12 Responses to Rugby World Cup: Springboks boast the 2nd most CAPS at RWC

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  NZINCHINA on 3 September 2015 at 6:30 am

  In other news from the NZ Herald

  “The Maori challenge was drowned out by the noise of the Twickenham crowd during the autumn internationals as stadium managers turned down the sound but World Rugby will refuse any requests for the Haka to be silenced – full tit at Twickers whilst the silly Poms sing about their Chariot 😀 😀 😀
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  NZINCHINA on 3 September 2015 at 6:33 am

  Is it a Chariot they’re singing about, I’ve never listened to it…
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  Angostura on 3 September 2015 at 7:00 am

  2 @ NZINCHINA:

  tis the chariot to heaven:
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  Scrumdown on 3 September 2015 at 7:07 am

  @ NZINCHINA:
  It’s actually a hymn.

  From Wikipedia:

  History[edit]

  “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” was written by Wallis Willis, a Choctaw freedman in the old Indian Territory in what is now Choctaw County, near the County seat of Hugo, Oklahoma sometime before 1862. He was inspired by the Red River, which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah’s being taken to heaven by a chariot (2 Kings 2:11). Some sources[1][2] claim that this song and “Steal Away”[3] (also composed by Willis) had lyrics that referred to the Underground Railroad, the freedom movement that helped blacks escape from Southern Slavery to the North and Canada.

  Alexander Reid, a minister at the Old Spencer Academy, Choctaw boarding school, heard Willis singing these two songs and transcribed the words and melodies. He sent the music to the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The Jubilee Singers popularized the songs during a tour of the United States and Europe.

  The song enjoyed a resurgence during the 1960s Civil Rights struggle and the folk revival; it was performed by a number of artists. Perhaps the most famous performance during this period was that by Joan Baez during the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival.

  Oklahoma State Senator, Judy Eason McIntyre from Tulsa, Oklahoma proposed a bill nominating “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” as the Oklahoma State official gospel song in 2011. The bill was co-sponsored by the Oklahoma State Black Congressional Caucus. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed the bill into law on May 5, 2011, at a ceremony at the Oklahoma Cowboy Hall of Fame; making the song the official Oklahoma State Gospel Song.[

  Here endeth the lesson.
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  NZINCHINA on 3 September 2015 at 7:27 am

  @ Angostura:
  @ Scrumdown:

  Cheers Gents, Youtube is blocked in this part of the world unfortunately, in any case the Poms will love the Haka boomimg through their sound system, fair’s fair.
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  gunther on 3 September 2015 at 7:54 am

  China !
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  NZINCHINA on 3 September 2015 at 8:56 am

  @ gunther:

  
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  smallies on 3 September 2015 at 9:00 am

  ek sien volgens beeld is die kings lions game in die weegskaal agv die moonlike kings staking,as dit die geval is dat die game nue gespeel word nie voel ek saru moet die kings summier uit die cb skop en die luiperds in bring
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  MacroPolo on 3 September 2015 at 9:10 am

  @ smallies:
  Die ouderdoms groep spanne ook? Sal hartseer wees.
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  smallies on 3 September 2015 at 9:16 am

  @ MacroPolo:
  weet nie of hulle ook betrokke is nie
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  Lion4ever on 3 September 2015 at 11:54 am

  Apparently the Lions vs Kings game is on.
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  Scrumdown on 3 September 2015 at 1:52 pm

  11 @ Lion4ever:
  Sureley, as in club games, you must keep pulling players up from the lower teams until you have a full team?