American Reacts to Welsh National Anthem Just Before Wales Beat England 

There is nothing and i mean nothing like hearing the Welsh sing their anthem at a rugby match....and i say that, as others have i see, as an Englishman.

Fun fact our anthem "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" was the first national anthem to ever be sung at the start of a sporting event , In 1905, the Welsh national rugby team hosted New Zealand's first touring team, who started every match performing a haka. As a response, Wales player Teddy Morgan led the crowd singing the anthem , since then it's now common around the world for anthems to be sung at the start of sporting events.

That's what makes our anthem special, it's not about a person. It's not about a royal family like England. Our anthem is about the land, it's about the people, it's about every single Welsh person. And every Welsh person who hears that anthem is filled with pride and appreciation of our special, beautiful land. It's not an anthem it's pure spirit.

Not only did they all sing along, they did the last part in a complex _harmony_ - that's the Welsh!

As an Englishman, I have to tip my hat and say that this here is an awesome, and inspiring national anthem, and a simply spine tingling display of national fervour. It's no wonder they beat us that day...how could they lose with support like that?

I’m so proud to be Welsh. Our anthem and flag are the best in the world. Can’t help but sing along every time I hear it. The atmosphere in the stadium on match days is incomparable and yes everyone sings with their hearts. Cymru am Byth ( Wales for ever )❤❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The first time I went to see Wales play at the Millennium Stadium, my mate said to me up front; "Right - no crying during the national anthem you big fairy!" We sang our hearts out, then turned to look at each other - and we both had tears streaming down our faces! I burst out laughing and he went, "Alright, I know, I know..!" And it doesn't matter how many times you experience it, that surge of pride and emotion never diminishes. 😊

I'm English and the Welsh National Anthem being sang at a Welsh rugby is one of the most amazing things to witness/listen to.

Makes me proud to be Welsh. Dwi'n caru Cymru. Annibyniaeth I Gymru!

I'm a Scotsman and have to say I absolutely love listening to the Welsh when they sing their National Anthem. You can feel that pride and passion in it's rawest, best form.

👏👏👏 I’m English but that sends shivers down my spine. The English national anthem is nowhere near as emotional 👍

I am English, born in England. Yet, I lived in South Wales for five years as a child and Wales captured my heart forever. Now my granddaughter is born Welsh! How life moves in circles! I PROUDLY sing "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" with all my heart

I am English to the core and yet the Welsh Anthem sung by rugby fans like that gives me goosebumps and brings a tear in my eye. My Sister loved it so much it was played at her funeral.

Just listen to the Welsh crowd harmonise from 1.50 onwards ❤❤❤

I've had the pleasure, as a Welsh supporter based in England, of being in the stadium for the National Anthem and it's unbelievable. Your whole body feels the vibration, the atmosphere drills into your soul. Imagine being an opponent hearing that before a game. Also during the game the crowd will sing hymns (and arias, a little in joke for the supporters) even the building shakes. It's an amazing amphitheatre where at times you hear individual voices often making comical observations then almost spontaneously a song will start. The voices of Angels, even I sound good in there😂

Just reduces me to tears every time , if its Rugby or football , its passion love of our welsh country , one of the best national anthem

As you can probably tell by my name I'm Welsh. We do have a pride in our country, our language and culture. Maybe if you look up the history of Wales you might get some idea of why we feel so strongly and why we sing our national anthem with such feeling in our hearts xx

Its the best anthem and sang in the ancient language of Britain. The volume of sound in Cardiff with true love of country behind it has thousands of us in tears every single time. It's incredible . thank you for enjoying it too my friend. Cymru am Byth.

I’m a Welshman and this gave me tingles at the time and still does. This was for the championship and we won.

I'm English but I love the Welsh national anthem especially when sung at rugby or football matches.

Sometimes the fans sing a hymn in the stands in three part harmony. Now that is impressive.

Cymru am byth!! The whole country joins in, everyone in the stadium, at home, in pubs, on the street, the whole nation sings with them. Makes me so proud to be Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

As a Scotsman. That blew me away. This anthem, when sung in Wales is absolutely incredible. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Aged 4 moved to Wales, 1971, grew up on a small farm, going to a small village school. No football played it was Rugby all the way, no option. Was so blessed to Hear the Cardiff Arms Park in full glorious voice in the 70's. Just wish that you tube had a decent recording of it, you dont need pics, just listen

I`m English but nobody sings like the Welsh they have a beautiful singing voice.

