Maori rugby team

[Grahameeboy]

Yes it is. And for once I question why the heck we need to have a seperate team. It exists in no other sport.

Doesn't make it wrong either...no different to having Mens and Womens teams....in UK they have seperate Scottish Leagues and Welsh Leagues etc...

Far more important things to worry about

[98tls]

Yes it is. And for once I question why the heck we need to have a seperate team. It exists in no other sport.

We have in this country for all intent n purpose a seperate welfare system,let sport seperate and we may well get the same at ground level.

[Grahameeboy]

You musta forgottten about the dreaded Sprinboks tour. Please explain how this is different?

When was that and no I don't...UK has the Lions

[Grahameeboy]

We have in this country for all intent n purpose a seperate welfare system,let sport seperate and we may well get the same at ground level.

Could be because we have 2 main different cultures though...

[98tls]

Could be because we have 2 main different cultures though...

We do?Be nice to think so but sadly...i can understand there disappointment with muskets etc but all these years/billons later.

[MadDuck]

Far more important things to worry about

Just puting a point of view out there. Hey so let the taxpayer fund a tour that maybe it shouldnt?

[Max Preload]

They have Maori Traffic Wardens...

No. Maori Wardens.

That said, one did stand in the middle of the public road trying to direct traffic outside our local market, waving people through against the road rules without authority. So I told him to get the fuck off the road and went through ignoring the idiots who were stupid enough to ignore the rules and do as the cretin wanted. Then I parked about 20m away and repeated my displeasure at the stupidity of his actions.

[98tls]

No. Maori Wardens.

The name itself provokes laughter,imagine it "sort yourself out bro i beat up this white bitch when i was a young fella,not worth it man the fuckin honkies locked me up" blind leading the blind.

[McJim]

Doesn't make it wrong either...no different to having Mens and Womens teams....in UK they have seperate Scottish Leagues and Welsh Leagues etc...

But there are very few British players in the SPL or whatever the English Premier league is called.

the issue as I see it is as follows:

Religion transcends race, and so it should.

Nationality transcends race, and so it should (when it doesn't you get the kind of fuck up known as Israel)

Sport should certainly transcend race but in this case it doesn't.

Reap what you sow and take it on the chin - it's only Safrica for goodness' sake. If we send the Maori over there they'll only get raped and robbed by the locals anyway.

[rainman]

Can not see another thread on this.

I was waiting for a thread on this (I'm a shy and retiring type, really).

This is the fucking funniest thing I have heard all week. I LOLed when I heard it on the radio. Repeatedly.




Guess you had to be there.

[gatch]

Just to throw a different respective on this..

* There is no other ethnicity specific team in professional rugby..
* Maori are indiginous to Nz, so I guess that has some merit..
* Maori are second in the ethnicity percentage of this country (although exactly how maori do you have to be, to be counted as maori ?? Paul Tito..)
* Sports codes (like job interviews) are supposed to be de-void of prejudice based on religious trapping, race etc..
* The treaty of Waitangi took away any sovereignty the maori had so they should be governed and given the same rights as any other member of the public, this does not mean they are to be given any benefit not afforded to any other NZ'er..

I don't think there should be a NZ Maori team, its a slap in the face..

Anyway, ruggaby is a mug's game and it's going to the dogs like most other professional ball sports.

Rant complete, thankyou, money in the hat

[Forest]

Just to throw a different respective on this..

* There is no other ethnicity specific team in professional rugby..

Yes there is.

Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa only draw players from within their home unions. Which effectively makes them ethnically selected teams.

[Ragingrob]

But... Hmmm... Would you say New Zealanders are a race? And South Africans a race? So isn't a "New Zealander" only team racist anyway? Sure it's by country, but the people of a country are generally its race no? The "Fijian" rugby team etc etc... Don't see what's wrong with having a "Maori" rugby team, if anything South Africa are insulting the Maori as an individual culture and race.

[ital916]

Can not see another thread on this.

I kind of understand where the Sarf Africans are coming from. We have a team based on race. No I dont agree with the "indigendous" argument.

I would call that a gang no a rugby team

[eelracing]

But... Hmmm...Don't see what's wrong with having a "Maori" rugby team, if anything South Africa are insulting the Maori as an individual culture and race.

Damn straight! Maori rugby has a strong tradition in NZ and world rugby.No fukn' South African bully boy tactic gonna change it.When it comes down to it ol whitey's still scared his ass is gonna get handed to him on a plate by a(old guard racists still reign)so called inferior race.