A beautiful and powerful moment, one that will raise eyebrows in the stadium as well as on television. If the French XV dominated New Zealand for the third time in a row (30-29) after a stifling end to the match, this shock deserved to be followed even before the first tackle. Thanks to the elegance and magic of a haka, always a highly anticipated scene at All Blacks matches, enhanced for the occasion. Saturday evening, the New Zealanders performed their traditional pre-match ritual in a darkened Stade de France. Except for the two areas of the field where each of the selections were located, carefully lit.
A visual slap for a Kapa O Pango with words chanted by New Zealand center three-quarter Rieko Ioane, a striking moment captured by thousands of mobile phones turned on in the stands. “An image worthy of an art gallery,” greets the New Zealand media Stuff. “Hang it in the Louvre”, shouts on the social network X, the official account of the Autumn Nations Series.
