Glory and Fame, the serial digital camera papparazzi pest, visits the NRL

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Had an enjoyable day at the NRL game at Stade de Oz today - a Roosters-supporting friend who couldn't make it to the game offered me her ticket; so being the sports junkie I am, off to the game I went.
It was bloody hot out there today - it must have been well over 30 degrees. Not much fun for the players, and I'm sure it kept the crowd number down - the official crowd was around 17,000 but had it not been so hot they would have been expecting more.
At half time it looked like a boilover was in the air, with the Roosters looking flat and Souths running away to a shock 18-6 lead. But within minutes of the restart Ryan Cross went over and from there on it was a procession of one-sided rugby league until the Roosters players knocked off a few seconds before the final siren allowing Souths to score an uncontested consolation try.
I didn't see the Morely incident, and didn't even notice that Ben Walker wasn't out there - although Souths looked lost without him. But having seen some highlights on telly, it doesn't look good for Morely, especially with his record. I think he'll be out for a few weeks.
An enjoyable day, although the heat was shocking.

And, for those who have seen my waffle on the A-League, basketball and other boards, I had my digital camera at the game today as well; and here's a selection of my pics. Enjoy!!!

Pre-match entertainment:


The Roosters are tackled:


Under the shadows at Stade de Oz:
 

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It happened down the other end. I didn't notice it (maybe I was sending or receiving an SMS), and only realised about 10 minutes later that Ben Walker wasn't out there.
 

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It looked bloody hot on TV...

I noticed the crowd were lined up against the stadium shadows in some crowd shots...

Despite the heat, that's a good crowd for a rabbitohs game.
 

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copa said:
Despite the heat, that's a good crowd for a rabbitohs game.
I'd estimate about 3/4 of the crowd were Souths fans. It's hard to tell what sort of future that club has, but they've got a good financial deal at Homebush and that crowd gives them something to build on. It's probably their best option they have for the future - certainly better than spending tens of millions on Redfern Oval and even then 5,000 people would have been turned away yesterday and another 8,000 wouldn't have got a seat.
 
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That pre game entertainment was the quickest I'd ever seen. I went to get a drink of water and I would have been gone from my seat for about MAX less than 2 minutes.
 
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