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And how many first grade games has he played, 14 or so. We still don’t get it in this country, if you are good enough you play... in this country, we still say that players like Jermaine McGilvray don’t have enough experience to be selected for England

Despite overall crowds falling for NRL matches the crowd tonight is 81,965

still short of what we'll get for the challenge cup final

Soward! MINI!


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Woooooooo go blues!

Sets it up rather nicely for game 3

Hahahahhaha! How f*cking good was that?

NSW, NSW, NSW!

told ya

Good game - well done NSW but it will be ask in Game 3

Thaiday wouldn't dare start something with someone who is likely to smash him back.

Yeah, where was your re-quote on that on, Spud? Gallen did take first hit up, then nearly 30 more, running more than two lengths of the field and making 30 tackles.

Absolutely f*cking killed it. Matt Scott's got an Origin rival.

Big Gal Man of the Match.

I loved Ray Warren's comment about how this was nearly a full house, and a huge crowd by Sydney standards, considering the heavy rain .................

even Rabbits admits that Sydney fans are soft, couch potatoes.

Are NRL crowds falling?
Average for the season last year 16,406 per game
This year 16,370 so far, the crowd averages should go up closer to the finals.

Not a bad game tonight, bit of an arm wrestle but sets up the final.

Just begging for a day off work isn't it?

They turn out for SOO often enough
There has been 18 games played at Stadium Australia with an average of 73,000 per game.

SOO over the years has an average crowd of 45,000

Think it was Luke O'Donnell

It was definitely DeVere. It was indeed 2003, Game I in fact. One of the best games i've ever seen. Lockyer at fullback, Johns at halfback. Carroll getting knocked out on Civo's head. Hodges stretchered off. Ryles crawling along the sideline and collapsing. Bowman still making tackles whilst concussed. Lockyer's brilliant one-on-one try saving tackle on DeVere (pre staples). And a NSW win. Can't get any better.

Paul Gallen played 80 minutes at prop ?

500 below a ground record, I'd be calling that a full house

Amazing game by Paul Gallen!

Yet again the SKY build up was an absolute buzz kill!

Just run with 9's pre-game!

Paul Gallen was amazing today, big shout for Cam Smith who made 54 tackles too.

Big time stat stealing there.

gallen did take the first hit up like i said...and thaiday & scott did meet him head on....like i said they would.....they just did'nt "tattoo him" hard enough

Sean McRae on Boots ‘n’ All ‘if there is anything better than State of origin I am yet to see it’. Did he not see New Zealand win the World Cup and the last 4 Nations then? When State of origin was the pinnacle of Rugby League it was right to call it so but now it clearly isn’t and talking it up as that is doing a disservice to the International game

That's why boffins produce them. Amongst other things they are produced for viewer perusal and, dare I suggest - dispersion into the Rugby League arena via the portal of the internet forum. I doubt anyone (apart from tb and Smokey) will sit and personally log the stats themselves.