Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

I do believe Colin, I heard your war cry finally as you put on your ostrich feather filled bearskin hat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxxHexuXTE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_song#Haka

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Generalfeldmarschall Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
Kommandeur des Königlich-Preußischen Armee-Korps
Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Allied Coalition
Allied Coalition Webmaster & Club Website Support

... or after he has had a robust bowl of prunes .....

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Major General Richard Bradshaw, 1st Viscount of Manchester

Lloyd's Battery, Royal Artillery
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Reserve Artillery & Engineers

Scott you are a man after my own heart the hairs on the back off my neck always love Kapo O Pango! The Haka is totally sacred and a thing of deep meaning to New Zealanders. Its also a great honour in Maori culture to have one done at you. Not something our opponents always appreciate. Not surprisingly I guess

Go the mighty All Blacks!!! Kia Kaha!

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Marechal Knox

Prince d'Austerlitz et Comte d'Argentan
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur

"What is history but a fable agreed upon"

And mssr Bradshaw I would wager you would eat such words should you ever have to face the All Blacks in the last great field of battle - rugby!
Many a mocking bird has been crushed at the foot of an All Black ruck.

I recall a famous story by the famous Welshman Gareth Edwards one of the greatest rugby players of all time. He was playing his first game for Cardiff against the touring All Blacks. As he stood watching them standing in a lineout he saw Pinetree Meads, Kel Tremain, Waka Nathan, Ken Gray and others and looked on with some trepidation.

A ruck quickly formed and he felt a huge hand grab him and pull him in supported with the words "come in here boy"

He reported the effect was like a huge combine harvester spewing bodies out the back and as he joined the carnage he lost his Jersey as it was rucked from his bloodied back. Such was his introduction to All Black rugby.

But don't worry we are not passionate about our team much down here...no not at all.

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Marechal Knox

Prince d'Austerlitz et Comte d'Argentan
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur

"What is history but a fable agreed upon"

Haka is very nice, and I will always remember the French answer to it in 2007... the Old Garde waiting for the assault

in English http://youtu.be/nDHkbvZrlJE

on French TV http://youtu.be/pAdzuVDLu_w

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Général David Guegan

3ème Régiment de Grenadiers - Bataillon d'élite du 3ème Légère
2ème Brigade
Grenadiers de la Réserve
Réserve
La Grande Armée
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"From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step."
Napoléon Bonaparte

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho Marx

aarrrrgghhhh 2007 oh well at least we got pay back in 2011.

We do admire the French above all other teams here though. In the RWC final they joined hands and formed an arrow head and marched towards the Haka.
The French really do understand it well. It was such a great moment in sport.

BTW we just beat them 3-0

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Marechal Knox

Prince d'Austerlitz et Comte d'Argentan
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur

"What is history but a fable agreed upon"

Hehe, I thought you'd enjoy it.... I enjoyed it a lot!

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Generalfeldmarschall Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
Kommandeur des Königlich-Preußischen Armee-Korps
Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Allied Coalition
Allied Coalition Webmaster & Club Website Support