NZ Sport
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New Zealand SportNew Zealander’s love sport almost to the point that Rugby Union is said as a joke to be like a religion in New Zealand. Other sports that are also popular in New Zealand are: cricket, rugby league, netball, basketball, lawn bowls and soccer. The top five sports played by men are:
* Less physical form of rugby The top five sports played by women are:
Rugby in New ZealandSuper14Super 14 is a rugby competition amongst the provincial clubs in the southern hemisphere from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa which takes place over fourteen weeks. The fourteen teams compete against each other, with the top four teams playing in the semi finals with the winners going through to the final. The All BlacksThe All Blacks – are the National rugby union team. The All Blacks, has the best record of any national team. They hosted and won the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987, and will host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The All Blacks perform a traditional Māori challenge called the Haka before the beginning of each game. Since 2005 they occasionally perform a different variation of the Haka called “Kapa o Pango”.. |
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 NZ All Blacks doing Haka
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The Haka The Haka was first performed by the New Zealand rugby team playing their first overseas tour in Australia in 1884.Initially it was intended that only the Maori players would perform the Haka.But it was then agreed that both white and Maori players who were “Native”, “Native” defined as players born in New Zealand, could perform the Haka. Extreme SportsHas a reputation for being a mecca for extreme sports enthusiasts or people looking for that adrenaline rush. The worlds first commercial Bungee jumping was first started in New Zealand in Auckland in 1986. Popular with visitors and locals are snow boarding and skiing, scuba diving, surfing, basically anything and everything. |
