RUGBY union fans are rowdier than football supporters when they’re watching a game – but only from the comfort of their own armchair or bar stool, according to a study.

A total of 64 per cent of fans confess to jumping up and shouting at the screen during a match, compared to 61 per cent of football fans and only 47 per cent of those who watch cricket.

But it’s football viewers who are most likely to disagree with the referee’s decisions (56 per cent) followed by rugby (51 per cent) according to a survey for Greene King IPA to mark this year’s Six Nations tournament.

A total of 55 per cent of Rugby fans said they’ve not got over the match within a day and three per cent saying it still bothers them for a week or more after the game, according to a poll of 2,000 sports fans.

Greene King, the UK’s leading brewer and pub company, is searching for the ultimate armchair rugby coach and has enlisted the help of a few England and Scotland international players. 

England team-mates Elliot Daly and George Kruis and Scotland’s Sean Maitland are inviting one ultimate fan to grill them on tactics and decision making at the end of the Six Nations.

Greene King IPA, Official Community Club Partner of England Rugby and headline sponsor of Championship rugby asked fans who they thought was the greatest national coach of all time with Sir Clive Woodward winning 51 per cent of the vote of rugby fans.

Alf Ramsey came out top (47 per cent) as the greatest England football manager, while David Lloyd (34 per cent), and Duncan Fletcher (23 per cent) are the two most popular choices for greatest England cricket coach.

To enter the competition to win the chance to be crowned Ultimate Armchair Coach and grill the players face to face, fans can post their questions via Greene King Brewery social media (Facebook GreeneKingBrewery Instagram greenekingbrewery).

A winner will be selected at random who will be invited to meet and interview the players at the end of March.