Why Homebush doesn't feel like home
Greg Growden | June 30, 2008

IF THE Australian Rugby Union believed the first Test against France would convince Sydneysiders to again head out in droves to Homebush Bay, they would have been bitterly disappointed.

It was just another forgettable international that lacked edge at a venue many rugby diehards don't want to go to.

And with it was yet another poor crowd figure that can only concern those at the ARU, who for good reason have thrown it around that they are at the mercy of that gorilla in the room wearing an AFL jersey.

Well they will be worried if attendances continue to plummet in Sydney for any international other than the Bledisloe Cup. The statistics don't lie: Sydney crowds...

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