Is the haka 'the worst kind of sporting arrogance'?

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Sunday Times writer Stephen Jones has slammed the All Blacks' traditional pre-match routine which is linked with the side as far back as 1884.

In his column for the English newspaper Jones says that the All Blacks have turned the haka into a ridiculous bout of pre-game posturing that has no place in rugby today.

"...the haka has changed, profoundly. The All Blacks and their followers have made it a self-important bore and instrument of the worst kind of sporting arrogance," Jones wrote in his column over the weekend.

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