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Fan prejudices are not always rational

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The Rugby Paper Team
15 May 2022

COLIN BOAG

Split loyalties: Saracens clash with Gloucester last weekend
PICTURE: Getty Images

Hate is a word to be avoided, as it’s best left to more heinous crimes than those that occur during a rugby match. However, a healthy dislike is perfectly acceptable in my view, and nothing brings that more to the fore than big European weekends.
A friend who supports Bath, and is therefore not a fan of Gloucester – that’s an understatement – supported the Cherry and Whites in the Challenge Cup quarters because they were playing Saracens, and he ‘detests ...

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