Wound-up Welsh fans defy 'Delilah' ban

As Wales scored their archetypal effort of this year's Six Nations, Sir Tom Jones' arguable stadium classical 'Delilah' rung retired crossed Principality Stadium.

Just past week, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) told the London Welsh Male Voice Choir to scratch 'Delilah' from its playlist implicit troubling lyrics.

The prohibition up of the opening Six Nations circular came amid allegations of sexism, bullying, and racism astatine the governing body.

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WRU main enforcement Steve Phillips discontinue aft a BBC documentary was released successful which claims of a toxic civilization astatine the organisation were made.

The conductor and the choir entertain the assemblage anterior to the Six Nations Rugby lucifer betwixt Wales and Ireland astatine Principality Stadium. (Stu Forster via Getty Images)

In the documentary, the choir was shown rehearsing the arguable song, prompting WRU officials to marque the call.

The 1968 opus features lyrics that are "problematic and upsetting to immoderate supporters," according to the WRU.

That didn't halt the 74,500-strong location assemblage from belting retired the ballad soon aft half-time successful Cardiff, successful a 34-10 nonaccomplishment to Ireland for the location team.

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"Just arsenic the 2nd fractional began – and, pertinently, successful the seconds pursuing the booming tunes implicit the tannoy had blessedly gone quiescent – 'so the airy successful the nighttime that I passed by her window' reverberated nether the roof," wrote the Telegraph's James Corrigan.

"Wales really scored their archetypal – and lone – effort arsenic the rousing rendition was nether way."

Wales supporters sing the nationalist anthem earlier the Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship lucifer betwixt Wales and Ireland astatine Principality Stadium. (Sportsfile via Getty Images)

The prohibition connected 'Delilah' comes astatine a clip erstwhile the Welsh Rugby Union finds itself embroiled successful turmoil.

In reality, banning the opus is conscionable the extremity of the iceberg for the governing assemblage and is seen arsenic small much than a band-aid hole to its acold much worrying and deep-seated issue.

Even the subordinate radical saw done the thinly veiled model dressing, Louis Rees-Zammit tweeting, "All the things they request to bash and they bash that first…"

If anything, the WRU got the implicit other effect of its desired intent arsenic the opus rang done the streets of Cardiff earlier kick-off. 

"No doubt, determination volition beryllium plentifulness who deliberation it absurd that the protestation opus astir a national progressive successful a sexism scandal, has the taxable substance of a jealous person sidesplitting his unfaithful girlfriend, and they are astir apt close that it would beryllium preferable for the Stadium and its enactment to spell elsewhere for their anthems," Corrigan added.

"But arsenic overmuch arsenic this rhythmic rebellion seemed a absorption to wokery, it was besides an uplifting uprising against a governing assemblage that is plainly successful chaos."

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