I was nearby and the fact is that the Cas fans did themselves, their club and the sport no favours by acting like the worst type of association football supporters. It was behaviour of the type more associated with the bad days of soccer tribalism.
As for the comparison with Hull and HKR fans, this year I've seen HKR fans in the East Stand rib fans wearing FC shirts as they walked past, and vice versa when Hull were here - no vitriolic invective involved, as launched by the Cas fans at Listy. Banter, with a hint of comedy is one thing, but what was involved on Saturday was indefensible except by the most rose tinted spectacled of apologists. It was, simply, way out of order. As my Chelsea supporting girlfriend remarked, every other time she's been to watch Broncos the crowd has mixed and enjoyed the game in good spirit together, this time it was worse than being at a soccer match - she'd always seen rugby supporters as a cut above soccer ones, now she realises some RL supporters are as bad as the worst soccer ones. It's no compliment.
