Why do Stormers fans always boo?

[Zewp]

Just a note, I live in the WC and am a Stormers supporter myself. I've just found that boo'ing is a lot more common where Stormers fans are involved.

Last night during the Stormers game I could actually hear the booing on the TV from the Stormers fans when the opposition got a penalty kick.

And to whoever said good sportmanship must only come from the team, not the supporters, you're really deluded. Supporters are just as important, if not more so, as the team itself. Without supporters there wouldn't be rugby to watch.

[Gunner182]

Cape slang on/ Wan ini Kaap doen os dit so /Cape Slang off

Besides have you ever heard of classy Rugby? Everybody does it from the Poms to the Aussies.

[Kosmik]

Besides have you ever heard of classy Rugby?

Obviously not in the Western Cape.

[Gunner182]

Obviously not in the Western Cape.

Whenever has Rugby been described as a classy sport? Players m##ring each other on the field doesn't sound classy at all. You probably a Bulls fan, coz we all know Die Bulle kan niks verkeerd doen nie.

When I think of classy sport only Bowls (or Lawn Bowls) come to mind.

[Zewp]

Lol, true. I'll do a joyous dance the day an entire rugby match goes by without some players trying to moer each other.

[Kosmik]

Whenever has Rugby been described as a classy sport? Players m##ring each other on the field doesn't sound classy at all. You probably a Bulls fan, coz we all know Die Bulle kan niks verkeerd doen nie.

When I think of classy sport only Bowls (or Lawn Bowls) come to mind.

I'm not the fan arguing for non-sportsman conduct.

[Albereth]

It's something that bothers me endlessly. It shows a clear lack of class when a team's supporter boo's another team just for the sake of it, but it seems boo'ing is in the blood for stormers supporters.

I've been to Newlands on three occasions, and every time the western cape people boo's the other team. I will never go there again, as I don't want to be around immature people like that. I can understand ribbing the other team a bit, but boo'ing them throughout the game? Go back to primary school.

It's the longest word they know.

[abandonallhope]

Booing happens in soccer too and it most assuredly is NOT a problem unique to or significantly worse with the stormers.

[Jab]

I wouldn't want to call it a genetic based lack of class from Stormer supporters. But it is. As proven by science. Fact.

[Ekstasis]

Stormers fans boo in the hope that Gautengers will find us commin and not relocate here ...it's all a front from us Bootonians

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[Ekstasis]

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[Devill]

Seriously? It's rugby not golf. What do you expect?

Rugby is a thugs game played by gentlemen.

You're probably the kind who goes to the bar with his charnas and revs his car out front to attract belters and hear other baboons tell you how you're klapping it.

I had a good laugh at this as I think you are spot on.

booing has always been there in the past. i don't know why you wana change things now or make a issue about it. as i said earlier, if you cannot take it, stay the fak away from the stands

Booing has always been part of the game if you are a Charna / brutjie / tang. But you do seem to feel comfortable in that role so as long as you enjoy it, good for you

OP, have you ever been at Loftus? Booing is much worse there. I would relax about this, like KOPITE said, it's been there for a long time.
Also fans don't have to show good sportsmanship, that's the players job.

Are the fans not part of the game? Also te booing is worse at Newlands but I agree with an above poster that it is from a smaller part of the crowd.

[abandonallhope]

Are the fans not part of the game? Also te booing is worse at Newlands but I agree with an above poster that it is from a smaller part of the crowd.

No. You think it is worse in newlands, another guy thinks it is worse in the sharktank, Bloemfontein is always empty and loftus is basically just for picnics as of late. In Ellis park everybody is too busy hoping the home team loses by less than 49 points to bother with booing.

Everybody is still just pissed off that the stormers are doing the best out of all the SA teams despite their soul numbingly boring games. So now apparently the stormers fans are the loudest boo-ers, while everybody is forgetting that the bulls fans are the biggest scumbags in super rugby.

[Devill]

No. You think it is worse in newlands, another guy thinks it is worse in the sharktank, Bloemfontein is always empty and loftus is basically just for picnics as of late. In Ellis park everybody is too busy hoping the home team loses by less than 49 points to bother with booing.

Everybody is still just pissed off that the stormers are doing the best out of all the SA teams despite their soul numbingly boring games. So now apparently the stormers fans are the loudest boo-ers, while everybody is forgetting that the bulls fans are the biggest scumbags in super rugby.

Over the last two seasons I have watched about 5 games on both Loftus and Newlands. It is worse at Newlands. At loftus the booing was right up there with Newlands but the crowd was asked to stop booing and since the start of the season there was a very markable drop in booing.

As for the Bulls being the biggest scumbags, well done sir, you should read your own post and apply