The Tragically Hip guitarist Rob Baker has added his voice to those behind the Canadian women’s rugby team with a message of support Friday on the eve of the Rugby World Cup final against host England.

The band has already done its bit to help by teaming up with Rugby Canada on a Tragically Hip T-shirts and rugby jersey.

In a minute-long social media video released by Rugby Canada, Baker playfully refers to the top-ranked England Red Roses as “our colonial overlords.”

“England is ranked No. 1 in the world and Canada is ranked No. 2,” Baker said in the video, with the Hip’s “Fifty-Mission Cap” playing in the background.

“Sadly the Canadian team is so badly underfunded we have paired with them to put out a shirt to alleviate some of their funding issues,” he continued. “But for every dol

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