Rugby fan stereotypes *** Mod Note in Post 7 ***

Kid Twist

What are the ones that really annoy you?

Just interested to hear

Dravokivich

DFORE, Privot Eduuucaaaaaashun, Dockthor, Prawn Sangwhiches.

Fishooks13

This will go well

Lad Of Banter

macmurchu

The Leinster 'supporters' who wear scarves & tweed jackets to games for their point of Hoyno. Any other team or club and they have a team jersey or jacket on. Look at Thomond Park and Ravenhill on matchday

cormacjones

macmurchu wrote: »

The Leinster 'supporters' who wear scarves & tweed jackets to games for their point of Hoyno. Any other team or club and they have a team jersey or jacket on. Look at Thomond Park and Ravenhill on matchday

I agree. I hate that stereotype too......

Clareman

Oh wow, what a thread to have to try to keep an eye on just before the last 2 rounds of the HEC, I'd like to think that common sense/cop on would prevail, but unfortunately this hasn't always happened in the past so I better put up a warning.

This is a "generalisation" thread where people can poke fun at themselves, any trolling to try to wind up other sets of supporters will lead to a ban.

Fishooks13

As a Munster fan I have to say that I hate "Stand up and Fight"

LeinsterDub

Shushing kicks......... in the poxy pub

Otacon

TBH I hate the general stereotype that because I'm a rugby supporter, I'm some sort of sporting elitist, thinking that other sports are somehow beneath me and not worth the time of day.

I watch football, hurling, soccer... even darts!

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Shushing kicks......... in the poxy pub

I have no time for people shushing before kicks period. I keep my own mouth shut as a choice but I don't try to force that on others.

Teferi

macmurchu wrote: »

The Leinster 'supporters' who wear scarves & tweed jackets to games for their point of Hoyno. Any other team or club and they have a team jersey or jacket on. Look at Thomond Park and Ravenhill on matchday

Being the affluent Leinster fan I am I often only wear my Leinster Supporters Club scarf along with my shooting jacket to games because it get's awfully cold in the RDS but mainly because I'm off to Krystle to score some models after.

Don't worry though, I help the commoners out. I throw 50e notes out of my car on the way to the match when I'm driving through the less fortunate areas like Terenure.

I can only assume that Ulster fans wear full battle garb because it's some sort of Protestant tradition.

And Munster fans? Well, there is no accounting for muckers really, is there?

blindsider

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Shushing kicks......... in the poxy pub

I used to think it was funny - then I noticed people were taking it seriously - very seriously!

I switched pubs....the 1st time it happened in the new place, the owner said really loudly "HE CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!" just as the kick was being taken - he scored - we all laughed - no-one's done it since!

Teferi

Otacon wrote: »

TBH I hate the general stereotype that because I'm a rugby supporter, I'm some sort of sporting elitist, thinking that other sports are somehow beneath me and not worth the time of day.

I watch football, hurling, soccer... even darts!

You mean they aren't?

Teferi

Anyone who doesn't follow Ross O'Carroll Kelly on Twitter is missing a trick. Come game day my whole feed is just RT's of him. Paul Howard is a gas man altogether.

Otacon

Teferi wrote: »

You mean they aren't?

CatFromHue

macmurchu wrote: »

The Leinster 'supporters' who wear scarves & tweed jackets to games for their point of Hoyno. Any other team or club and they have a team jersey or jacket on. Look at Thomond Park and Ravenhill on matchday

I was down in Thomond for a Leinster v Munster game a few years a go and a guy was wearing this with the elbow patches and a flat cap shooting hat. It was gas, he was doing it as a joke as he and his mates were on the piss.

andrewdcs

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Shushing kicks......... in the poxy pub

I just blew coffee out my nose reading this.


Edit: Just to clarify, you HAVE to be silent for kicks, you'd put the guy off if you kept up your conversation.

hardCopy

Wax jackets and wax cowboy hats in the old West Stand, bring the wife along in her fur finery and refuse to move for a Mexican wave.

Seriously though, wtf is up with those wax cowboy hats?

Robbo

Middle aged men, dosed up on the hip flask, telling all and sundry of the many great games they've been to since the dawn of history. Yet somehow for all of their vast viewing experience, they seem to be about 10 years behind the latest rule changes.

They don't let this stop them calling for all kinds of deprecated offences. You'd even think they view 5 points for a try as some form of witchcraft.

irishbucsfan

I just dislike anyone who likes any other sport. Because I'm a rugby fan which automatically makes me richer, smarter and better looking than anyone else.

JustinDee

I can't stand the 'expert' in the stands. They tend to have not one jot of a clue of the laws of the game and make a complete fool of themselves with every subsequent comment they yell out. Obviously clueless on what the word ADVANTAGE entails too.

Also the idiot who arrives late, spends entire game running back and forward to pub or toilets, then leaves early.

Drunk Kiwis doing the umpteenth Haka. Good fun at first but feck me, wears well thin later on . . .

