That is good. I haven't seen any to be honest but glad others have.
I know the Reds have been out and about a bit - I'm hoping a decent crowd turns out. My friend at Ticketek tells me pre-sale tickets for this weekend have been quite poor.
I know this sounds like a strange intersection but I wonder how much the Tay Tay gig in Sydney will affect crowds in Round 1. I'm surprised to know way more people than I thought heading down there this weekend to take their children to the concert/go themselves. A couple of rusted on Reds members included.
Yeah, it doesn't surprise me to hear ticket sales are down. It's a bit of a risk starting with a big derby game like this - there's a decent chunk of casual fans that might go but just don't realise the competition is going until a few rounds in. Hopefully there will be a big push once the teams are named, but the forecast this weekend will probably keep the numbers down.
Not sure about the Taylor affect, it has seen flight prices between Sydney and Brisbane sky rocket but that's more in the opposite direction. Not sure how big an interstate contingent is normally expected either. Cost of living is the other one that's likely to really bite this year, more so then the last few. It'll probably be hard to know what effect that's having vs interest levels in rugby until the NRL season kicks off though.