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Wed 16 Oct 2013 | 09:51
Northland Haka for departing Rene Ranger after farewell game

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Rene Ranger played his final game for Northland at the weekend, captaining the side to a 20-19 victory over Bay of Plenty in Whangarei. Ranger leaves to join Montpellier in France later this month. His team followed up the win by giving him this memorable post match send off Haka.

Ahead of the game Ranger said: "Sad that I'm leaving but excited that I'm leaving too."

Ranger turned down the opportunity to play for the All Blacks due to his overseas contract, but was proud to represent the Taniwha in the ITM Cup.

"I'm pretty happy, the boys dug deep at the end there and we got the win," said Ranger afterwards.

"I'm a proud Northlander, to turn that [black] jersey down was one of the toughest calls I've made, but I love playing for this province. I'd like to come back and finish my career off for Northland.

"So it's not quite goodbye, more like 'see ya later'," he added.

NOTE: the audio on the video is very loud. Thanks to the Toll Stadium facebook page for the clip. 

Posted By: Grant Constable

6 Comments

  • browner
    4:15 PM 21/10/2013

    is it just me, or do the white faces in this haka look out of sync with the players it means something to?

  • browner
    4:13 PM 21/10/2013

    Unlike Bachop ! & all the others ....!

  • drg
    9:16 PM 20/10/2013

    ....but the Irish don't have a haka???

  • benny
    8:49 PM 17/10/2013

    Hey wow, that was a great haka, better than the ABs and these guys are wearing shirts and ties!

  • born_rugby
    6:43 PM 17/10/2013

    I cant see Caucau performing the Haka too

  • stroudos
    3:46 AM 17/10/2013

    "to turn that [black] jersey down was one of the toughest calls I've made"

    Rene, check your ancestry, pretty sure there's an English grandparent somewhere there, if you look hard enough.

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