After the Hong Kong rugby team played the wrong national anthem during the second leg of the "Asian Rugby Sevens Series" in South Korea earlier, and the organizer wrongly broadcast the Chinese national anthem "Glory to Hong Kong", it was revealed that the mistake had already been made. In the footage of the Rugby World Cup last Sunday (November 6), the title of the Hong Kong national anthem was wrongly written in the subtitles as "Glory to Hong Kong".
The Hong Kong Rugby Union announced again today (19th) that when reviewing clips of past international matches, the Hong Kong Rugby Union has now confirmed that the broadcast production staff of the International Rugby Council will be on July 23 this year for the 2023 Rugby The same wrong subtitle was used in the Hong Kong-Tonga World Cup qualifier.
Some netizens discovered that in a news agency Rubgy Pass's highlight clip of the "15-a-side Rugby World Cup Qualifier International Relics Match" between Hong Kong and Portugal, when the Chinese national anthem was played, the English subtitle that popped up in the video was mistakenly written as "GLORY TO HONG KONG NATIONAL ANTHEM OF HONG KONG" "Glory to Hong Kong".
The Hong Kong Rugby Union responded today that, as seen in the clip, the Hong Kong men's team sang the Chinese national anthem "March of the Volunteers". into subtitles.
After being informed of this incident, the Rugby Federation immediately made an inquiry to the International Rugby Council, and the International Rugby Council replied the next day, explaining that it was a mistake by the "image operator".
International Rugby has apologized to HKRU for the error and is attempting to correct it in its on-demand video and other video releases.
The Hong Kong Rugby Union will update at 4 pm today. When looking at the clips of past international matches, the Hong Kong Rugby Union has confirmed that the broadcast production staff of the International Rugby Council will be on the 23rd of July this year for the 2023 Rugby World Cup In the Hong Kong-Tonga qualifying match, the same wrong subtitle was used.