"Ruud van Nistelrooy, tra-la-la-la-la, Ruud van Nislelrooy, tra-la-la-la-la-la, Ruud van Nistelrooy, tra-la-la-la-la, He shoots like a bullet from a gun."

To the tune of 'Brown Girl in the Ring', as sung in a highly ironic fashion by a group of Irish football supporters in a pub not far from Lansdowne Road as a bunch of despondent Dutch fans walked by.