war dance

In rugby union, regulations prevent opposing teams crossing the halfway line while New Zealand are performing the Maori war dance.

Leading his masked foot soldiers in a strutting, chanting war dance through his Delmas 6 stronghold, they held their automatic weapons aloft.

The All Blacks' pre-match ceremonial war dance is one of rugby's iconic sights.

Movement director Jonathan Goddard is in more of a haka mood, he says, before briefly demonstrating the Maori war dance.

So too will the traditional pre-match war dances of Samoa and Tonga - breathtaking moments worth the entrance fee alone.