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The Kearney brother Rob and Dave are in 15 and 14 positions for Ireland today!

Great players both!

THEY'RE AWAY!

YEY IT'S THE FLY! :-D :-D :-D <3

A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR RADIO JEM's MASCOT....
...... IF YOU PLEASE! :-D :-D

Come on Ireland ;-)

Only the big moments, updates and scores today

for the sake of my poor fingers :-D :-D :-D

O CANADA NOW

ONLY 1 ANTHEM FOR IRELAND TODAY

Ireland

IRELAND'S CALL

THIS IS THE MILLENNIUM STADIUM CARDIFF

NOW RENAMED THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM

This substitutes for Ireland's home ground

THEY'RE COMING OUT :-)

IRELAND LED BY PAUL O'CONNELL

CANADA LED BY JAMIE CUDMORE :-)

O CANADA

O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee;
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.


O Canada! Where pines and maples grow,
Great prairies spread and Lordly rivers flow!
How dear to us thy broad domain,
From East to Western sea!
The land of hope for all who toil,
The true North strong and free!
God keep our land, glorious and free.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!


O Canada! Beneath thy shining skies,
May Stalwart sons, and gentle maidens rise.
To keep thee steadfast thro’ the years,
From East to Western sea.
Our own beloved native land,
Our true North strong and free!
God keep our land, glorious and free.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!


Ruler supreme, who hearest humble prayer,
Hold our Dominion, in thy loving care.
Help us to find, O God, in thee,
A lasting rich reward.
As waiting for the better day,
We ever stand on guard.
God keep our land, glorious and free.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!

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

They probably won't sing all the verses, just the first verse and 2 chorus'

TO SING ALONG

A 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

CANADA

Backs:
15 Matt Evans
14 Jeff Hassler
13 Ciaran Hearn
12 Nick Blevins
11 DTH Van Der Merwe
10 Nathan Hirayama
9 Gordon McRorie

Forwards:
1 Hubert Buydens
2 Ray Barkwill
3 Doug Wooldridge
4 Brett Beukeboom
5 Jamie Cudmore (Captain)
6 Kyle Gilmour
7 John Moonlight
8 Aaron Carpenter

Replacements:
16 Benoit Piffero, 17 Djustics Sears-Duru, 18 Andrew Tiedemann,19 Jebb Sinclair; 20 Richard Thorpe, 21 Phil Mack, 22 Liam Underwood, 23 Conor Trainor

THE TEAMS

IRELAND:

Backs:
15. Rob Kearney
14. Dave Kearney
13. Jared Payne
12. Luke Fitzgerald
11. Keith Earls
10. Jonathan Sexton
9. Conor Murray

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

Replacements:
16. Sean Cronin
17. Cian Healy
18. Nathan White
19. Donnacha Ryan
20. Chris Henry
21. Eoin Reddan
22. Ian Madigan
23. Simon Zebo

O CANADA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaBhJ1eYq1A

As time is short now, lets go to the Anthems

IRELAND has two anthems

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


and the Ireland Rugby Union Anthem, a particular favourite of mine, which unites both Northern and Southern Ireland

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

Over to Radio Jem's Features' Desk! ;-) :-D

CAPTAINS’ JOINT RECORDS!

CANADA’S CAPTAIN JAMIE CUDMORE

The 37 year old Canadian Lock, Jamie Cudmore....
TODAY JOINS THE RANKS OF PLAYERS THAT HAVE PLAYED IN 4 RUGBY WORLD CUPS!

The other players being-
Gareth Rees, Al Charron, Rod Snow and Mike James.


IRELAND’S CAPTAIN PAUL O’CONNELL

Today Paul O’Connell matches not one, but two records!

1. THIS WILL BE PAUL’S 4th RUGBY WORLD CUP FOR IRELAND!
Paul shares this record with BRIAN O’DRISCOLL.

2. PAUL TODAY RECEIVES HIS 105th CAP FOR IRELAND...
... becoming the JOINT MOST CAPPED FORWARD IN IRISH HISTORY!



CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THE CAPTAINS FROM RADIO JEM

IRELAND v CANADA KICKS OFF AT 2.30PM

Live on ITV1, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Radio Ulster

AND RADIO JEM ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D


If there are any Irish or Canadian GR Rugby Supporters, please feel free to join in! :-)

THIS IS A POOL D MATCH

The teams in this pool are

CANADA
FRANCE
IRELAND ITALY
ROMANIA

Each of these teams must play each other once.

The two teams with the highest points at the end of their matches will go on to the knock-out stage of this competition.

In this Pool I shall supporting Ireland, as I have an Irish OH.

But not if they go on to play Wales at some point of course! :-D :-D :-D :-D