Rugby fan stereotypes * Mod Note in Post 7 *

hardCopy · 10-01-2013 01:39PM

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 · 10-01-2013 01:40PM

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 · 10-01-2013 01:42PM

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 · 10-01-2013 01:42PM

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 · 10-01-2013 01:47PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

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

Those ones are grandparentheses.

JustinDee · 10-01-2013 01:48PM

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 · 10-01-2013 01:49PM

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 · 10-01-2013 01:54PM

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 · 10-01-2013 02:03PM

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 · 10-01-2013 02:16PM

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 · 10-01-2013 02:22PM

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 · 10-01-2013 02:27PM

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 · 10-01-2013 02:35PM

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 · 10-01-2013 03:13PM

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 · 10-01-2013 03:20PM

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

who_me · 10-01-2013 03:23PM

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 · 10-01-2013 03:42PM

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

Has been done to the death now

Fishooks13 · 10-01-2013 03:44PM

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 · 10-01-2013 04:04PM

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 · 10-01-2013 04:08PM

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

Squ · 10-01-2013 04:12PM

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?

Watch the connaught lads go mental cause you didn't slag them!!

Teferi · 10-01-2013 04:27PM

Squ wrote: »

Watch the connaught lads go mental cause you didn't slag them!!

I only slag rich provinces

Robbo · 10-01-2013 04:33PM

Squ wrote: »

Watch the connaught lads go mental cause you didn't slag them!!

We deserve to be told our place by our betters, for they know best and have over a decade of sacred tradition.

errlloyd · 10-01-2013 04:39PM

molloyjh wrote: »

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.

Yeah women and rugby stereotype is pretty unfair, my sister is an avid Leinster and Ireland fan easily makes more games than I do and usually goes with a group of girls. I guess it can all be tied into "lad culture" around Leinster.

I think in general though I am beginning to see more female supporters around the ground.

I like the way this thread meandered into being a pretty much entirely Leinster thread.

Fishooks13 · 10-01-2013 04:44PM

errlloyd wrote: »

Yeah women and rugby stereotype is pretty unfair, my sister is an avid Leinster and Ireland fan easily makes more games than I do and usually goes with a group of girls. I guess it can all be tied into "lad culture" around Leinster.

I think in general though I am beginning to see more female supporters around the ground.

I like the way this thread meandered into being a pretty much entirely Leinster thread.

It's mostly Leinster fans lampooning themselves in fairness!

desertcircus · 10-01-2013 04:47PM

The stereotype that really grinds my gears is the "Heino" aspect of the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly caricature. Heineken is ridiculously bland and boring as beer goes. Would that Paul Howard had joked about pints of Paulaner or Trappist beer.

Sindri · 10-01-2013 05:02PM

desertcircus wrote: »

The stereotype that really grinds my gears is the "Heino" aspect of the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly caricature. Heineken is ridiculously bland and boring as beer goes. Would that Paul Howard had joked about pints of Paulaner or Trappist beer.

Do you know the definition of irony?

Hidalgo · 10-01-2013 05:03PM

Personally, I just like to shout random rule infringes an instructions in the pub.

Clear out the ruck
Out on the full
Offside
Crossing

The fact that I may not know what I'm shouting about is of no importance.

Sometimes, I like to educate those around me on the above in a manner that assumes I've played and watched rugby all my life
long before the Heino cup like

Teferi · 10-01-2013 05:04PM

Hidalgo wrote: »

like

*loike

FTFY

JustinDee · 10-01-2013 05:12PM

Fishooks13 wrote: »

It's mostly Leinster fans lampooning themselves in fairness!

The other stereotypes are just as entertaining such as the eternal victim, the 'independent', the angry fella etc.

Somebody I know had to write Thomond Park - The home of Irish rugby on his Facebook page, for example, as he lost a bet. I like to remind Limerick rugby folk that there's a reason they wear red . . . then I go get my coat.

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