This is what it reminded me of. Nothing in it.
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This is what it reminded me of. Nothing in it.
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Hawthorn are cooked. You are a fair chance of beating them in Tassie even with a second string side.
Port and hawks both trailing at present WTF.
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Port makes sense, Hawks not so much.
Hawks aren't that great when it's windy anyway.
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They're only down by a point.
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Against a second string Gold Coast team.
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Port seem to be having the same issue we had last year where they just expected to rock up and go one better... except they don't have RTB to drag them into the top 4 even when they're a bit off their game.
Good point about the wind.Precise kicking is near on impossible in windy ,wet conditions.
Tippped Melbourne, Port are gawn this year.
Listened to 5 minutes of the Hawks game on Triple M, Jake King tried for a solid 2-3 minutes to read out the leading possession winners on the ground. How does this guy have a job in the media!?
Listened to 5 minutes of the Hawks game on Triple M, Jake King tried for a solid 2-3 minutes to read out the leading possession winners on the ground. How does this guy have a job in the media!?
Is Hogan eligible to win the NAB *?
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I thought it was a pretty weak attempt at copying a Haka.
This is what he was doing:
So it's not an imitation. Jonathan Thurston has been lobbying for the Kangaroos to implement something similar to counter the Haka: http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...-kangaroos-games/story-fnp0lyn6-1227326713056
Still, a Paul Roos side shouldn't be conceding 6 goals in 10 minutes. They were doing quite well against GWS earlier this year before the same thing happened and the Giants slammed on about 7 unanswered goals in a quarter.
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That war dance was invented about 5 years ago for the all-stars team so yeah, it is an imitation. Let's not pretend it's some ancient ritual.
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Lost_Deputy
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It's based off traditional dances so yeah it is pretty ancient
So what if he feels connected to it? If other Indigenous people are getting behind it on the sporting field. I don't think it makes it ignominious.
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Doesn't mean it has any relevance to ancient indigenous culture. Did the Noongar perform a war dance the same as the Eora? Did they ever even meet each other?
There are hundreds of indigenous peoples, adopting these kinds of things is more a case of trite symbolism.
I want talking about ancient indigenous culture, though, so I don't know why this is being brought into it. My initial post was saying it wasn't imitating the Haka.
Cultural appropriation isn't unique, though. It's happening the world over.
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But it is an imitation of the haka. Rugby league players would like it adopted for when they play New Zealand.
I must have a different understanding of what imitation means, in that case.
Melbourne playing Port into form.
