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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 665358" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>I grew up in South-East London in a family with no rugby tradition. When I got seriously into rugby, after university, and started looking for a top quality pro outfit to follow, I realised there was no English team I felt a strong inclination to follow. All of London's rugby clubs were very difficult to get to from where I lived and, besides, I was playing most Saturdays. </p><p></p><p>I decided to follow a Pro 12 team, largely due to thinking that if I was going to support a team with nothing to do with me, they might as well be foreign so I learned more as a result. I picked Ulster due to liking the Irish more than the Scots and Welsh, and Ulster made more sense as they were neither too good or too ****; the sense of potential unfulfilled and eternal ****-uppery was something I was used to as a sports fan. Plus I'd liked the Ulstermen I'd met and Stephen Ferris and the 19 year old Nevin Spence looked brill so done. I'd follow Ulster and add a bit of colour to things. I ended up supporting them far more seriously than I'd ever meant to, partly due to Ulster matches always being on TV on a Friday night when I could watch them, partly due to falling in with a vociferious Ulster community online.</p><p></p><p>I'll be the first to say its a pretty weird way to get to supporting a team, but I am now an Ulster fan forever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 665358, member: 42330"] I grew up in South-East London in a family with no rugby tradition. When I got seriously into rugby, after university, and started looking for a top quality pro outfit to follow, I realised there was no English team I felt a strong inclination to follow. All of London's rugby clubs were very difficult to get to from where I lived and, besides, I was playing most Saturdays. I decided to follow a Pro 12 team, largely due to thinking that if I was going to support a team with nothing to do with me, they might as well be foreign so I learned more as a result. I picked Ulster due to liking the Irish more than the Scots and Welsh, and Ulster made more sense as they were neither too good or too ****; the sense of potential unfulfilled and eternal ****-uppery was something I was used to as a sports fan. Plus I'd liked the Ulstermen I'd met and Stephen Ferris and the 19 year old Nevin Spence looked brill so done. I'd follow Ulster and add a bit of colour to things. I ended up supporting them far more seriously than I'd ever meant to, partly due to Ulster matches always being on TV on a Friday night when I could watch them, partly due to falling in with a vociferious Ulster community online. I'll be the first to say its a pretty weird way to get to supporting a team, but I am now an Ulster fan forever. [/QUOTE]
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