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==Other sports== Other all-island teams have adopted "Ireland's Call" for similar reasons to the IRFU's. The [[Ireland men's national field hockey team|men's]] and [[Ireland women's national field hockey team|women's]] hockey teams, having previously used the "[[Londonderry Air]]", adopted "Ireland's Call" in 2000,<ref name="Clerkin2015">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ireland-s-call-standing-tall-for-20-years-1.2085759|title=Ireland's Call: standing tall for 20 years|last=Clerkin|first=Malachy|date=31 January 2015|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref> including for Olympic qualification matches,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Noonan |first1=Rory |title=Ireland hockey take have the Harte to see off Canada in Olympic qualifier |url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/Ireland-hockey-take-have-the-Harte-to-see-off-Canada-in-Olympic-qualifier-01aa1649-e3a4-4bb6-83f3-bebc7145df74-ds |access-date=4 November 2019 |work=Echo Live |date=27 October 2019 |quote=Ireland players, from left, Eugene Magee, Jeremy Duncan, Stuart Loughrey, Conor Harte and Jonathan Bell sing 'Ireland's Call'.}}; {{cite web |last1=Glennon |first1=Micil |title=Recap: Ireland and Canada stalemate in downpour |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2019/1102/1088250-ireland-v-canada-updates/ |publisher=RTÉ |access-date=4 November 2019 |language=en |date=2 November 2019 |quote=The sides stand for the anthems, first up, O Canada. ... And Ireland's Call.}}</ref> but the [[Olympic Council of Ireland]] standard "Amhrán na bhFiann" was used [[Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|at Rio 2016]], its first post-independence appearance at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/world-of-sport/video-serious-confusion-over-irelands-national-anthem-for-rio-hockey-opener-90024|title=Serious confusion over Ireland's national anthem for Rio hockey opener|last=Doherty|first=Conan|date=6 August 2016|work=SportsJOE.ie|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref> At the [[2000 Rugby League World Cup]], the [[Ireland national rugby league team|Ireland team]] had "Amhrán na bhFiann" at a match in England,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/world_cup_2000/1019664.stm|title=Lighting the blue touchpaper |quote= ... the two teams lined up opposite one another in readiness for the national anthems. The Irish players, including the Aussie contingent, belted out The Soldier's Song.|date=12 November 2000|work=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> but no anthem at a match in Belfast.<ref name="newsletter1877387"/> In the years before 2008 it "used neutral symbols and anthems such as 'Ireland's Call'".<ref name="newsletter1877387">{{cite news|url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/irish-rugby-league-team-runs-into-anthem-row-1-1877387|title=Irish rugby league team runs into anthem row |date=31 October 2008|work=[[The News Letter]]|access-date=8 February 2018|location=Belfast}}</ref> [[Rugby League Ireland]] adopted "Amhrán na bhFiann" for the [[2008 Rugby League World Cup|2008 World Cup]], explaining "'The Soldier's Song' has always been played at amateur level and it was a unanimous decision to extend this policy to the professional game."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/irish-rebuff-anthem-calls-26488407.html|title=Irish rebuff anthem calls|last=Farrelly|first=Hugh|date=30 October 2008|work=[[Irish Independent]]|access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> By the [[2017 Rugby League World Cup|2017 World Cup]] it had reverted to "Ireland's Call".<ref name="rli2017"/> The Irish Waterski and Wakeboard Federation adopted "Ireland's Call" on a one-off basis for the 2016 EA Wakeboard Championships, because they were in [[Coleraine]] in "very close proximity to a [[Ulster loyalism|Loyalist]] [[housing estate|Estate]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishwwf.ie/userfiles/AGM%20minutes%202016.docx |publisher=Irish Waterski and Wakeboard Federation |title=2016 AGM minutes |date=21 February 2016 |page=14. Proposals for consideration |no-pp=y}}</ref> The National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland's policy document states that it 'is a [[Counties of Ireland|32 county]] body and as such the anthem will be "Ireland's Call" except in circumstances where this may cause discomfort or embarrassment. On such occasions the only permitted deviation allowed is "Amhrán na bhFiann".'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncffi.ie/new/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/NCFFI-Protocol-2016.pdf#page=2|title=Protocols & Policies 2016|date=23 January 2016|publisher=National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland|page=2|access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref>
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