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[HammerTime]

Most depressing thing on an otherwise great night...

Car parks beside me before the match....Northern reg. While i'm getting myself sorted, 4 people get out, all northern accents, laughing/joking....but fully bedecked in Leinster gear, coats/hats/scarves.

How sad that in this day and age some people can't bring themselves to have anything to do with their own Province. Most of us are Ireland supporters up here. Our local players all dream of pulling on the Ireland shirt. What is the problem?! Cos I can't see much of a problem at our end.

[BaggyTrousers]

Just remember Hammer, one man's sad basterds is another man's "oh look, glory hunters, bet their kids wear Man City shirts".

No point in going all fleg's & anfums, shout "up their collective holes" and forget them.

[big mervyn]

Bit of an anomaly and a non story I'd say.

If it was a purely political angle you'd be slightly surprised at them latching on to a bunch of D4 West Brits.

Maybe they were border county Mexicans.

Maybe they were the types who support Man U and Liverpool in Engerland - probably see a bit more of that in the future. There's probably a Toulon fan club being formented as I type

[solidarity]

I don't get it either, Hammer. A couple of years ago at the corresponding fixture, in the usual casual conversation with visiting fans, I asked two Leinster supporters about their journey up. They said they'd come from Derry. As they were young lads I asked if they were studying at Magee. They told me they lived there. Is Leinster the new Man. United, with supporters everywhere? That's the 'least worst' interpretation I can think of!

[mid ulster maestro]

Let me ask you this HT. If you were working and living in Limerick, would you roll up to a match at Thomond in your southern reg Ford in your Ulster gear. Thought so. Nothing to be made of this. Move on.

[MCBwinwinwin]

Lads, I'm pretty sure that most people who don't support Ulster because for the political reasons wouldn't be seen dead at Ravenhill. The sound like glory hunters who will probably be wearing Toulon shirts next week and maybe even Ulster ones come the end of May.


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[Rooster]

Hang on a minute there are southern registered cars that appear full of fans dressed in Ulster shirts and some of them live in Leinster and work there also, there are also Munster exiles who live up here that support Ulster as well.

[scrum5]

The only thing SAD is this non thread.....

[mikerob]

The aMOCalypse will reduce the number of blue glory hunters, I think. Leinster will always be competitive but I can see a number of silverware-less years when they are "in transition".

[Alister Scott]

Maybe the mods can merge this thread with THIS ONE, and the rest of us can just ignore it ?

[Cornerfleg]

After a truly monumental match, one of the best I've seen, the best atmosphere at Ravenhill for many a time, a few handshakes with some solid Leinster fans, a match were players like hendo left nothing in the pitch...

What is really sad is this ballix and the Darse ballix...

Plenty of positives to talk about and enjoy guys... Come on, we're better than this shyte!

[BaggyTrousers]

Maybe the mods can merge this thread with THIS ONE, and the rest of us can just ignore it ?

Feck off Scott, I like that other thread, don't need this fouling it up.

That John Dawes was some player mind you.

[CIMANFOREVER]

Most depressing thing on an otherwise great night...

Car parks beside me before the match....Northern reg. While i'm getting myself sorted, 4 people get out, all northern accents, laughing/joking....but fully bedecked in Leinster gear, coats/hats/scarves.

How sad that in this day and age some people can't bring themselves to have anything to do with their own Province. Most of us are Ireland supporters up here. Our local players all dream of pulling on the Ireland shirt. What is the problem?! Cos I can't see much of a problem at our end.

There was one in a chippy on the Antrim road last night on his way home too. Got a "look", Coincidence....?
You can guess the reason, see also "GAA"....

[justinr73]

4 more who got away were sat in the Black Horse in Preston yesterday for the other big sporting event of the weekend.

No doubt Joe Garner's hat trick would have sent them back to NI happy.

I couldn't say much too them cos we were trying to avoid the Ulster score a la Bob and Terry from the Likely Lads. Unfortunately my Dad subsequently blurted out the result!

[Borderlord]

Sad indeed.

Sad that after lurking here for a long while that this is my first post here.

I'm from the border area and have been going to Ravenhill to support Ulster for three seasons now, and am nearing the end of my first year as a season ticket holder. I love it, the game, the atmosphere and the people. I have renewed my season ticket again for next year.

On Friday night I landed up to Belfast for the match with some friends. My wife was with me along with two lads from Dublin, one a native of Monaghan who was supporting Ulster and the other a dyed in the wool Leinster man. Both were on their first visit to Ravenhill. In the bar we met up with my usual game night company, one of my best mates who is from Ballymena and the craic was mighty.

Imagine how we felt, standing on the East Terrace, enjoying the match and the banter hearing a fellow "supporter" behind us guldering about "f**king southern scumbags". Not very nice at all and totally alien to everything I know and have experienced about rugby and it's people.

I brought it to the attention of one of the crowd control lads who must have told his superior as pretty soon the offending person was spoken to about his conduct. I will also be following it up with an email to UR with photographs of the person.

My, rather long winded, point is that you can't judge by the jersey worn the sort of person within the jersey, there are some pretty choice specimens about evidently.