Pre-game cultural challenges like the haka have sparked ongoing debate around their reception and appropriateness.

England prop Joe Marler has lit the touchpaper ahead of this weekend’s clash against the All Blacks, controversially calling ...

Image: England's men's rugby league side came face-to-face with Samoa when they ... of the traditional war dance. Wales refused the All Blacks' request for the haka to be performed after the ...

England prop Joe Marler is criticised after posting that the haka "needs binning" before Saturday's match against New Zealand.

Samoa performed their traditional pre-game war dance, known as the Siva Tau ... ‘Now you have all stood before various versions of the Haka, the Siva Tau, I’ve never seen one get as feisty ...

Serious tension between England and Samoa in the League earlier ... Blacks haka as England star calls for war dance to be ...

Ireland and Leinster legend Gordon D'Arcy has called on Andy Farrell's side to have a response ready for the ceremonial ...

England prop Joe Marler has labelled New Zealand's Haka as "ridiculous" and "inappropriate" ahead of the first autumn international on Saturday, before deleting his X account ...

The Haka is a culturally significant war dance in Maori tradition ... Last Sunday, England's rugby league national team faced Samoa in Wigan. After Samoa performed their traditional Siva Tau ...

What Marler did was dare to voice doubts about the Haka ritual ... the England v Samoa rugby league Test in Wigan last Sunday, when the visitors performed their traditional war-dance challenge ...