I think they’ve been doing it longer than that. A couple of months ago i think.
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Don’t they often sell “standing room only” tickets to events, thus are outside official capacity?
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Crowd was 57,023 :
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Not to the extent they’d be 3000 over capacity.
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Appears that Nine are running a two-man commentary box this afternoon: Peter Psaltis calling with Cam Smith. Both JT and Darren Lockyer on the sideline with Marlee Silva, which makes it odd.
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They’d usually have Billy Slater in there for those Queensland games but with him getting ready for origin I doubt he was available.
I think they could’ve moved Lockyer into the box though.
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Why is tonight’s NRLW season kick off not hosted from the ground?
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I found this very surprising also. Especially for the opener.
Although, Paul Gallen is there as the “sideline commentator”, as is Marlee Silva, who is interviewing a player at half time.
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Tonight is the first time (to my knowledge) I have heard Mat Thompson call an NRLW game; I believe he has called a few in the past but it has mostly been Peter Psaltis and Brenton Speed.
Speed, of course, is unavailable due to Wimbledon commitments.
I think it’ll be Salty on the NRLW (Bulldogs vs Knights) and Mat on the NRL (Bulldogs vs Broncos) tomorrow night.
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Sydney & Brisbane or just Sydney?
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I’m sure Brisbane will have a live report from the stadium as well as Sydney. I don’t think it means the whole bulletin will be from Accor Stadium.
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I’ve heard do it before, he was late to one last year and Emma Lawrence had to call the first 10 minutes.
Nine usually call NRLW from the studio and quite regularly the same commentator will call 2 in a row played at different venues.
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