Facing the Haka

Andy Burt, Jamie Wall

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781760874926
• Edition: 0

This brilliant selection of photographs and stories describes what it means to stare down the most famous ritual in sport, from the perspective of those who have been there. Facing the Haka examines the significance that the All Blacks' haka has in the wider rugby world, as well as the deep respect opponents have for the team.
This is about standing in front of the haka, meeting the All Blacks on those key occasions, and reliving the stories of the games that followed. Facing the Haka covers many crucial moments in rugby history with great storytelling, fresh insights and all the information a fan could ask for.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• He whakapuakitanga
• Preface
• Beginnings
• Learning the hard way
• Tatou o e tau le taua!
• The Bullet
• When the stakes have never been higher
• The great haka revival
• Kieran Read takes the lead
• The prodigal son
• Sevens whānau
• ‘Kapa O Pango’
• An epic encounter
• The haka’s Hollywood connection
• Chip on the shoulder
• The pincer
• The lost haka
• Facing the Black Ferns
• The indlamu
• Te Tīmatanga for an Irish icon
• Pasifika power
• From leading the haka to facing it
• The Welsh stalemate
• The Brave Blossoms stare down the challenge
• The men who summoned the thunder
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright