# Origin of NZ All Blacks pre-game "dance".

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**Created:** [December 2, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-nz-all-blacks-pre-game-dance/216531 "2003-12-02T17:30:14Z")\
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I’m thinking of something along the lines of the camp army drill sketch that the Monty Python crew did, but definitely not specifically that routine.

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According to one of the documentaries accompanying the extended edition d.v.d. for _The Two Towers_, at one point during the filming of the battle at Helm’s Deep, the extras playing Uruk Hai spontaneously broke into a version of the Haka, parts of which actually appear in the final cut.

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> \*Originally posted by Motog \*  
> No, they didn’t copy the NZ routine. All of them use traditional chants from their own nations.

Ah, thanks. Since I just saw short bits of the various dances during the highlight show, I only picked up on the similarities to the All Balcks haka and didn’t get to see the full routines.

Thanks for that link **green\_bladder** – very informative.

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