crowd watch 2014 part IV

[some11]

Friggen stadium members are empty!! Show yourselves! Pricks.

Onion toffs.

 

[The Voice of Reason!]

47k

 

[DC_fan]

47813

 

[undertaker]

crowd: 47,813.

Record for a tri/four nations match, eclipising 44,358 (also at Suncorp) 8 years ago.

 

[El Diablo]

Cumberland Tosser and Perth Dickhead will still whinge

 

[BuffaloRules]

Not a good night for the Slothfield.... Did they get a bigger crowd at the soccah beetroot cheeks?

 

[some11]

Never underestimate the Kiwi contingent, there's a shitload of em up here.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Great crowd,well done to all the Samoan's and Kiwis

 

[LeedsRhinos]

Well done to the 500 Australians who showed up

 

[The Voice of Reason!]

@leeds

All aussies left @ 70 mins. Bar me, of course.

 

[insert.pause]

It was a great night of footy, crowd really got into both games.

 

[alien]

@leeds

All aussies left @ 70 mins. Bar me, of course.

i could hear the kiwis singing to the aussies "nar nar nar nar, nar nar nar nar, hey hey hey, goodbye" :lol: :x

 

[Harrigan]

Started slow, but built up pretty quick. Solid turnout and good support for the first game

They didnt open the gates until 25 mins before the game! The queue to get in was about 100m long at all the gates.

 

[pHyR3]

They didnt open the gates until 25 mins before the game! The queue to get in was about 100m long at all the gates.

thought the commentator said 3:30pm??

Edit: ah, time difference of course. yeah, 40 minutes is too short for a expected 40-50k crowd.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

@leeds

All aussies left @ 70 mins. Bar me, of course.

The Kiwis sound great with their docile "Kiwi" chant.

At the 60min mark when the Aussies chant started - it smoked them.

Hope they enjoy my tax money. Hunts.

 

[docbrown]

Apparently the biggest non-world cup test match crowd since the 1994 Ashes.

 

[The Voice of Reason!]

Just to get a feel for what the crowd was like last night, here's some pics from level 7 on Eastern side, facing the TV cameras.

During the England v Samoa game:


During the Haka:


During the mass exodus:

 

[DC_fan]

I think we will get a better idea of crowd support for the tournament next weekend when the games are split. It certainly helped last night to have it as a double header.

Obviously a Kiwi v Samoa in NZ should pull a big crowd. But the game I am really interested in from a crowd perspective is Australia v England in Melbourne. I would expect 25,000 plus for this game.

 

[Desert Qlder]

The test against England next week is neatly timed to fall between Derby and Cup Day, and not for the first time has it been planned this way.

I personally know two blokes who make their way to Melbourne every year for the races and will be attending the test. No doubt there are thousands of others.

 

[H.H]

The test against England next week is neatly timed to fall between Derby and Cup Day, and not for the first time has it been planned this way.

I personally know two blokes who make their way to Melbourne every year for the races and will be attending the test. No doubt there are thousands of others.

Sh*t, sounds like clever planning to me.

Who'd have thunk...