I watched Cardiff City play away at Reading a few years ago & they had 3000 football fans there & they sang the Welsh national anthem it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up they were incredible

Proud to be Welsh, thank you for this reaction 🙏 xx

Thankyou for reacting to this video. I get very emotional every time I hear this anthem being sung before a rugby international match. I dare say that other people feel the same way about their own anthems. But this is my anthem. My country. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

I may be English but I love the Welsh, they’re so passionate. Beautiful country, hope to visit one day

I was there,I was singing and I will never forget the whole experience until the day I die..I am convinced the anthem lifted the team to victory before the kick off!

My father is Welsh & I grew up hearing that anthem each weekend when Wales played rugby. My father knows all the words.

Awesome, especially as even non Welsh speakers know the words and sing along. As part of the 5 nations, every second year they travel to Scotland, a pub full of drunk Scottish and Welsh rugby fans is an experience you'll never forget

I went to the Wales Vs France game and when the anthem started you don't take in how loud it is with everyone singing because we just sing our hearts out with so much passion and only focus on that so then to watch it back on TV and when you hear how loud it is I remember just thinking wow I didn't notice how loud everyone was singing the anthem. That's how it was for me anyway. Love our Welsh anthem and I am so proud to be Welsh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Thank you EB for reacting to my anthem, it’s worth looking up the meaning of the lyrics and maybe you can understand the pride we have as such a small nation. If I had to pick another anthem it would have to be Flower of Scotland, another kick ass anthem 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ahhhh this makes me smile! Cymru am byth 🙌🏾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

New Zealand has the Haka, we have our National Anthem

I too, am Welsh & live in South Australia. I remember about 23 years ago, the Treorchy Male Voice Choir came to Adelaide from Wales & sang at the Adelaide Festival Theatre. My wife, at the time (who is Australian) & I went. At the beginning of the program, everyone was standing up & sang the Australian National Anthem...sounded good, but at the end of the program, we were all up standing for the Welsh National Anthem. The atmosphere in the entire Festival Theatre, was so electrifying, it felt as though, it could lift the roof off. Mind you, throughout the entire program, I was singing along, so were most of the audience. My wife kept nudging me & telling me to shut up & listen. When I stopped, the guy sitting next to me, was nudging me & encouraging me to keep singing along. The best part was, when we got out into the foyer, the guy introduced himself to me & asked me, what Choir, was I in? I replied none, why? He said, "you have a great voice, here's the location & date of the next practice session for the Choir I'm in, love you to join". The look on my Wife's face, was priceless, to say the least.😅 Since then, I've been a member of a few Choirs & have conducted, a few times. For those who don't know, Wales, is often referred to as, "The Land of Song". 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Cymru Am Byth🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Singing the national anthem, the Welsh come out top by a long way, it really does send a shiver through you, even if you're not Welsh. The Scots also sing their anthem before a sporting event but not to the level of the Welsh

When Welsh lads get together to watch football and a song writer pops in ... worth listening to. ''Dafydd Iwan turns up at Wales World Cup party in Doha and sings Yma o Hyd''.

Alan, your spot on when you say it sounds like a hymn being sung in church, Wales was well known for its choral singing in a religious setting.

My heart swells when I hear it x I had the pleasure of accidentally being outside the stadium once back in the 80s x it was pure magic, be well x keep smiling.

Aussie here - that was amazing. I loved it. You could see the love of country. You should have a look at a NZ haka before a Rugby Union match. That will send shivers up your spine

Cymru Am Byth!

As a Welshman I appreciate your comments and respect given to our nation. I can assure you: singing the anthem in a crowd like this - which I have done many times in my 70 years! - is a profound experience. Thanks.

You nailed it in your summing up, very well done!. I’m English but it always sends goosebumps up my spine. I have since learned the words.

Check out the Scottish singing flower of Scotland Goosebumps 👍

If you haven't already reacted to the highlights from this game. I would highly recommend having a watch of it

As a Welshman, it's incredible how much pride this makes you feel, it's beautiful, never gets old.

Beautiful ! Genuine and from the heart ! Makes me proud. From Cardiff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ❤️

Cymru am Byth. Here as a welsh woman. This song rings true to my heart. Translates as ‘the land of my fathers’. Beautiful song and always sung with passion. Glad you enjoyed xxx

When the welsh sing like this, the whole country resonates.....Sends shivers down a persons spine.

My goosebumps have goosebumps. I'm English to the core but this is an amazingly patriotic anthem and the crowd always belts it out 👏 Da iawn, Cymru!

