The NRL’s use of cardboard cut-outs to fill empty stadium seats has been a hit but what started out as funny pranks has taken a more sinister turn.
The action on the field has been quicker, the referees have stayed mostly out of the spotlight and most fans don’t seem to mind the stadium sounds on the broadcast.
Kayo is your ticket to the 2020 NRL Telstra Premiership. Every game of every round Live & On-Demand with no-ad breaks during play. New to Kayo?The only issue has been fans not being allowed in but the NRL’s Fan In The Stands promotion has given fans the chance to buy a cardboard cut out to fill out the seat in the stadiums.
For just $22, fans can pay to have their likeness — or apparently any likeness — in the crowd at a game,Channel 9’s live coverage of the Friday night’s match between the Rooster and Rabbitohs even featured commentators Phil Gould and Ray Warren having a giggle at the sight of a cut-out of a fan’s dog sitting in the stands.
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