Tom Cruise: 'The Maverick line works every time...'
In 1928, The Springbok rugby threw it right back in the All-Blacks faces by dancing around to their own version of the Haka in front of a packed Kingsmead ground in Durban. It certainly did the trick as the South African's triumphed 17-0 with a staggering world record 14 points from fly-half Bennie Osler. The Haka was a mixture of "bad Zulu and gibberish" according to former No. 8 George Daneel. 80 years later, Jake White even enquired about reviving the same guff to psyche up his players, but after a trial run in the changing room, CJ Van der Linde's coordination prompted a rethink.
Elsewhere, back in the vaults of time, In 1664 The English Civil War romped into Yorkshire at The Battle of Marston Moor where the strength and togetherness of the Parliamentarians under Lord Fairfax defeated the Royalists led by Prince Rupert of the Rhine and the Marquees of Newcastle. In 1954, the BBC broadcasts its first daily television news programme read by Mr. Charisma Richard Baker. In 1837, the Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway opens between Birmingham and Liverpool. To this day still no one uses it, and in 1785, the dollar was unanimously chosen as the monetary unit of the United States.
And we say La boisson et être joyeux as they say in France to Nikolas Sarkozy's sports quizmaster Bernard 'specs' Laporte (44), unknown All-Black Kevin 'one-cap-wonder' Senio (30), Wasps prop Pat 'basher' Barnard (27), Worcester duo Ryan Taffy O' Powell (29) and Dale 'Lord of' Rasmussen (31), Bond girl Eva 'backstabber' Green (28), Tom 'mini-me' Cruise (46) and George 'Pointless President' W Bush (62)