The best anthem and the best flag in the world....the people are pretty awesome too! And we all know how to sing our anthem in Welsh!

With hearts of dragons And the pride of lions Language of the gods Earth shakes and spirits lift up Sounds roar from WALES to Heaven! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ♥

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but the line of red you can see in the background is the men of The London Welsh Male Voice Choir who led the singing. I am proud to say that I was a member of that choir for 16 years and that day was one of the best. This performance from 2013 is widely regarded as the best rendering of the anthem - it is all over RU-vid. Rarely, in a big stadium, do you get the entire crowd, choir and players pretty much in sync, and this added to the effect and impact.

Wow as German I have to say this anthem, sung by the whole stadium in Cardiff, is so wonderful and full of energy, I got goosebumps and tears 👍 I wish I could experience it myself to be part in stadium, when the whole croud is singing. Respect to all Welsh people! 👍👍

As a Welsh man the goosebumps I get when I hear or sing our anthem is unreal. We are a proud little nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Thank you for your kind comment. I am a PROUD WELSHMAN and we love our city and our national anthem. Thank you for putting this view out to the world mate :)

I’m from Northern Ireland and I think this is a very beautiful anthem 😊

The Welsh Anthem, when sung in a packed out Principality Stadium with the roof closed is about as special as an anthem can get. I'd also recommend watching Ireland's anthems vs England at Croke Park in 2007, because the history behind it made it so much more impactful. Back in 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, English Soldiers stormed Croke Park during a Gaelic Football match and opened fire on the crowd. 14 were killed and 60-100 were injured. 87 years later, England were due to play Ireland at Croke Park for the first time since the massacre and everyone was unsure of how the English anthem would be received. Instead of booing or jeering, the Irish crowd remained silent and when their turn came, replied with a thunderous rendition of Amhrán na bhFiann and Ireland's Call. Ireland went on to hammer England 43-13 in a day of real pride

Being a proud Welshman and a patriotic rugby fan, I can honestly say that it's the greatest national anthem in the world! Every time you hear it you will hear the sincerity, the passion, the love for our country in every voice, and if you're in the stadium, it sends goosebumps all over your body! We're such a small country but regularly punch above our weight, and it's spurred on by a powerful hope and togetherness that encapsulates the whole nation, when Wales steps onto the pitch, be it rugby, soccer, whatever, that team knows that they have an entire country behind them that are proud of them regardless of the result. We won 30-3 that day, but regardless of the result, I love rugby for the fans too! Fans of both teams all sit mixed together, enjoying the game and the ups and downs together, and at the end of the match we all shake hands with respect! Soccer is disgusting in comparison. Anyway, I love this beautiful little nation, and you should all come sightseeing here, you will not be disappointed :) Cymru am byth 💖

Makes me a proud Welsh person to hear my national anthem sung, the Welsh have a passion like no other.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👌

We have another 'anthem' - Yma O'Hyd: it was written by Dafydd Iwan, who went to prison for fighting for the Welsh language...decades later, every child in Wales was singing his song for the World Cup in Qatar. Starts with a mention of the Romans leaving Britain, and is about us still existing as a nation all these centuries later ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-emPhXdwhQoE.html

Mae'r Calon Cymru yn Gryf! Diolch yn fawr Boio gyda Beard, we're a much smaller country than USA, we're smaller than England, but despite great efforts to quel it, the language has survived a ryn ni yma o hyd. Thank you for showing us to the world.

Thanks for showing that Alan. Lots of love from Wales ❤

It makes me so proud to be Welsh when I see this.Welsh passion is something to behold.

I went to a Welsh school in the valleys and first thing we learnt was the national anthem and so it may continue

If you ever get a chance to watch Wales play Rubgy, I highly recommend it. I took my Aussie wife once and she was completely blown away by the passion and Atmosphere!

I am English but this is my favourite national anthem . I always feel it and indeed the effect it has on many people is a kind of wonderful spirituality . It gets to a person's soul .

I am English through and through but wow this hits me in the gut every time I hear it - good on you boys wonderful.

Thank you for this review we are a small proud country and not many know we are the true Britains the first settlers there and our language and culture has endured

Dude, that's 70,000 people singing our anthem..thanks for appreciating it👍. I've been at a match, you don't just hear it, you feel it as well , there really is nothing like it.!

