Just before the test match between France and the All Blacks, the New Zealanders performed a magnificent haka in a darkened Stade de France with a silent audience respectful of the ritual, Saturday November 16.
Rugby fans are still used to this sequence, but it raises eyebrows every time. A little more Saturday evening in a Stade de France with a particular configuration in this pre-match.
A few moments after the two anthems, the All Blacks actually positioned themselves to perform their haka, this ritual dance where one or more players call on their teammates to follow the traditional song.
Dead silence at the Stade de France
But on Saturday evening, the Kapa o Pango was perhaps even more beautiful than usual since everyone was plunged into darkness within the Dyonisian enclosure. Except for the two teams on the pitch, facing each other several meters apart.
All in a magnificent silence offered by the French public before the fight between the two teams begins.
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