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<blockquote data-quote="91jmay" data-source="post: 728416" data-attributes="member: 72455"><p>Yeah I 100% agree with this, I've heard Nigel Owens talk about it when he is asked to talk about lack of respect towards ref in Football and he always talks about our lack of a moral high ground and it is spot on true. Big part of this, in England especially, is classism that game of thugs played by gentlemen nonsense. Football was for long time the working mans game (virtually an everyman's game now) and we know the stereotype (not exactly unearned) of an English rugby fan. Rugby is assumed to be fairer and superior in morals, yet one sport constantly glamourises 'the good old days' of fights and foul play and it isn't football.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="91jmay, post: 728416, member: 72455"] Yeah I 100% agree with this, I've heard Nigel Owens talk about it when he is asked to talk about lack of respect towards ref in Football and he always talks about our lack of a moral high ground and it is spot on true. Big part of this, in England especially, is classism that game of thugs played by gentlemen nonsense. Football was for long time the working mans game (virtually an everyman's game now) and we know the stereotype (not exactly unearned) of an English rugby fan. Rugby is assumed to be fairer and superior in morals, yet one sport constantly glamourises 'the good old days' of fights and foul play and it isn't football. [/QUOTE]
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