Video - Former England rugby captain Matt Dawson has put on his dancing shoes again for hilarious version of All Blacks’ Haka ritual

Matt, 42, and the Battersea Ironsides RFC were signed up by menswear retailer Jacamo for a choreographed spoof of the New Zealanders’ fearsome pre-match routine.

Performing the ‘Hakarena’ requires four simple steps consisting of arm slaps, legs slaps, chest slaps and a hip wriggle to the specially created music track.

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