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Knock-on Effect NSW Cup - Eels Team

Gronk

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Exposed like a Petersham Portuguese chicken.

Embarrassing.

Attendances at Henson Park are the highest in the NSWRL Premier League.[33] Their attendance is always announced as being 8,972, in reference to a game played at Henson Park in the 1990s on a wet and miserable day. The Newtown Jets ground announcer John Lynch jokingly said through the speaker that the crowd was 8,972. This figure has now become a part of Newtown folklore and is announced as the crowd at every home match.[34]

 
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Exposed like a Petersham Portuguese chicken.

Embarrassing.

Attendances at Henson Park are the highest in the NSWRL Premier League.[33] Their attendance is always announced as being 8,972, in reference to a game played at Henson Park in the 1990s on a wet and miserable day. The Newtown Jets ground announcer John Lynch jokingly said through the speaker that the crowd was 8,972. This figure has now become a part of Newtown folklore and is announced as the crowd at every home match.[34]


IIRC Henson Park used to hold the record for a crowd at a regular season NSWRL game. They could jam a lot of people on the hill.

EDIT: On May 24, 1959 30,500 people attended St George v Balmain at Henson PArk. Reg Gasnier scored 4 tries.
 

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