Quote photographer="photographer"I was thinking of taking some friends of mine, with their children, to the next game. They've never seen a live rugby match before. I'm afraid that, after reading this thread, I've decided not to do that. Too many posters are condoning this behaviour.'"
I went to the Crusaders game with family (and children) who don't usually go to games. We sat in the front of the main stand and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The only foul language that was particularly objectionable came from a lad of about 12 - who was sat with an adult who simply ignored his comments (much to the amusement of our kids and annoyance of the adults). While I can see the points being made about the stewards (and perhaps the club's) indifference to this - we all have a role to play if the bad language is in our group (I had an opinionated, voiciferous 18-year old son as part of our group - he's loud and can be objectionable but knows that there are limits to what is acceptable)