{"id":239007,"date":"2025-11-02T04:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/239007\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T04:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:43:08","slug":"fans-stunned-as-former-ireland-star-belts-out-national-anthem-before-all-blacks-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/239007\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Stunned as Former Ireland Star Belts Out National Anthem Before All Blacks Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Ireland international swapped scrums for songs as he stepped up to belt out the national anthem against the All Blacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel\/AbYd2l05pp1bM_Ix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Join RUCK\u2019s Instagram broadcast channel <\/a>and get the latest rugby news straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Barry Murphy, who normally rocks the stage with his band Hermitage Green, made history ahead of Saturday\u2019s clash in Chicago by becoming the first ex-Ireland international to sing\u00a0Ireland\u2019s Call.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy, who earned four caps between 2005 and 2007 and crossed the try line once, traded his boots for a mic\u2014and the fans had opinions.<\/p>\n<p>One supporter cheered:\u00a0\u201cV emosh watching Barry Murphy belt that out in Axel\u2019s jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another wasn\u2019t so sure:\u00a0\u201cChrist, I never want to see that Barry Murphy sing ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And a third noted the style points:\u00a0\u201cBarry Murphy with a classy gesture, wearing Axel Foley\u2019s jersey for Ireland\u2019s Call in Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another said: \u201cLoved seeing Barry Murphy belt that out. Class act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From pitch to podium, Murphy proved he can still command a crowd\u2014just in a slightly different key.<\/p>\n<p>EDITOR\u2019S PICKS:<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Ireland international swapped scrums for songs as he stepped up to belt out the national anthem&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-239007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}