>>Third, I've never placed Cricket. Insects freak me out, I usually just avoid them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqtpNkMvj5Y

Now Rugby is a little different, if we're looking at old Empire sports. FWIW, the current Rugby World Champions are famous for their haka at the start of a match. This one against France was one of the last of the great Ka Mate (CAR Mar-tay) hakas before they replaced it with something more generic. Shame, as Ka Mate's performance dated back to the early times of international Rugby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3QbH_i2VU

While commonly described/perceived/performed as a war dance, in fact Ka Mate was composed by warrior poet Chief Te Rauparaha as a celebration of life after he narrowly escaped vicious pursuing enemies and was brought from hiding by his (hairy) allied chief. Translation roughly is:

Will I die, Will I die, Will I live, Will I live
Will I die, Will I die, Will I live, Will I live
This is the hairy man
Who brought the sun and caused it to shine
A step upward, another step upward!
A step upward, another... the Sun shines!

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