What do you all think of the banning of bagpipes? There is considerable unhappiness in Yr Alban!! (Along with a feeling that the way the Scots team has been playing, the more help they can get, the better! Although they did better against Italy than we did in the last game!). I must say, I think folk should be able to support in ways that come naturally!! Does the Dax band still play for Le Bleus from the stand? And having cockerels on the pitch can cause problems!! We use our voices, which would be hard to ban!! Was all this because some folk donāt like the (canāt spell it) boo boo zela?
p.s. Any more injuries and Cymru will be playing the under 10s!!!
I didnāt know they had been. Sounds rubbish. Banning vuvuzelas, sure, but banning bagpipes seems a bit like banning the haka - itās part of the colour of the game.
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Iām not particularly interested in football, but during home matches, my local teams supporters ring a bell non-stop for the whole match. This type of ātraditionā make the games what they are. Vive la diffĆ©rence!
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Agreed here with @aran and @gary_stokes_7. If Slovenia would by any chance play there surely would be at least one accordeon on the stand. ā¦
Itās not rugby but for the taste hereās a picture how our basketball team was supported on Eurobasket 2013 which was held in Slovenia 2 years ago (forget this yearās one, it was rubbish for us ā¦) .
So, I believe supporters should support their teams natural way, too.
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Hi, the Haka is a way of expression and can be done in different contexts it is not just a mere war dance yes it was done prior to engaging in a war situation, however, it can also be used to express feelings of joy in congratulating others who may have been successful in their endeavours. It can also be used as a form of protest in olden times there were Haka to protest over the selling of Alcohol as the old people saw this as not useful for people to indulge in. There are different types of Haka for various situations. It is basically saying without disrespect here is our heart and now you place your heart here and may the stronger prevail. The ABs themselves have done a lot of researching and learning of the specific haka that they do. Ka mate, ka mate, is taken from when an old chief was running to seek refuge and was being pursued by soldiers he was lamenting that life and culture for him was different and that life is both in death and life. More to come I hope that this helps.
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When I was in high school in New Zealand we always had a very multicultural prizegiving ceremony at the end of the year, starting with a Maori challenge by one of the students to any dignitaries that came, and song performances by the different island groups, e.g. Samoans, Nuieans and Tongans. There was always a haka at some stage during the proceedings and everyone loved it. It was part of our general way of celebrating and Iām glad to see it is becoming stronger than ever.
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This article explains really well what the haka means to Kiwis, and there is a fantastic very emotional haka performed as a mark of respect at the funeral of a teacher
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To @Deborah-SSi and @peterluke60 That was wonderful!! I am wishing the ABs well this year, mainly because I think our injuries have probably kiboshed our chances!!
I was sorry for Fiji last evening. Are they short of replacements? England brought on a load of fresh legs and Fiji looked very tired.
Well what a phenomenal result for Japan. Thatās woken the World Cupā¦ 
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I thought my eyes play tricks with me when I saw the result. Iām actually VERY satisfied with this result though. Letās hope for the best for Cymru now. Ummm, well, Iād also be extreamly glad if Italy would beat France, just for fun of it as theyāre my neighbours ā¦ Result is 6-0 to France right now though and itās not likely France would give up just easily though. 
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Hi, like I said a while ago world cup rugby is different and with the exposure of various coaches going to such countries as Japan it should be good for them. Some interesting games with varied results the Welsh team with a couple of injuries tho, how do they stack up hopefully not too bad. I will definitely be supporting them against England. The ABs got through Argentina were always going to be difficult and I think we knew that. However, itās exciting.
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Umm, well. ABs finally won at the end and so did we but France V Italy was the nasty one, rough to the bits and at moments I thought theyāll carry out of the pitch the whole both teams already in the first match.
I somehow couldnāt find the time to watch SA v Japan and now Iām sorry for that. Iād love to see that Japanese victory. Itās superb!.
And yes, not just this one, but all World Championships in all sports are something different to other competitions where (mostly) teams and individuals give the best and the most they can and (thank Havens) theyāre fearless aswell what is only right to do.
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I met a sweet man, born & bred in Cymru, who was living and working in Japan and who came over with their team in 1973. I met him in the Cardiff club room. I think he was involved in coaching in Japan and he said it had always been his ambition to bring a team to Wales!!
I was quite sorry when the scorers seemed to have trouble finding high enough numbers for our score and, with the whole Armās Park, rose to cheer Japanās score to roof-raising levels (had we had a roof!!).
On Saturday, I visualised that dear manās likely reaction to āhis boysāā play!! (He seemed quite old to me in '73, so I doubt heās still alive) I was glad I had lived to see that āforā him!! Especially when they said, in effect, āDamn a penalty for a draw, weāll get a try and win!!!ā
p.s. If our effort against the doctors, dentists, farmers, surveyors and lawyers of Uruguay represented the shape of things to come, England will end up doing to us what we did to Japan in '73!! Weāll deserve it and not get an ovation if we do finally score!!
p.s. 24/09/15 I will not tell my neighbours, but I was cheering Japan yesterday. I am sure their lack of time between games counted against them. I notice England have their games evenly distributed in the time available. The āminnowsā all have squashed schedules! It just is not fair!!!
stayed up til the wee hours this morning to watch the Wallabies first game against Fiji. Solid performance, got the job done. Nothing fancy, nothing special. nice solid scrum for the most part-- itās been a while.
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Yeah. Iām not seeing it as particularly good timing, although Iād have been happy for them if they were in a different groupā¦
By some teams this is something special itself. I actually love when scrums are solid ā¦
Yah (as I once said already) āourā group is a group of ādeathā. 
Oh, gee, imgine group
- England
- Wales
- AllBlacks
- Australia.
We would ākillā each-other.
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Oh absolutely. Its just like having the Netherlands and Socceroos in the same group with the football. Then add in the Spanish.
I was mortified - again.
But never fear, it only leaves one practical solutionā¦
Knock out the English!
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A, yah ā¦ step by step it will have to go ā¦ Hope we walk very long way uphill.