It is the unique atmosphere which has been created by the fans.
The booing when any blues ex-player is shown on the big screens, Joey Johns is the best example.
The booing if NSW do anything wrong, the cheering if they make a mistake. The cheering for anything the Queenslanders do right and of course the famous call of the Queenslander.
The crowd never lets up for the whole 80 minutes, it is unique in sport.
There is none of this singing or chanting crap, no banging drums, no stadium calling on the microphone yelling out "come on dogs, or Cowboys.
It is pure crowd reaction and for all the highs and lows of the game.
You get caught up in the cesspool of a biased crowd who only has one thing on their mind.
Winning at all costs.
I have seen many nsw teams crumble here over the years. The best is when they say i love playing at Suncorp in front of that parochial crowd, it really makes me lift.
Mason, Gallen, Johns, they all have tried to turn the mighty cauldron into their own, all have failed.
It is also like another world as you walk into the stadium on Origin night.
With the added amps of Billy Moore winding up the crowd and the way the ground falls away from the platform you walk in at Street level, you feel like something special is about to happen, and it normally does.
Not sure how ANZ compares, but it must be up their now as well.
I turn the volume right up and let the speakers rattle the plates off the shelves and listen to the sweet harmony of the Origin crowd.
Been to about 10 games, and enjoyed every last one of them, a dead rubber was one of my all time favourites. When Matt Sing scored four tries that night.
