenge and, you know, it's up to the opposition how they would like
00:59to perceive that challenge, but to us it's a sign of respect.