The Sharks may have flopped, but Ma’a Nonu gave Durban a Greatest Rivalry moment to remember

Ma’a Nonu produced a special haka in a Sharks jersey on Tuesday evening in the second tour match of Rugby's Greatest Rivalry against the All Blacks in Durban.

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Ma’a Nonu laying down and accepting the All Blacks’ challenge with a solo haka encapsulated everything that Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry should be.

While the Sharks failed to live up to expectations in a rain-drenched second match of the All Blacks’ tour in Durban on Tuesday evening, the significance of Nonu’s haka response provided the clash with its billboard moment after the rugby itself failed to match the fight and intensity shown by the Stormers in the opening encounter last week.

That fine moment of Nonu’s Kapa o Panga after the All Blacks’ iconic Ka Mate haka will live long in the memory of everyone who witnessed it, despite the 54-0 loss of the home side.