Sir, – Regarding John B Reid's letter (February 28th), one need not be a professional rugby analyst to know that the reason for Saturday's loss was anything but an anthem (or lack thereof, as Mr Reid claims). England's defence and discipline especially in last 15 minutes had more say in the matter than a mere song.
Having been at this game, I can tell you that the particular song posing a problem in Reid’s perception, was in fact sung with absolute gusto by the thousands of Irish fans present in the Twickenham stadium who got behind their team throughout the entire eighty minutes of play. “National embarrassment”? Nothing like that at all. – Yours, etc,
WILLIAM G McILWAINE,
Ballymore Lane,
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Galway.