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The crowd indulged in long, loud renditions of Swing Low Sweet Chariot and generous applause for excellent visiting full-back Ange Capuozzo, before Ben Earl charged in on the final play to cap victory.
Headed by a local teenage cornet player, those in the funeral procession sang Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - amended slightly to include references to Wasdale.
But seeing it in person “was honestly even more shocking,” she said, describing the production’s musical sequences — which include “Raise a Ruckus Tonight,” “Wade in the Water” and “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” as well as a traditional Yoruba religious chant — as “minstrel show-like,” “problematic” and “disturbing.”
Second row Clemente Saavedra cantered into space, centre Matias Garafulic pinged a 50:22 deep into England territory and, for a moment, South American chants drowned out Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
In 2020, England’s Rugby Football Union reviewed the context of England’s rugby anthem — “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” — amid the Black Lives Matter protests.
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