Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ƙarfafa adawar Unionist ga "Waƙar Soja" a ranar 25 ga Afrilu, 1987, lokacin da bam ɗin IRA na gefen hanya, wanda aka yi niyyar kashe alkali Maurice Gibson, ya kuma lalata motar da ke ɗauke da manyan jami'ai uku daga Belfast zuwa Dublin don horo. David Irwin da Philip Rainey sun warke amma aikin Rugby na Nigel Carr ya ƙare saboda raunin da ya samu. A wata mai zuwa, a gasar cin kofin 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.