Ireland played the All Blacks in a cracking test match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, Ireland won the game 29 points to 20. One of the more disappointing moments in the game was when the crowd tried to drown out the New Zealand Haka. That’s what people on twitter thought anyways as The Fields of Athenry rang around the ground of the Aviva Stadium while the Haka was going on.
Was this a serious lack of respect to the New Zealand culture? Imagine if someone did that during the Irish Anthem…?
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SPINE-TINGLING!
The @AllBlacks Haka is met by the roaring @IrishRugby fans crying out The Fields of Athenry🎵#IREvNZL #AutumnNationsSeries pic.twitter.com/32B70gdV83
— Quilter Nations Series (@QuilterNations) November 13, 2021
https://twitter.com/michaeldepaor00/status/1459546814517030912
https://twitter.com/Miriam_Kennedy/status/1459541385976160264
Lads, I want to hear the Haka with silence like it used to be. We’re supposed to be some of the most respectful fans in the world and there we are chiming in with ‘Athenry’. I’m not into it. #IREvNZL #AutumnNationsSeries
— Denise Harding (@DeniseHRocks) November 13, 2021
https://twitter.com/aoinifh/status/1459545755887317126
https://twitter.com/garoid16/status/1459540911365447685