They may well have been singing the South African rugby version which is based on their controversial, but very successful, Director of Rugby , Rassie Erasmus …..and as I’m sure you can guess goes “ Rassie,…Rassie, … Rassie.”
It was written about the Warrington Bomb in 1993 so it may have been road tested at Feile then but I’ll never know. It does somewhat divide opinion in Ireland but for most it is now just a sporting anthem. Even Rory McElroy’s fans sing it to him...
For me that’s their best song. I never actually saw them once over the years which was a shame. I remember throwing a strop because I wasn’t allowed to go to this with the older lads I used to hang about with. What a line up now I see it again
I now have a picture in my mind of G studying that video forensically like a super sleuth for 3 hours until she catches a flash of grey / white hair and announces......"Got him !" Like the Mounties , a Viking always gets their ( old ) man lol
They played it during the Cape Town Sale Sharks game I went to when I was in South Africa, and all the crowd were joining in. It was most unexpected at the time but it makes sense now. This live version from Paris is one of my favourite live...
“Zombie “ passed me by at time and I guess for many years, until the Irish Rugby fans started singing it , then it hit more prominence as the Irish song at the Rugby World Cup in 2023. The South African fans adopted their own version at one...