Please dont confuse rugby fans with football fans. While rugby may be a hard game, the behaviour of both players and fans of any nation is exemplary compared to those involved with 'the beautiful game'???? I think the behaviour of rugby fans, especially at internationals, with both sets of fans usually in the same pubs, is a great advert for the game. As for football fans......as soon as the colours appear, they start knocking seven bells out of each other.
Have to agree,Rugby is a different game altogether.Players and fans all get on well.Yes ,there is the usual banter about Scotland and England.I think some of the comments are based on what some people expect rather what they actually see...
As for Football I find it quite amusing considering English clubs abroad have a terrible reputation,where as Scottish teams and especially the National team are generally well behaved and made welcome by the host country.
I can't remember the exact year but I was working in the Dunfermline area 10-15 years ago when english football hooligans started throwing seats on to the pitch against Ireland.
I was in a sports type bar watching the game with 2 other english work colleagues, we watched and discussed the game and what happened with scotsmen in the bar.
I can say hand on heart that there was no animosity towards us at all and if there was any ill feeling it was from all of us in general against hooligans of any nation.
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