“The Haka is just 15 men dancing in front of you”
Those are the words of former England flanker James Haskell who says the Haka is only intimidating if you let it be.
Haskell who made 77 appearances for England says that the biggest mistake most countries do is they become too obsessed with the Haka and start talking about how intimidating it must be to face it.
He says when playing the All Blacks, countries usually make the same mistake and that is focussing too much on them instead of working on their own strengths.
Former England fullback Mike Tindall hit back at Haskell saying that Haskell wasn't intimidated only because he didn't face All Blacks Jonah Lomu doing the Haka.
The All Blacks take on England in the first semi-final of the Rugby World Cup at 8 o'clock tonight while South Africa play Wales in the second semi-final at 9pm tomorrow.
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