Rabbitohs Insider 2022 Round 4:
https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2022/03/30/rabbitohs-insider-2022-round-4/
And yes, I do believe I hate the Panthers, or maybe not hate them as that word should only be reserved for the Roosters but I strongly dislike them.
I think a lot of my intense dislike for them stems from what happened after the 2020 Prelim Final, that's probably what it is. There were reports from the ground that many Penrith players turned their back on ours and didn't shake hands after fulltime, even though they won. I don't care who you are or what the result was, that is a terrible act of un-sportsman like behavior. I'd be saying the same if it was our players that did that.
Then there's just things like laughing at Mansour and Arrow when they got injured at times last year, Kikau mocking us after the Grand Final, Luai carrying on and pulling opposition players into their try celebrations just to spite them, To'o making faces to the camera at a formal Dally M dinner, stuff like that. Stuff you don't really see other clubs doing. You can kind of understand why I dislike them and I'd be disappointed if any of our players carried on like that. Of course losing the Grand Final hurts too. Penrith won fair and square but it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt and add to the hate.
However, as much as I intensely dislike them, I do respect the Panthers as a club. They've built from the ground up over a period of years and become a juggernaught that is set to stay. They are a great club and have one hell of a Footy team. I can hate them, but I respect them.
It's kind of weird and hard to describe but the clubs I hate the most like the Roosters, Panthers and Storm are the ones I respect the most.
And don't get me wrong, me saying "I hate, or strongly dislike, Penrith" is not a personal attack on you fans, I'm sure you're all wonderful blokes, I'm just expressing my opinion about your club. I'm entitled to my opinion on that and that's fine. You may have the same opinion of our club, that's fine by me, you're entitled to your opinion.