I was at the Ireland v England rugby game at the weekend and I don't know if I haven't noticed before or if this was particulary long but has anyone else noticed how long they keep the players standing around. They line up, President walks out and stops, Presidential salute is played, President walks down the line meeting the players, President walks back to seat, English national anthem is played, Irish National anthem is played and finally Irelands call is played. The whole thing lasted over 10 minutes. It must drive the players mad. In this day and age, is there any need for the President to meet the players at all and this charade of two anthems also has to stop.