MC Fat,

Please don't compare attitudes of soccer fans and rugby supporters (at any rugby match up to 75% of those watching have played the game and fully understand the rules of the game - they are there to watch the sporting event. Unlike football support rugby is not tribal).

As a Scot and as a rugby supporter, I could easily understand the reaction of Will Carling and the rest of the English players - Why?

Rugby is totally different to Football, particularly in the British Isles - Ever heard of a team called "The British Lions" MC Fat? The make up of that team includes players from all the countries making up what is geographically termed the British Isles. The Lions, according to the statistics, are without doubt the most successful sporting side that ever leave the shores of our islands. Their tours are always against the best opposition available so they are hard. Their record is remarkable considering they take a whole array of players from different countries, playing different styles and in a very short space of time forge themselves into a cohesive effective team.

So situation in the World Cup Final you referred to was like 25% of your own club turning up at an important match sporting the oppositions colours - more a demonstration of a "F**k You" type of arrogance on the part of the Scottish Squad than arrogance on the part of the English, it undoubtedly was done as a joke, doesn't detract from the fact that it was a poor one, understandably poorly received by those it was directed at.