The worst kind of supporter, in my view anyway, is the ultra-tribalist who takes the game far too seriously than they should do. Abuse of officials, players or other spectators not very endearing. I actually saw two buttnuggets have a cut at each other at the Leinster v Munster game in Croke Park in 2009. Might have been funny if there weren't kids about. They were promptly ejected from arena.

You will find the above at any professional game.

witchgirl26

I really hate the idea that as a girl, you must be at a match with a man. Eh no.

I once went by myself as my sister (who I go to Leinster matches with) was sick. The looks of "but where is your man who dragged you here" were a little annoying after a while.

Also the idea that if you are a female Leinster supporter, you probably wear Uggs and have a big D4 head on you. Also a no on that front. Oh & I'm also not only there to perv on the players.....that's just a happy bonus

JustinDee

hardCopy wrote: »

Wax jackets and wax cowboy hats in the old West Stand, bring the wife along in her fur finery and refuse to move for a Mexican wave.

Seriously though, wtf is up with those wax cowboy hats?

They're called Akubra. They're an Aussie hat.
You just reminded me of the Mexican Wave there. I steadfastly object to it while there's a game going on. Spur team on. Don't air your pits.

who_me

"Offside!" "At it all day, ref!" "Linesman, are ye blind?!?" "Go 'way and get yer hair cut!"

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Dodge

The guy in the fecking Aviva Insurance ad. I hate him, the actor involved and now the company because of this ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTHeu_9gI-s

justsomebloke

macmurchu wrote: »

The Leinster 'supporters' who wear scarves & tweed jackets to games for their point of Hoyno

The worst thing about this is that the poxy branch keep on giving us F'in scarves every year in our supports pack! Way to help kill the stereotype Leinster Rugby:D


I WANT A HAT NEXT YEAR LEINSTER

irishbucsfan

JustinDee wrote: »

I can't stand the 'expert' in the stands. They tend to have not one jot of a clue of the laws of the game and make a complete fool of themselves with every subsequent comment they yell out. Obviously clueless on what the word ADVANTAGE entails too.

It's not just their wild opinions on the laws, but also sometimes just insane tactical "expertise" that they are explaining to everyone around them (who will listen).

It ruins games for me when I'm sat or stood near one of these experts. I can ignore pretty much anything else.

EDIT: My current greatest bugbear is the Neo-Schmidtites who think any form of kicking of the ball at any time is a mistake that should be punishable by death.

andrewdcs

"Rugby fans are all posh / rich / arrogant / to cool to clap / wannabes /too old to care etc."

I happen to tick all of those boxes (roysh!) but 90% of the fans you meet all over Europe ((hidden meaning... I can afford to travel cos I'm so arrogant rich)) do not. (eh.... hence it being a stereotype!)

It's them I'm hurting, with my sports jacket and tie of many colours, and hip flask, flamboyant hair, hunter boots at Twickeham etcetera. But then again I don't care, arrogance is a shield yo!

Joking aside, most sports would kill (the violent racist hooligans that they are, I'm looking at you tabletennis!) for the kinds of stereotyping Rugby fans are subject to. All the integrated seating, family groups, friendly if a bit drunk and OTT sometimes 'banter'...

Teferi

JustinDee wrote: »

I can't stand the 'expert' in the stands. They tend to have not one jot of a clue of the laws of the game and make a complete fool of themselves with every subsequent comment they yell out. Obviously clueless on what the word ADVANTAGE entails too.

Had this very same guy in one of the stand in the last Leinster match. Kept slagging off Boss for some reason. Mad, since he is on a decent bit of form.

irishbucsfan

andrewdcs wrote: »

I happen to tick all of those boxes (roysh!) but 90% of the fans you meet all over Europe ((hidden meaning... I can afford to travel cos I'm so arrogant rich)) do not. (eh.... hence it being a stereotype!)

Most soccer fans can only afford a single set of parentheses.

andrewdcs

who_me wrote: »

"Offside!" "At it all day, ref!" "Linesman, are ye blind?!?" "Go 'way and get yer hair cut!"

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

guiltyaschargedyourhonour...

hardCopy

JustinDee wrote: »

They're called Akubra. They're an Aussie hat.
You just reminded me of the Mexican Wave there. I steadfastly object to it while there's a game going on. Spur team on. Don't air your pits.

As someone who's rugby education took place on the schoolboy terrace in the late 90's, the Mexican Wave was often the highlight of the afternoon (that and throwing rolls of toilet paper down onto the South Terrace).

awec

My da has one of them wax cowboy hats. He looks like a right mug when he wears it.

But he's a golfer, not a rugby man.

desertcircus

Guilty of wearing a coat over my Leinster jersey, but for some of us that's less braying South Dublin stereotype (I've been drinking in Leeson Street once in my life) and more the fact that we need a good coat to wear to work and can't really afford a Leinster one as well...

who_me

andrewdcs wrote: »

guiltyaschargedyourhonour...

To be honest, I tend to get my spoke in too... it's mostly annoying when the guy is shouting all game without stop, or is yelling at the ref/assistant referee when he himself is wrong.

pickarooney

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Most soccer fans can only afford a single set of parentheses.

