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A TRIBUTE TO RETURNING WALES CAPTAIN.... SAM WARBURTON

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POr1EiXjLiA

30 MINUTES TO GO TO

ENGLAND v IRELAND

Kick off 2.30pm

LIVE ON SKY SPORTS 1, Radio5Live and RADIO JEM ;-) :-D

Last one before the anthems

This is a TRIBUTE to a lovely young man!

18 year old RYAN HOWELL from Only Boys Aloud lost his 3 year battle against cancer recently:-(

HERE's ONLY BOYS ALOUD AT BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT

CALON LAN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AARrVAHnkdY

Afternoon Fly, :-) <3 are you a general mascot or just for Wales?

Wearing a white T shirt today.

Am watching qualifying F1.That's now over so back to 1 day international cricket from Lords. :-)

Here are the Anthems

ENGLAND...
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9EC3Gy6Nk


IRELAND'S 2

SOLDIER'S SONG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysXPUg8GLQ0

IRELAND'S CALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtMzIacbMQ


WALES
MAE HEN WLAD FY NHADAU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM4mIlYKG9s

THE TEAMS

ENGLAND

Backs:
15. Mike Brown
14. Anthony Watson
13. Jonathan Joseph
12. Brad Barritt
11. Jonny May
10. George Ford
9. Ben Youngs

Forwards:
1. Joe Marler
2. Tom Youngs
3. Dan Cole
4. Courtney Lawes
5. Geoff Parling,
6. Tom Wood
7. Chris Robshaw (Captain)
8. Ben Morgan

Replacements:
16. Jamie George
17. Mako Vunipola
18. Kieran Brookes
19. Joe Launchbury
20. Billy Vunipola
21. Richard Wigglesworth
22. Owen Farrell
23. Sam Burgess

IRELAND

Backs:
15. Simon Zebo
14.Tommy Bowe
13. Jared Payne
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. Dave Kearney
10. Johnny Sexton
9. Conor Murray

Forwards:
1. Jack McGrath
2. Rory Best
3. Mike Ross
4. Devin Toner
5. Paul O'Connell (Captain)
6. Peter O'Mahony
7. Sean O'Brien
8. Jamie Heaslip

Replacements:
16. Richardt Strauss
17. Tadgh Furlong
18. Nathan White
19. Donnacha Ryan
20. Chris Henry
21. Eoin Reddan
22. Ian Madigan
23. Darren Cave

Here are the anthem lyrics ready to sing along

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

God save our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen

IRELAND's 2

SOLDIER'S SONG

We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus:
Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
"Mid cannons" roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

In valley green, on towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's proudly floating o'er us.
We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus

The Rugby Anthem (Uniting North and South Ireland)

IRELAND'S CALL



Come the day and come the hour
Come the power and the glory
We have come to answer
Our Country's call
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call

From the mighty Glens of Antrim
From the rugged hills of Galway
From the walls of Limerick
And Dublin Bay
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call

Hearts of steel
And heads unbowing
Vowing never to be broken
We will fight, until
We can fight no more
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's Call
We'll answer Ireland's Call

I've just seen Barbra's post on page 50!

~~~~~~~~~~ Sorry Barbra <3

Hope you are having a good day! :-)

They are coming out!

Pat i share myself about ;-) i am the England Mascot too :-D

ANTHEM'S

IRELAND'S CALL

Come on England :-D

They are spoiling this.... it's toooo fast! :-| :-| :-| :-| :-| :-|

They are playing Ireland's Rugby Anthem... Ireland's Call far to fast and spoiling it!

God Save the Queen sang by Laura Wright

They are singing this one properly!

I wonder if it's a ploy? :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

OUR NIGE IS THE REF!

GOOD ONE NIGE! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Welsh boy, Nigel Owens is the best referee in the world

and stand up comedian to boot

England has kicked off

Big moments only today, as I struggle to keep up, my typing is bad!

England throw in and off they go!

Tommy Bowe stopped E's Mike Brown

Good tackle by I's Simon Zebo