Just recovering from a massive hangover from last night, this is my last day in Leeds before flying back Down Under and therefor I am reflecting on the events of yesterday.
I've enjoyed my time in England, and met some nice people including Steve who refered me to this website.
Whilst I understand the passion that Rugby League brings out in all of us and I hate to be negative but me and some of my travelling friends had the evening
somewhat tainted by the behaviour of unfortunately a significant number of Leeds Rhinos fans.
It is a crying shame when you get sledged with quite frankly foul and abusive language for simply cheering when my team scored and indeed whenever
we tried to encourage the Manly boys.
To be told too sit down, or 'F' off every time any of us stood up after a Manly try was quite scary and for the first time ever at a Footy game I was actually quite scared of
being physically attacked!
Fair play to you Poms for your passion, but remember there are two sides in every game and without opposition supporters there would be no need in playing the
game at all.
The worst incident involved a number of objects, including coins and sweets which were thrown in our direction after we went 18-0 up, also a young girl over to watch her brother in the Manly squad, caused no trouble, just encouraged her brother had a beer thrown over her which went onto spoil her night.
I hope these memories don't over shadow what has been a wonderful stay, but my wife for one is stating that she won't be rushing to come back to England.
As I've already said, I have met some wonderful people and the warmth shown in particular by the Lord Mayor, Bradford Bulls club and the staff at Headingley Mr Hethrington enbodied everything good about the sport we all love.

GO MANLY and thanks for a great match, best wishes for 09#

I think that was the problem, you went to the wrong game.

You were doing so well too until you posted a fictitious score...

I hope you reported the incident to the police and stewards, a far more effective step than just making unsubtantiated claims on here.

I smells BS in the air...

After 20 beers it's hardly suprsing I got the wrong score, I'd forgotten you scored the disputing try at half time!


Your attitude in these reponces futher illistrates your lack of concern about the bigger picture for the good of the game, I can see that I've wasted my time raising this as an issue and therefor thankyou to the good supporters I met.

no worries . have a good trip home

When do you go back?

Sorry to hear about your bad experience, there are idiots everywhere you go unfortunately. We get one of these messages after nearly every home and away game, not alot we can do about it on here to be honest. Safe journey back, and hopefully a rematch in 2010, maybe down under.

Sorry to hear about some aspects of your trip, I hope it didn't spoil the result for you.



Not the experience we have over here to be honest when we play Huddersfield.

So you got money & beer given to you and you still moan

4/7 Bradford Bulls fan
7/4 Saints Fan
9/2 Wigan Fan
7-1 Wakefield Fan
66-1 Manly Fan

bulls fan of the name mick?

1-66 Leeds Fan.

No I'm not sure Mick could have typed so much without the vitriol getting the better of him

Tip : Give some odds on it being a Hull fan.

6/4 about right?

I'd go odds on - I'm guessing a Kingston Comms IP address?

what a joke!! worst fake poster award goes to?? this bloke

the bit that gives it away is the part about not seeing trouble at footie games. i spend lots of time in oz working(as i have mentioned before). i go to many sports events nrl, cricket, A league, world cup RL and i have see aussies fighting at theses events, 99% of the time with each other, it seems to be something of a social event to them.

obviously this person was not at the world cup final where i saw drunken aussies offering each other out and poms out too. funny enough the massive kiwi blokes we had a great laugh with got left well alone.

the cricket at the MCG is the worst ive ever seen where towards the end of the day aussies pick a fight with the bloke next to them and you get an all in bash up every 5 mins or so within the last hour of play!!

i must say i love australia and its people(for the most part) and the world cup was amazing, but the aussies are the best fans in the world when they win and the worst when they lose.

What you have to remember is that a few years ago when Leeds were crap, they had a die hard fan base of about 6k. When their football team became crap and their rugby team had a little success, it attracted all the glory hunting, knuckle dragging hooligans from the football team.

You are not on your own experiencing these Leeds thugs, but it also happens more often at other grounds than you think. Getting an apology out of the arrogant johnny come lately Leeds fans who think rugby league started in 2004 will be difficult, so I will apologise on behalf of them. Sorry! Hope you have a safe journey home and be safe in the knowledge that whilst these Leeds hooligans will be spending their saturday nights with a bottle of cider and a knee trembler from some STI ridden slapper, you will be safe and sound, on the beach, with a cold beer, in the company of good looking women!

You do realise it's not a proper person don't you...

That's better.

That's how you troll. Granted it's fairly low quality but as a Saints fan he has the correct credentials to come on here and troll us.

Sadly, if your a Huddersfield or even, for that matter, a Hull fan, you're not on the guest list. You're not successful enough to get into this club so on your way.

As for you Euroboy, 3/10 must do better. The bold bit is a Saturday night in St Helens. You just committed the slippers and argyle socks tucked into your shell suit.

dont worry . you will not come in contact with leeds fans ever again

I think TVOC could find some stats to prove you wrong. I would suggest that Leeds' average attendance 1996-2003 is greater than the much more sucessful Saints over that period.

We could extend that period of comparison if you like, but given you only get 10k when you are sucessful, I'd love to know how many turned up when you were sh[ii[/ite

Unlike you eh?