Quote rhinosgirl="rhinosgirl"You know something - I find the professed hatred of other rugby league clubs - to the extent where you would rather a foreign team win than a club from your own country pretty sad to be honest.
I am a Rhinos fan through and through - but if Saints, Hull, Bradford et al were in teh WCC I would be supporting them without a doubt over the Aussie team.
Rivalry for rivalry's sake and the whole "we all hate Leeds" mindset is just ridiculous to be honest. And smacks of jealousy through and through'"
Actually, I enjoy it with smug self-satisfaction.
I remember a time when Leeds wasn't 'hated' and was the object of hilarity for fans of many other teams (although in truth, we've been hated by many of the envious 'pit village' teams regardless of the state of our club).
Just take Cas and their annual cup final against Leeds. To most of 'em, they don't care what happens the rest of the season, as long as they give us a run for their money, when frankly they should really be asking their own team that if they can turn it on against one side in the competition, why are they being short-changed when they don't put the same effort in against the rest ? Indeed, there are a couple of clubs close to Leeds could do with channeling their 'hatred' in to securing their club's future in Super League or risk being bitter, but inconsequential like Hunslet.
By being 'hated', it actually means we're a major force in the game and a genuine threat of win silverware. Just in the same way that you don't boo the opposition's cr*p players ....
Keep hating folks, it does our collective ego no harm at all.