All Blacks honor Nathan Charles with a locker-room haka
Wide World of Sports shares the post-match tribute, which also included a signed jersey for Charles as he lives with motor neuron disease.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 43,377 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (3,309).
HUGE respect from the All Blacks 👏👏 #9WWOS #Rugby
The players aren't alone in performing the haka. Coaches, support staff and non-playing All Blacks join them in the locker rooms at Accor Stadium, paying tribute to Nathan Charles after the test match.
Wide World of Sports' short clip shows Charles exchanging hugs and handshakes with the New Zealand players. In the studio, co-host Timmy adds another detail: the team presented him with a signed All Blacks jersey. He also notes that both the All Blacks and the Wallabies showed their support before the match.
The upload drew about 43,000 views in its first day, compared with a usual first-day audience of roughly 3,300 for the channel's Shorts. Viewers are discussing the haka as a gesture of respect, with several emphasizing the connection between Australian and New Zealand rugby beyond the match itself.
Alongside the channel's coverage of the Bledisloe result, this clip preserves a different part of the occasion: both teams making room to support Charles.
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Where next?
- Channel
- Wide World of Sports
- Subscribers
- 280,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 537,213
- Channel views, pace per day
- 171,809 (on a normal day: 67,747)
- Video published
- October 18, 2026
- Video views so far
- 51,352 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 48,767
The numbers
The tribute reached far beyond the usual first-day audience for a Wide World of Sports Short.