Am an English man . Boyyo u should be proud. Passion passion passion . No words best anthem in the world ❤

If people ever get the chance go see for yourselves at the stadium, it'll send tingles down your spine, it's not just the anthem throughout the match they sing, in a land that has had so much taken away from it they can't take away the singing.

You nailed that reaction in one, Alan. The emotion and power of such a stirring anthem is there for all to admire.. Check out Flower of Scotland and La Marseilles .. for similar reactions.

Been in that stadium on many occasions. Sung my athem everytime with tears streaming. ❤❤❤❤

We're a small country but a proud one

im welsh live in wales and love it,

Everybody in the stadium is singing. Apart from the away fans. It is the Principality stadium in Cardiff Wales. The home of Welsh Rugby. Us Welsh when we sing our national anthem we sing it from the hart and with pride. The stadium holds 74000 and it was where WWE held the Clash at the Castle PPV last year

As an English Midlander (Mercian) with a bit of Welsh on my fathers side… I am always moved by one of the BEST national anthems in the world. cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This is special to the Welsh perhaps because rugby is in the blood of Welsh people but also for a small country such a passionate National anthem brings the people closer to their roots.I have some Welsh stock in that my mothers maiden name was Davis with a Welsh uncle and to be honest this is my favourite anthem even above my own English national anthem.

Look at their faces; they are singing with all their heart and souls.

As an American of Welsh descent thank you for posting this and thanks as well for appreciating it.

My mother was the most wonderful Welsh lady I could have ever been lucky enough to have. Yes the Welsh are very proud and wonderful singers!

For a crowd to sound like that, you must be able to sing well. The Welsh truly can. I also like English football fans singing. Eg Liverpool supporters...You'll never walk alone. ❤

we are known for our singing. a couple of facts of interest: Wales rugby teem was the first team to ever sing our national anthem before an international match. it was done to reply to the New Zealand's Haka. also, the present Welsh rugby stadium is the favourite for players all over the world. it's has a roof that can be closed. the whole thing is so compact, and the crowd is so near to the action, that the atmosphere is like nowhere else

As an Englishman, I cannot believe that is one of the most powerful anthem's I've ever heard. I reckon you could sing it from deep in the Welsh Valleys and people in the city could sing back

It’s absolutely spine tingling when you’re there and 60,000 are singing

There is a tradition in Wales of supporting anyone but England, regardless of who it is. Just for fun of course... During the Euro 2016 football tournament England had a game against Iceland. In the UK there just happens to be a supermarket chain that's also called Iceland. I'll never forget everyone sitting in the pub watching that match wearing Iceland shopping bags as vests. Like any decent bunch of patriotic Welshmen would. 🤣🤣

Makes me a little emotional, seeing people from my grandfather's country, singing Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.

As a Welsh man, I come back to this every year, fills me with such pride, when you play Wales you don't just play the team, you play the country, the land of poet and song, happy St David's day my Welshmen. Cymru am byth!

As a Welsh woman. Thank you for the amazing coronation. It was stunning. I watched it on my tv..Wait until you get to Wales for the rugby. The welcome will be in the hillside.. Love from Wales.

Sound proud to say I'm Welsh this will always make me cry

That's not just singing, that's a 70,000 (maybe more) strong choir, all in time, all in tune, incredible! Are you watching Gareth Malone? I'm English but it brings a tear to my eye every time I watch it.

As the daughter of a Welsh man and having been to many internationals at the Millennium Stadium / Principality, it is the most moving experience ever, I struggle to sing it without tears. Cymru Am Byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

Welsh and proud! Our anthem is epic! Goosebumps listening to this... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

There seems to be something moving in many if not all national anthems as sung before international rugby matches, with huge participation by the spectators, especially for the home side. Many of them seem to be a musical reflection of the character of a nation.

Welsh myself, but not a rugby fan...but whenever I see my country play rugby I try my best to watch this...

It pained me at the time and still does. No team in the world could have beaten them after that sound.

I am Welsh and I think that you have got it spot on. I live in England and yet I am brought to tears as I sing along to the tv rendition, all alone by myself, I remember home ... the feeling is called Hiraeth. I don't know why The Welsh in America are so unknown, The Scots and Irish are well known, the English are colonial people, some how we have slipped under the radar. The English, today, are our Best Friends, but we don't tell them that in case it goes to their head in their normal superior manner. We sing our Anthem because we were here before the Roman's let alone the English :-) Imagine if Sitting Bull's people were still ranting against Custer 2000 years later ... well that is how we sing our song before 'playing' England :-) x