Travitoh
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I am sure diehards of both clubs chat and have banter in the streets. At the games as well the atmosphere is always a notch up on other games.
I highlight this because it contradicts the war comparison. If the rivalry was anything like war, this would not happen.
I've been to Leeds v Bradford, Leeds v Huddersfield where the police literally need to sheppard one set of supporters away from the others while they both hurl objects at each other. I've been to Glasgow when the Old Firm played, felt the tension in the city and witnessed the ugliness of it in the streets. There is no banter or chat between the supporters.
What you describe is exactly what it is. A rivalry. And a great rivalry at that. There is history, emotion, betrayel, competition, it has it all. The biggest in the NRL, yes but war? Not even close. Nothing in Australia is close thankfully because it is a shit side of sport that really, is f**king dumb.
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