Not to mention, a lot of players from rival sides seemingly get along well with each other outside of football, but when I was younger I always preferred to believe that they all hated each other's guts and couldn't say a polite word even off field.
I figured that players for New Zealand's domestic clubs got along well off-field because they all wanted to get selected for the All Blacks and play together (when's an Aucklander not an Aucklander? When he's scoring tries for the All Blacks.), but I was convinced that they would all speed up if they saw a Wallaby crossing the road.
I still kind of believe that.