That is absolutely epic. BUT ...
It's not enough to have lots of people there. We need a large, noisy, parochial crowd. We need people cheering the nix so loudly that their ears hurt. We need people letting the ref know when a 50/50 goes against us. We need the players to feel the energy and use it to get that extra 1% of performance.
The Melbourne crowd numbers were disappointing, but it's worth remembering that they have a much larger proportion that are active support than us, and they made themselves heard. We had a few hundred away fans and by goodness we shouted ourselves hoarse (my voice is still a bit squeaky), and their few hundred will do the same. We need our 30k to drown them out, and to give the team that lift that will get them over the line
It's not enough to have lots of people there. We need a large, noisy, parochial crowd. We need people cheering the nix so loudly that their ears hurt. We need people letting the ref know when a 50/50 goes against us. We need the players to feel the energy and use it to get that extra 1% of performance.
The Melbourne crowd numbers were disappointing, but it's worth remembering that they have a much larger proportion that are active support than us, and they made themselves heard. We had a few hundred away fans and by goodness we shouted ourselves hoarse (my voice is still a bit squeaky), and their few hundred will do the same. We need our 30k to drown them out, and to give the team that lift that will get them over the line