Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rugbyungiyar Kwallon Rugby ta Irish (IRFU) da ƙungiyar rugby union ta Ireland ƙungiyoyi ne na duk tsibirin tare da magoya baya na Unionist da yawa; kodayake ana buga "Amhrán na bhFiann" a wasannin Ireland a Jamhuriyar, ba a buga shi a wani wuri, kuma ba a tsammanin 'yan wasan Unionist za su raira waƙa ba. 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 gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1991
, babu wata waka a Scotland, wasan Ireland ne kawai a waje da Dublin.