Brendan Gallagher traces the history of the great Maori team the British Lions will face on Saturday.

New Zealand Maori take on the Lions again on Saturday at Hamilton – scene of their famous win in 2005 – and will surely seize the opportunity to fly the flag vigorously for Maori rugby, and indeed, culture. Maori rugby is different to the New Zealand mainstream, it just is, and it’s their former hooker ‘Storman Norman Hewitt’ who probably explains it best.
“Something strange and rather wonderful happens when you play for Maori,” says the former All ...