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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 626166" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>With the SB concept I'm not so sure you know. The seasons already line up pretty well - this year the GFs of the NRL and ESL are a week apart, so you could do it this year pretty easily if you wanted.</p><p>In addition, the NRL was apparently genuinely surprised at how well the event did. Supposedly they had assumed that it would be a money loser for them and expected a fairly empty stadium, so when the SFS was around 75% full with over 31k it took them aback a bit, and from the reports in Fairfax I've read it sounds like they're going to give this more weight next time (even a suggestion they put it post GF).</p><p></p><p>To be honest I can't understand how they didn't see this... I'm a Roosters fan and there was no way in hell I was going to miss this game - first match against the English champs in Aus in 20 years and my team was involved. Not often you get a chance to see that, so why would you miss it? Seems a lot of us felt that way, and the vibe of the game was definitely akin to a finals match.</p><p></p><p>I have to say though, they need to dress it up a lot more, and the trophy seriously needs to be replaced with something much more iconic and significant. They also badly need to up the prize money - the Roosters got a paltry $42k out of their win, which is pretty pathetic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 626166, member: 12207"] With the SB concept I'm not so sure you know. The seasons already line up pretty well - this year the GFs of the NRL and ESL are a week apart, so you could do it this year pretty easily if you wanted. In addition, the NRL was apparently genuinely surprised at how well the event did. Supposedly they had assumed that it would be a money loser for them and expected a fairly empty stadium, so when the SFS was around 75% full with over 31k it took them aback a bit, and from the reports in Fairfax I've read it sounds like they're going to give this more weight next time (even a suggestion they put it post GF). To be honest I can't understand how they didn't see this... I'm a Roosters fan and there was no way in hell I was going to miss this game - first match against the English champs in Aus in 20 years and my team was involved. Not often you get a chance to see that, so why would you miss it? Seems a lot of us felt that way, and the vibe of the game was definitely akin to a finals match. I have to say though, they need to dress it up a lot more, and the trophy seriously needs to be replaced with something much more iconic and significant. They also badly need to up the prize money - the Roosters got a paltry $42k out of their win, which is pretty pathetic. [/QUOTE]
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