Roy Keane has a reputation for being a bit hot heated, and younger fans might think that comes from his combative punditry style.
However, those os us who saw the former Man United star play, will know that it was because he played with an edge, and was a very physical player.
What made the Irishman so great was that he would fight for every inch, and put his body on the line, unfortunately this occasionally meant crossing the line.
This meant that Keane received his fair share of red cards during his career, and would often find himself in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons.
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When speaking on the latest episode of The Overlap with rugby legend Dallaglio, the former Ireland International tells a story about when a fan actually wrote him a letter, telling him to be more like rugby players.
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“I got a letter from a rugby fan. I got sent off for United, and I got a letter, and I think the guy was living in Leicester.
“He was slagging me off, saying ‘you’re disgrace, you’re a thug, you should be more like the rugby players,’ right?
“He said that to me, and he mention Martin Johnson, but the guy left his number, but a week earlier Martin Johnson got sent off for breaking somebody’s ribs.
“So I rang this guy, and I said: ‘You’re sending me letters comparing me to rugby, Martin Johnson was sent off for breaking somebody’s ribs.’
“He said ‘oh sorry about that.’ He was saying you should be more like him?”
The old adage is that football is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans, while rugby is a hooligan’s game played by gentlemen, but of course the reality is they’re just both competitive sports with lots of different characters and personalities.
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