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 Score
 Haka - A Musical and A History
 Savage Play - Part One
 The Game of Our Lives - Home and Away
 Skin and Bone
 Tama Tū

Synopsis

This short follows Joe Warbrick (Calvin Tuteao), captain of the New Zealand Natives rugby team, as he tries to rouse his battle-weary players to head unto the breach once more, for a test against England. It’s midwinter during the trailblazing 1889-89 tour (17 months and a staggering 107 matches) that left a black jersey and silver fern legacy. In a changing room that resembles a casualty ward, Warbrick draws breath and leads a stirring haka. Made by brothers Pere and Meihana Durie, Warbrick inspired the All Blacks the day before a 33-6 demolition of Australia in 2009.

Credits (9)

 Calvin Tuteao

Calvin Tuteao
Actor

 Meihana Durie

Meihana Durie
Director, Writer

 Pere Durie

Pere Durie
Director, Writer

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Comments (4)

 Shoshana

Shoshana

Posted at 07.05AM - 19.01.2012

I got goose-flesh when the guys touched their foreheads together!

 Hoani Warbrick

Hoani Warbrick

Posted at 03.32PM - 06.10.2011

Had a bit of a tungi myself....2 much alright thats how we roll....

 taiwhati/warbrick

taiwhati/warbrick

Posted at 07.03AM - 23.09.2011

So proud - WARBRICK great grand daughter of Abraham Warbrick.

 Sico

Sico

Posted at 05.08PM - 17.06.2011

Fantastic! i got chills in some of those final scenes. Brilliant work

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Legacy Films

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Rugby

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Added 15 September 2011

Quotes

The bastards are baying for our blood out there 

– Warbrick (Calvin Tuteao)

Who do you dirty savages think you are? 

– An impatient match official

For us there was always going to be two really crucial audiences: the Warbrick whānau and the All Blacks. [...] It's for New Zealanders — it's a Kiwi story that not a lot of people know about. 

– Filmmaker Pere Durie on the film's audience

Awards

2010 Montreal First Peoples' Film Festival
Teueikan Prize (2nd Prize)

2009 Wairoa Māori Film Festival
Aotearoa Short Film Audience Award

Festivals Include
2010 First Peoples' Festival Présence Autochtone (Canada), 2010 Montreal First Peoples' Film Festival, 2009 New Zealand Film Festival, 2009 Wairoa Māori Film Festival.