Brisbane City vs Melbourne Rising, if 3'500 turned out for the first Thursday night game in the rain then you would hope 4'000 would be a realistic figure for this weekend.
I do expect it to crack 5000 but I'm trying to keep my hopes on check, particularly given the Thursday night crowd was already very good with regard to expectations.
So far the two games I've been to (Ballymore and Bond) had reds staff working, running events for kids and just generally getting involved. Conversations I heard walking around were generally full of praise for the event and they seem to have done a really good job engaging the fans. Has it been the same for the other sides so far? Particularly the 'unatached' club sides; Stars, Eagles, Rams and Rays (when they get a game)? I know NSWRU doesn't have a direct involvement in the way the other unions do but they stand to gain plenty, it'd be good to see them getting staff involved and helping out, transferring some of that good will the Tahs earned to the NRC teams.