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disagree Listy. Yes, there are pockets of Hooray Henrys and especially in the quartered jersey, but in the majority, they are usually just fans of their game and they don't understand League. I have never had trouble with Union fans.......but each to their own.

The stuck up ,Pimms glugging, hooray -henry types are a pre- concieved stereo typical cartoon-like notion that should be dispelled...The ones that I,ve encountered and had a drink and a bit of banter with (generally speaking) have all been good company and enjoyed the buzz of our game...I hope other double headers involving the RU side of things happen again next year..Of course there are a few blinkered ones who think we are the lowest of the low and behave like s..but to be fair..we have the odd 1 or 2 who attend just our games....

They don't understand League because of their arrogance/ignorance towards the game. Therefore I want nothing to do with them. I haven't had any trouble with them either, doesn't mean I would spend any time talking to one though.

I have more respect for those who watch Union and League than anyone who supports our club, and I believe several posters on these boards fall into that category. A fantastic effort. I really couldn't do it. The types that will sneer at our sport are well in the majority IMO, contrary to GF's opinion. My personal experience, those who attend games of RU are generally idiots. Those who enjoy the sport but don't have any club affiliation tend to be far more open minded about things.

So far wrong it's laughable.

Club supporters of any sporting club have an affiliation generally to the club and the sport, if you want to see the closest thing to the OP's stereotypical Union supporter the West Car Park at Twickenham on International game day is the place to be, and none of them will be wearing club colours, and pretty much most of them will not go week in week out to a club game, for them it's the social occasion, corporate networking event in the same diary as Ascot, Henly, Guards club etc. Some Quins supporters will fall into both catagories for sure, but don't damn the whole lot of them.

Its a shame that London Irish are not down the road in Sunbury anymore as you could get along to one of their games and try and open your eyes, or at Wasps or even Saracens.

I grew up playing and going to Union games mate for many years, and have a rough idea what I am chuntering on about and in general have had more grief from steroetypical League supporters fitting a certain mould than I have Union club supporters fitting theirs.

Well said HOmer. But everyone knows if you don't agree with Lister you are an idiot. Child will grow up some day

I've got a season ticket for RU as well as the RL and I have to say the vast majority of Quins RU supporters don't mind us and actually would like for us to be successful. I've brought along several Quins RU supporters to a RL match and they've really enjoyed it. Listy, perhaps you should experience a Saracens home match at Wembley - I went to their game with Quins RU there, and it was as far removed from a "hooray henry" experience as you could possibly imagine.

I know, I don't disagree with that. What I meant was people with no club affiliation, i.e. those who enjoy watching International matches on the TV, and that is about as far as it goes. This is the category that the vast number of people who watch RU fall into. I've had the misfortune of attending games at Leicester, but I'm not sure what I really need to be opening my eyes to. You are honestly telling me that those who watch Leicester Tigers would be symapthetic towards Rugby League in comparison to the millions who watch RU on the TV?

No, the idiot status is reserved exclusively for you. Bye.

Rugby union fans are humans. As such some are good people, a small minority are idiots. Just like any other cross section of human beings you wish to name (such as RL fans.) The general attitude from Quins RU fans is either to watch us, wish us well whilst following us through the media or to ignore us. They don't turn up and try to beat us up, superglue the locks so we can't access the ground or anything like that. Personally, on the two or three times I have watched Quins RU, I have always been made welcome and treated with respect. Can't ask for much more than that really. Good luck to them, the world would be a very boring place if we were all identical.

Good post.
I have only been going to the union since we became Quins RL.
It will never ever come close to being the entertainment I am used to as an RLfan
but I now go as a dual season ticket holder with a pal who whilst preferring League
has more of a union background than me.
Yes there are those who seem to meet the stereotypical Quins RU fan profile.
But some really are quite normal. Honest.

I have to admit I've grown up with the same chip-on-shoulder attitude to Union, and whilst I still find it dull to watch, I have to admit I've never seen any evidence of supposed snobbishness from Union fans, only disintresdness, if anything. The only time I've got abuse at the Stoop, it's been chavey Yorkshire fans (Hull in particualr) so I don't really have a problem with the RU fans, though I wish more of them would give League a chance.