Rugby fans should get fully behind the anthem

I AM disgusted that the national anthem is no longer sung in its entirety prior to Irish rugby matches at Lansdowne Road.

Not only is it no longer sung but it is replaced by an awful song, Ireland’s Call - “a song composed by a decent man on a bad day,” as Con Houlihan said.

Ireland’s Call is fit for a pub - not a rugby international. It should be scrapped, but if the powers-that-be insist that it continue to be used, the Tricolor should not be unfurled when it is being played.