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Dance-style cheerleading

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Dance-style cheerleading

Dance-style cheerleading has become part of the entertainment at men's professional sporting fixtures. It is distinct from the more gymnastic style of competitive cheerleading. Here, cheerleaders for the Auckland Blues Super Rugby team, dressed in their team's colours, go through their pre-match routine.

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Charlotte Macdonald, Marching teams and cheerleaders – Cheerleading, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38069/dance-style-cheerleading (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Charlotte Macdonald, published 17 May 2012.