I'm a rugby fan, but I've always had a problem with the "holier than thou" attitude of some of the supporters.
Every "this is not soccer" quote grates me more than the last, mainly because of the hypocrisy of it all. Some of the best rugby players in the world have built their reputations on their ability to cheat the referee, but it's masqueraded as dark arts.
Respect is a word many use as a stick to beat "the soccer crowd" with on a regular occasion. Respect for the kicker, respect for the opposition, respect for the referee.
On Saturday night in Thomond Park, we saw the respect that rugby fans pride themselves on, but we also saw the hypocrisy.
With five minutes to go in Munster's defeat to the Leicester Tigers, Tommy Bell stood over a penalty to make it an 11-point game, and was given a traditional deathly silence, regardless of the fact that he was about to consign the home fans to defeat. He split the posts, and Munster's game was up.
Two minutes earlier, we saw the ugly side. Ian Keatley - on appearance number 101 for the province - was given ironic cheers as he solemnly walked to the bench.
In those 100 previous games, the outhalf probably performed better in the vast majority of them. Three kicks from six and a missed tackle for Leicester's second try, he played with the confidence you'd expect given how openly rumours of an Ian Madigan signing have touted in recent weeks.
After the game, the treatment of Keatley grated more with Anthony Foley than the missed kicks or the missed tackles. You couldn't blame him.
He said that sarcastic cheers were "very disappointing from a very knowledgeable crowd", adding that the constant rumours of an Ian Madigan signing probably didn't help the player's mindset.
But this wasn't a case of Foley deflecting attention from a poor performance. The Munster head coach freely admitted that a player of Keatley's calibre should have made one kick in particular during the first half.
"You've an international out-half, and you want to be getting, you know, particularly the one in front of the posts, you definitely want to get that," he said.
The support and passion of the fans is something that Munster have always prided themselves on, but not only did the 16th man kick a player when he was down in Ian Keatley, the knock-on was that the reaction was probably off-putting to his young replacement, Rory Scannell.
This isn't an isolated incident. You'd be hard pressed to find a player more honest and hardworking than Duncan Williams, but the scrumhalf was subjected to appalling abuse in the wake of the province's elimination from the Champions Cup in January.
Confidence, especially with kickers is such an enormous factor. Just over 12 months ago, we saw Keatley nail a match-winning drop goal against Sale Sharks, and sinking a long-range penalty against Clermont to salvage a bonus point which at the time kept their qualification hopes alive.
The most disappointing part about the treatment Keatley received on Saturday was that for long spells of the game, Thomond Park sounded like it used to.
It was far from a sell out, but those there made themselves heard. There was passion and emotion around the stadium, the kind of intimidation that probably hasn't been there since their win against Leinster on St Stephen's Day of 2014.
Any Munster momentum was met with savage energy from the sidelines, and for 20 minutes after half time it was feeling like a European night of old.
However, the cheering from some sections of the crowd left a sour taste.
Criticising a player's performance is perfectly fine. They're professionals, they hold themselves to high standards, and the vast majority are under no illusions when they have an off day. However, sarcastic cheering isn't going to improve the situation.
If anything, it's going to make it worse.
