There's basically a rivalry between football and rugby in NZ and that's where these squabbles come from. Cricket and F1 fans don't see football as a threat. Football fans don't get harassed by cricket and F1 fans for the sport they follow.
edit: not that I really care. It is fun to have a silly pointless rivalry sometimes - kinda like the Nix and ACFC
We have a rivalry between us and ACFC?? That's like Peterboro United being the Rivals of Man City.
Wow with those last few posts you could feel the resentment of the bullied draining away....