Munster -v- Leinster

Kitten said:
To be brief:-

I am married to an ex Leinster captain who is also an ex Irish - British Lion.
I am from Munster, I am an avid Munster supporter. We met through rubgy.
I go to the games I can and I get tickets via my husband / father in law who is heavily involved in a well known south county Dublin rugby club.

Today, on discussion of getting tickets for the upcoming game my father in law has said that he will only give us tickets if I absolutely 100% guarantee NOT to wear my Munster jersey as it is a Leinster allocated seat.

Discussion or opinion greatly appreciated as I am at a loss for words?

Thanks.
Kitten
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To be fair, its unlikely anyone is going to question an ex Leinster Captain and Lion if his wife turns up in a Munster shirt! Brave man if they do!

I am just surprised he married you in the first place!!;)
 
Kitten said:
LOL Munster aren't just good at rugby! :D


COME ON MUNSTER!
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I expect Munster will win and if they do I will support them as I do in any match they play with the exception of when they play Leinster.

To be fair to Munster fans it does mean so much for them... I mean what else do they have? ;)
 
For 6 nations games I almost always get tickets to the away games through the opposing team's online sales and sit there in my green along with thousands of others.

Only have a small chance of getting a ticket to the semi, have someone working on it but it would definitely be a Leinster ticket and there's no way I'd wear anything but the red. F*ck the be-grudgers, Munster is in your blood. Wear the red with pride.
 
Your father in law should have some manners
You are from Munster and support them and if he had any backbone he would give you a ticket and respect this.
He is more worried what his buddies think than looking after his own. Says alot.
Take the ticket and wear red. He wont have the guts to say anything to you anyway.
 
Are the Leinster Branch just stating the obvious re reduction in tickets to clubs for internationals, when the IRFU move home to Lansdowne Road there will be a reduction of over 30,000 tickets compared to Croke Park.

My conclusion is everyone should wear red, and support the winning team, Up Munster!!!!!
 
Purple said:
Leinster are the best supported team in Ireland (though I fully expect Munster to unleash another master class rugby with Leinster on the receiving end yet again).
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For home games on the south side!
 
I think it would be unfair to your father-in-law to wear red. He is getting a ticket for leinster support seat. Surely you could get a munster allocated seat if your husband played for the lions. He must have munster friends. If your husband and fil are well known I presume you are too and it will put him in an akward position if you sit in a leinster seat wearing red.

(ps I and my family are Leinster supporters from the northside)
 
Could you accept the ticket and swop seats with someone who wouldn't mind not wearing a Munster jersey? (There has to be one somewhere in the country!) :D

And I'm sure your father in law wouldn't mind being parted with you for that 80 minutes. In fact, he probably won't want to see you for a long time after the final whistle! ;)
 
clownie said:
I think it would be unfair to your father-in-law to wear red. He is getting a ticket for leinster support seat. Surely you could get a munster allocated seat if your husband played for the lions. He must have munster friends. If your husband and fil are well known I presume you are too and it will put him in an akward position if you sit in a leinster seat wearing red.

(ps I and my family are Leinster supporters from the northside)
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Eh? :confused: it's a rugby match, not world war.
 
I don't know what you think I think it is a war. The point I was trying to make was that her fil was getting a leinster supporters seat for her. He is well known in rugby and asked the munster supporter not to wear a munster jersey in a leinster seat. I am sure he would not have asked her if he didn't feel he had to. He was getting her a seat to watch the match so perhaps she should do as he asks her. If she wants to wear a munster shirt she should get her ticket from another source (I'm sure she won't have a problem getting one) but I don't think she should put her fil in an akward position. If her fil had not asked her then she would not have this problem. (I'm sure her fil wants to enjoy the day without any embarassment). I am not saying her fil is right or wrong in asking her to do this
 
I would state in front of husband to the fil that you would love to attend the match, but you could only ever support your home team and if he feels so strongly that you wearing a munster jersey in the leinster section would undermine him in front of his peers then you cant accept the ticket. If on the other hand he could see that a munster jersey in the leinster section adds to the occassion and shows that rugby is indeed a game played by 'gentlemen' he would hand it over and 'let' you wear red from head to toe.

I wouldn't fall out over it, but I would let him see how silly he is being.
 
It won't really matter what colour you wear as you'll be the only one celebrating when Munster score (or is that prohibited also?)!!
 
I'm over it to be honest, I was really cross initially. He's old school, won't jeopardise the club and their international ticket allocation, he's there a long time etc. To be honest the whole thing is ridiculous, I'm not going to miss the match for the idiotic behaviour of the Leinster Branch. My seats will be right amongst the Leinster Branch so I think I'm asking for way too much trouble by wearing the red (much and all as I hate saying it). I've decided I'm bigger than that, Munster is bigger than that and the scoreline over Leinster will be even bigger than that!
 
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