The first game to take place under the relaxed Rule 42 took place on 11 February 2007 . It was a Six Nations Championship rugby match between Ireland and France which Ireland lost 17 – 20 . The following match against England generated some controversy , since it involved the playing of God Save the Queen at a ground where British soldiers had killed fourteen spectators on Bloody Sunday , 1920 . There was a small protest by Republican Sinn Féin outside the ground which included a man holding a sign saying '' No to foreign games '' while ironically wearing a Celtic FC tracksuit
Bloody Sunday , 1920
Bloody Sunday (1920)
Rugby union in Ireland