Those ones are grandparentheses.

JustinDee

desertcircus wrote: »

Guilty of wearing a coat over my Leinster jersey, but for some of us that's less braying South Dublin stereotype (I've been drinking in Leeson Street once in my life) and more the fact that we need a good coat to wear to work and can't really afford a Leinster one as well...

For those out there who think Leinster is all about South Dublin or "D4", they should take a trip on match day to Connolly and Heuston stations and see for themselves the huge numbers who go to a match from well outside of the city in all directions.

JustinDee

who_me wrote: »

it's mostly annoying when the guy is shouting all game without stop, or is yelling at the ref/assistant referee when he himself is wrong.

Those guys will have a nr 11 or 14 on their back and are called wingers ...

durkadurka

who_me wrote: »

"Offside!" "At it all day, ref!" "Linesman, are ye blind?!?" "Go 'way and get yer hair cut!"

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Or the smartarse who knows all the rules and isn't quiet about it.

Almaviva

Teferi wrote: »

Being the affluent Leinster fan I am I often only wear my Leinster Supporters Club scarf along with my shooting jacket to games because it get's awfully cold in the RDS but mainly because I'm off to Krystle to score some models after.

Don't worry though, I help the commoners out. I throw 50e notes out of my car on the way to the match when I'm driving through the less fortunate areas like Terenure.

I can only assume that Ulster fans wear full battle garb because it's some sort of Protestant tradition.

And Munster fans? Well, there is no accounting for muckers really, is there?

Is your Daddy a portnor in KPMGeee ?

ssaye

Almaviva wrote: »

Is your Daddy a portnor in KPMGeee ?

500k PA mickey mouse money.

Let me tell you something having 3 houses on that salary is difficult, you try it sometime

Padraig Flynn Late Late Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ORNfD8e_sk

:pac:

P.Walnuts

I did see Leinster fan the day of the Clemont game in Ranelagh wearing his Leinster jersey over a long sleeved pink shirt.....with the collar up.

Outrageous.

ssaye

P.Walnuts wrote: »

I did see Leinster fan the day of the Clemont game in Ranelagh wearing his Leinster jersey over a long sleeved pink shirt.....with the collar up.

Outrageous.

Outrageously awesome*






*You thought this was a disclaimer, well its not

molloyjh

witchgirl26 wrote: »

I really hate the idea that as a girl, you must be at a match with a man. Eh no.

I once went by myself as my sister (who I go to Leinster matches with) was sick. The looks of "but where is your man who dragged you here" were a little annoying after a while.

Also the idea that if you are a female Leinster supporter, you probably wear Uggs and have a big D4 head on you. Also a no on that front. Oh & I'm also not only there to perv on the players.....that's just a happy bonus

I go to the games with a fairly big bunch, including 2 of my sisters, the OH and a couple of female mates. Having seen guys treat them like that I've started finding it really annoying too. Was chatting to a Cardiff fan after the game in the RDS in October and he pretty much ignored anything the girls had to say to him and directed most of the conversation directly at me. It was incredibly rude. And daft seeing as my sisters actually know what they're on about and have been going to the games longer than I have.

Rugby stereotypes are great for a bit of banter. I've no issue with a Munster man calling me a D4 head "loike" when it's done in a bit of good humour and I can give him a bit of stick back, laugh it off and move on. We need to be able to laugh at ourselves a bit and not take ourselves too seriously. That applies to more than just rugby. Stereotypes only get annoying when someone actually believes them and uses them to abuse others. In which case I think all stereotypes are annoying. So it's more to do with the use of the stereotype than the actual stereotype itself IMO.

Grimebox

I believed a stereotype that regular posters on this forum could not go long without deriving to petty insults, this thread has proved me utterly wrong. It is suggesting to insult each other from the get-go but somehow its the funniest thing I've read here in a long time, three pages already!

Blatant unwavering tribalism irritates me. Some people can't admit when their team ****ed up and it was their own fault, it must have been the ref's fault or the ref favouring the other team.

Also the assumption that since I have a south dublin accent, I am Ross O' Carroll Kelly

dtpc191991

I hate the stereotype that states Ireland are incapable of playing unless BOD's on the pitch.

who_me

JustinDee wrote: »

Those guys will have a nr 11 or 14 on their back and are called wingers ...

"Winger"? Not a phrase I'm familiar with here in Munster, do u mean "ballboy"?

porterbelly

The Munster choir is very cringe and all that pride and stand up and fight craic.

Has been done to the death now

Fishooks13

porterbelly wrote: »

The Munster choir is very cringe and all that pride and stand up and fight craic.

Has been done to the death now

I'd agree. Kind of drains the atmosphere out of Thomond too. Especially during rabo games

Teferi

Almaviva wrote: »

Is your Daddy a portnor in KPMGeee ?

Not only is my auld lad a partner in KPMG, he is the highest paid partner in KPMG!

ssaye

Teferi wrote: »

Not only is my auld lad a partner in KPMG, he is the highest paid partner in KMPG!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMPG

Nice one