It's not just in rugby:Cap'n Grumpy wrote:I used to go to Dublin regularly for these fixtures but haven't been for a few years now. I haven't travelled to any away matches for I think 3 years now for personal and health reasons but I had stopped going to RDS before I stopped going elsewhere.Dublin4 wrote:I was disappointed to see so few Ulster fans in the crowd on Saturday.
There's usually a good number down for this fixture, regardless of how many reserves are playing for the two sides.
Maybe it's the sterling rate being affected by Brexit.
I always enjoyed my trips to Thomond in Limerick, The Sports Ground in Galway and even Donkeybrook in Dublin. Great fans in all and enjoyed the atmosphere win, lose or draw at all three. That even despite being threatened with a knife in Thomond. Steriotypical, I know, but it did happen. It was Munster Supporters though who stepped in and literaly saved me from a probably hospital trip instead of a rugby match. Any reason not then to like Munster proper fans? No, I thought not. There are eejits who let the side down everywhere - including Ulster.
Sadly though, with increased success and the move to larger capacity at the RDS, Leinster now have far more of their fair share of what I can only call just nasty, ignorant, patronising, rude snide supporters who just suck all enjoyment out of any rugby match and any trip to Dublin. I have enjoyed banter and fun with supporters in Galway and Limerick, irrespective of the result of the match, so no one tell me I'm just a bad loser. I'll tell you, I've had plenty of practice and am actually a very good loser.
I used to get the same enjoyment at Donkeybrook (and yes,the fans there didn't mind the name change anymore that I minded what they said in return - there was mutual respect), and even in the early days at RDS, but by heaven have Leinster fans sucked all enjoyment out of any trip to Dublin now. The team and the losses have nothing to to with it, it is 100% down to the blue-shirts watching in the stadium, not the ones playing.
If that's harsh, tough. It is how I genuinely feel and how I felt I have been treated by the Leinster supporting public. There used to be good grace shown by supporters whether winning or losing, and most sets of supporters retain that, but Leinster ones have lost it some time ago.
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Might be 'capital city syndrome' or maybe just success breeding a sense of superiority. Not pleasant whatever the cause.