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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Robert Hynes

Welsh Rugby Union bans song from Principality Stadium ahead of Ireland Six Nations match

The Welsh Rugby Union has announced that it has removed the song Delilah from its Principality Stadium choirs' playlist ahead of this weekend's clash between Wales and Ireland.

Tom Jones' 1968 hit, about a jealous lover stabbing his unfaithful partner, has become a Welsh rugby anthem but will now not be played at the Principality Stadium and not sung by choirs, the WRU has confirmed.

The announcement comes after a damning week which saw the WRU come in for intense criticism amid allegations of a "toxic" culture and misogyny. Warren Gatland's Wales side host Ireland and England in Cardiff this year, and travel away to Scotland, Italy and France.

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