Liam Messam
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Liam Justin Messam is a New Zealand retired rugby union player who last played in the TOP14 for RC Toulonnais. In Super Rugby, he previously played for the Chiefs, and for Waikato in the ITM Cup. Mess
Messam in 2010
Ka Mate
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Ka Mate is a Māori haka composed by Te Rauparaha, the historic leader of the iwi of Ngāti Toa of the North Island of New Zealand during the Musket Wars.
Liam Messam
…season, when injuries greatly affected the loose forward's positions. Of the 43 tests he played in Messam was the haka leader in 21 of them. He led the Ka Mate version of the haka nine times; as well as the newer Kapa o Pango haka, twelve times (the third highest number led). Messam made his professional boxing…
Te Rauparaha, Ngāti Toa chief, 1840s
The All Blacks performing the Ka Mate haka
Issac Luke and Adam Blair of the New Zealand national rugby league team performing "Ka Mate"