Roosters reporting crowd was 36,669.
The Sydney Roosters have sent the South Sydney Rabbitohs back to Homebush with an enthralling 20-18 win in front of 36,669 fans at Allianz Stadium on Friday evening.
Sydney Roosters have secured the first leg of the 17th annual Ron Coote Cup with a thrilling 20-18 win over archrivals South Sydney.
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That's 86% of capacity, the third largest rugby league crowd at Allianz Stadium 2.0 and the fourth largest sporting crowd overall.
I went to the game. Sat in the top tier in the eastern grandstand. It was my third NRL game at Allianz Stadium 2.0 (2 x Roosters/Rabbitohs and 1 x Sharks/Rabbitohs). It is SO MUCH BETTER than the old stadium. The roof retains the noise within the grandstands, which is really something when a try is imminent.
Something of a punch-up in the back rows though, around the same time as the sin-bins. Didn't look good and ment plenty of people in the rafters left before full time.
The light rail makes it pretty easy to get home (light rail and bus for me, home in about 30 min). Not as good as a metro line, that would be the dream for Moore Park in the long term future.