Kammala jumla mai zuwa: The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) da Ireland kungiyar rugby union ta kasa sune dukkanin kungiyoyin tsibirin tare da magoya bayan kungiyar Unionist; kodayake "Amhrán na bhFiann" ana buga shi a wasannin Ireland a Jamhuriyar, ba a buga shi a wani wuri ba, kuma ba a tsammanin 'yan wasan Unionist za su raira shi. A lokacin rikice-rikice, ba a buga waƙar waƙa a wasannin waje da Ireland. A Paris, "The Last Rose of Summer" an buga shi a 1929, kuma kafin wasan 1931 Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje ta shawarci jakadan Gerald O'Kelly de Gallagh cewa, idan masu shirya sun ƙi ba da izinin "Waƙar Soja", to, "yanayin Irish da ya dace zai zama 'Ranar St. Patrick', 'The Last Rose of Summer' ko 'Bari Erin Tuna'". A gasar Rugby ta Duniya ta farko, kyaftin Donal Lenihan ya yi adawa da cewa duk sauran kungiyoyin za su yi taken. A minti na karshe kafin wasan farko na kungiyar a Athletic Park, Wellington, an aro faifan kaset na James Last na "The Rose of Tralee" daga Phil Orr; kiɗa da ƙarancin rikodin rikodi sun jawo suka da yawa kuma ba a buga waƙar waƙa ba don wasannin da suka gabata. A cikin
Kofin Duniya na 1991, ba a yi wa Scotland taken kasa ba, wasan Ireland ne kawai a wajen Dublin.