Utu

Utu determined that relations among individuals, and between families, communities and tribes, were governed by mutual obligation and an implicit keeping of social accounts […].

Utu demanded that both favors and grievances be repaid in kind, but it was the grievances, naturally, that caused the most trouble.

The match had been touted as a chance for utu after the 1999 and 2007 All Blacks World Cup defeats.