{"id":3886,"date":"2015-02-06T15:33:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3886"},"modified":"2015-02-06T15:33:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:33:51","slug":"wales-fan-made-viral-hit-over-a-quiet-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/06\/wales-fan-made-viral-hit-over-a-quiet-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales fan made viral hit over a &#039;quiet weekend&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CuXkhRvJApI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CuXkhRvJApI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nA Welsh\u00a0rugby fan\u2019s tongue-in-cheek video singing about his \u201chatred\u201d for English rugby has become an instant internet hit in the build-up to tonight\u2019s crunch match.<br \/>\nEndaf Morgan, who lives in Cardiff but is originally from Tregaron, in mid Wales, says he made it out of boredom and never thought it would take off like it has.<br \/>\nAt time of writing the video has gained over 28,000 views<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cIt was a quiet weekend, as my girlfriend was working in A&amp;E.<br \/>\n\u201cI started messing around on the piano with the tune, then a news story came up on the upcoming rugby match. I thought Wales v. England would make a funny song topic, so I made the video with the help of my younger brother, Cerith, to wind up a couple of my English mates before the weekend.<br \/>\n\u201cI never thought it would go outside my circle to be honest.\u201d<br \/>\nWhen asked what his English friends thought of the video, he replied: \u201cThey are no longer my mates.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cNah, just joking,\u201d he laughs. \u201cThey have found it funny. Hopefully everyone can see it&#8217;s not too serious. I mean, Dylan Hartley seems like a nice guy.\u201d<br \/>\nAsked about his predictions for the game, he is at least optimistic for Wales\u2019s chances.<br \/>\nHe predicted: \u201cWales by five, but only because England have been so unlucky with injuries. I fear the World Cup may be a different prospect altogether though.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Welsh\u00a0rugby fan\u2019s tongue-in-cheek video singing about his \u201chatred\u201d for English rugby has become an instant internet hit in the build-up to tonight\u2019s crunch match. Endaf Morgan, who lives in Cardiff but is originally from Tregaron, in mid Wales, says he made it out of boredom and never thought it would take off like it has. At time of writing the video has gained over 28,000 views He said: \u201cIt was a quiet weekend, as my girlfriend was working in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":3909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14],"tags":[1291,1642,2310,2311,154,2297,293,1528],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-longer-reads","tag-cardiff-2","tag-england","tag-humorous","tag-parody","tag-rugby-2","tag-union","tag-welsh","tag-youtube"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wales fan made viral hit over a &#039;quiet weekend&#039; - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/06\/wales-fan-made-viral-hit-over-a-quiet-weekend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wales fan made viral hit over a &#039;quiet weekend&#039; - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Welsh\u00a0rugby fan\u2019s tongue-in-cheek video singing about his \u201chatred\u201d for English rugby has become an instant internet hit in the build-up to tonight\u2019s crunch match. 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