Duff said:
Let's hope so, for the sake of both our clubs.
Try to keep your dogs on a leash, so to speak.
hahaha absolutely.
Friendly rivalry between clubs and fans is awesome. It's something that makes games more enjoyable.
But it's those that take it too far, or make that rivalry based on violence, abuse, or hindering other fans that really sucks.
Regardless of who wins in a game, I think (thanks to some loose canon fans) that times are slowly fading away from where you'd walk out of the game, chat with opposing fans about how good a game it was, offer comiserations (sp?) to the other side, then all head to the nearest pub for a beer. One team won, the other lost, but everyone still went home and had a good time. Fans respected one another with a common bond of the great game we call Rugby League.
These days with "the idiots" its been replaced with foul language, annoying / abusing opposing fans, throwing various items at opposing fans, trashing trains on the way home, and trying to start punchups. That's any fans I'm talking about there.
Sadly I've noticed it's the younger (early - late teen) fans, or the "pissed off their faces" bogans that seem to be the ones most likely to cause problems.
Sad really.