The Ghost of Raelene
John Eales (66)
I'd say that's about right for the SS. Helps when you have 4 different sides in 1st/2nd Grade and a belter of a day albeit windy. Rats also have a great crowd of Hillbillies.
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Red Runner
Herbert Moran (7)
Tough to give a crowd number for GF as the crowd ebs and flows through the day. For instance there were a bunch of wests and easts supporters there for colts 1 who would have left right after that game.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
It was a fantastic turn out for the SS grand final. The atmosphere would have been great.
PhilClinton
Mark Ella (57)
The Ballymore grandstand was a sellout, not sure how many seats it has now?
And then I reckon maybe another 1500 floating around the hill and other areas.
EDIT - new grandstand holds 3010 seats. So, I reckon probably closer to 4,500 at the venue when the 1st grade game started.
Apparently, Ballymore max capacity is now 6,000 and there seemed to be plenty of places to sit and stand and there were still tickets available on the day.
Rob42
Alan Cameron (40)
This is one of the times where the fragmentation of Australian rugby really frustrates me. Having the club rugby GFs on a weekend where there's no Wallaby match is perfect for some cross-promotion - really promote Wallabies attending the GFs etc, but of course, Rugby Australia doesn't work well with NSW Rugby, who don't work well with the Sydney RU, so it would be practically impossible for everyone to work together on something like that.
Alex Sharpe
Fred Wood (13)
The players knew the Grand Finals were on. Nothing stopping them heading down for a look.
Ben Donaldson was at the Colts GF, while I saw Luke Reimer getting amongst it with the Rats. There were others as well.
Strewthcobber
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Wallabies are in Townsville aren't they?
Wilson
Tim Horan (67)
Pretty sure the wallabies squad members were all in camp in Townsville already
The Ghost of Raelene
John Eales (66)
The squad is in far north qld trying to win the RC.
Plenty of players and faces were floating around. Players posting on social media is more effective tbh and guys like Blyth were posting about Bond in the HC.
Plenty of players and faces were floating around. Players posting on social media is more effective tbh and guys like Blyth were posting about Bond in the HC.
Adam84
John Eales (66)
Squad assembled in Townsville on Sunday.. Josh Flook played for Brothers, looks like those outside the likely matchday 23 were allowed to play
Rob42
Alan Cameron (40)
Yeah, I get that there were a good number of pro players at the GFs, but I think promoting that ahead of time would be helpful to show to casual supporters the spectrum of Australian rugby. The club GF days are a great advertisement for the sport, showcase them to those extra viewers who are just tuning in, or tuning back in, because the Wallabies are interesting again. Maybe even, shock horror, have a few Wallabies leave camp for a day.
Rob42
Alan Cameron (40)
No problem then...only need to get RA, NSW Rugby, and SRU to talk. Ah well, it was a good idea for a moment.