It dates from the days of Chris Oti
It's a bit of a dirge in my opinion but if you must sing it is then sing it in defeat as well as victory. Nothing wrong with that
I was bemused to hear it being sung in Cardiff at NZ v Georgia tho
I think balders was referring to whatever word was bleeped by AB although in context I don't think it is really
Sorry I hadn't realised it was also being sung at the final too.
I guess it's the only song some people know and I'm sure it's not meant jingoistically - although given they hand out the words to the national anthems to the teams maybe there is no exuse :-)
You're all talking rubbish and obviously have never played Rugby - it's a Rugby Club song performed with actions that make it funny, particularly when you've won at home and had a few pints!
It's got nothing to do with colour or ethnicity, people who are saying that are reading too much into it - or trying to see something that isn't there - grow up
I think the point, Mick, was how come the song is sung by England supporters. There are plenty of rugby songs available but why that one :-)
As jno says, the specific Chris Oti connection is disputed, but it seems pretty well documented that it started on the occasion of the 1988 England v Ireland match when England partly thanks to Oti's try-scoring exploits, scored an unexpectedly emphatic win, having themselves been trounced by Ireland the previous year
It's a pity that the Answerbank censorship filters distorted my
original question and changed the context of it.
I was asking why this particular song was 'sung' at England
International matches & why, more pointedly, at games not involving
England - particularly a World Cup Final!
the answer to your second question may be "because it's the only song they know". It sounds pretty feeble - not to mention off-topic - when you compare it with Bread of Heaven ringing out in the Millennium stadium.