Haka vs Hymn

When the New Zealand Rugby League team perform its Haka as it challenges the Vodafone Fijian Bati team before their quarter final match, our boys will simply huddle and lift up their eyes, hearts and voice to praise the Almighty Creator with a hymn.

On paper, New Zealand is a Tier One nation and is the second top Rugby League team in the world and their defeat by Tonga last week was the first ever for a Tier Two nation to defeat a Tier One nation in the history of Rugby league.

Having lost on home soil and knowing that New Zealand is a Rugby crazy nation; they will not allow a repeat defeat at home.

On the other hand, our Bati team is more like a Christian Youth team who are mixing international rugby competition with their personal Christian faith and belief.

We have witnessed first hand in the last three matches how the Bati performed and we all believe that if they continue to put God first and prepare well, nothing is impossible.

New Zealand plays the same style of rugby as the Bati and it is a joy to see a mixture of rugby league and open sevens rugby by both teams.

On the books, New Zealand should win this quarter final match against Bati.

But, faith can move mountains and we have seen how they have performed in the last three games.

The Haka versus a hymn reminds me of David versus Goliath and we all know how God placed that stone right on Goliath's head through a gap in his helmet and how he ended up falling face down as in worship at the feet of David.

Go Bati go!