How many H/A games between Essendon and Collingwood have you got 90k outside of Anzac day?
A bit of a ridiculous question when you consider there has only ever been 13 H&A crowds over 90K
Collingwood v Essendon on ANZAC have 6 of them.
There are only two 90k+ H&A crowds that didn’t occur on a public holiday
R1 2018 when 90,152 went to see Tigers v Carlton for Richmond to show their first flag in almost 40 years
R20 2000 when 91,571 went to see ESS v Carl on Friday in a 1 v 2 clash
People have some ridiculous notion that it is ANZAC Day that creates the massive event...play Coll v ESS/Carl/Rich on a public holiday early in the season and you will get 85K+
Put North v Saints on ANZAC day and you get 40-50k max. And all of a sudden it isn’t the big ‘blockbuster’ anymore.
And to be fair, I couldn’t give a shit about ‘blockbusters’ but the AFL has put commercial interests ahead of competition integrity, and the result is a fixture designed to maximise attendance and TV $$$.