The All Blacks left our shores yesterday to begin their defence of the Rugby World Cup in Japan, but not without a proper goodbye first.
Air New Zealand staff made sure to give our boys the send-off they deserved with a rousing haka on the airport tarmac, with players Aaron Smith, TJ Perenara and Rieko Ioane all in attendance.
The whole performance was beautifully captured and released in a video last night, which has already amassed 215K views and 3.6K shares.
Check it out down below!
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