The Kiwis Honor Their Own

BlackFive posts this, along with the link to the AllBlacks doing one of their Hakas. It has been a while, so I went back and looked up Hakas, and their background and history.

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2012/08/kiwis-give-a-farewell-haka-to-a-fallen-comrade.html

Grim and Beautiful.

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