RUAP Media Release: Why are Australia & New Zealand National Anthems not being sung at ANZAC Day Rugby Match?? Make your voice known!!
General Immediate Media Release –23rd April 2014
From the Daily Telegraph, “This Friday, in two rugby matches featuring rival New Zealand and Australian teams, the national anthems will not be played. And all because of some crazy rule book that says they can’t.”
Let’s get this straight. This Friday, April 25th – for many our “National Day” – the Nation’s capital will host the Super Rugby “grand-final rematch” between the ACT Brumbies and N.Z’s Waikato Chiefs. At this venue the opportunity to honor our proud countries with our National Anthem will be not permitted.
This is hard to fathom because we, Australians, together with the New Zealanders constitute “ANZAC”.
Exactly 100 years ago, hostilities on the Eastern and Western fronts partially ceased when isolated games of football [soccer] erupted between shell-shocked Germans and Russian & British soldiers respectively.
Why has the normally joyful rendition of our proud songs been rugby tackled on this centenary year of peace?
















