The All Blacks' haka was celebrated everywhere they went during their defence of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, but nine years ago it was very different story.

In November 2006, the Welsh Rugby Union insisted that the All Blacks should do the haka before the national anthems because they believed the Richie McCaw led team had an unfair advantage ahead of the second Test against Wales in Cardiff.

The All Blacks refused to play ball, sighting 100 years of tradition, and instead did their famous haka in the changing rooms.

Television cameras beamed the powerful images on to big screens to the 75,000 strong crowd at Millennium Stadium.

And the whole ordeal sure fired the All Blacks up.