League invades Eden Park for Four Nations fan day
It is rugby union heartland but the league invasion of Eden Park began today with the team's involved in Saturday's historic Four Nations double header checking out the new stadium.
?It looks spectacular, the surface looks fantastic; you can feel the buzz around here already,? says Kiwi halfback Nathan Fien.
Australian Lote Tuqiri knows the stadium well from his time in union, and is impressed with the facelift ? right down to the dressing sheds.
?There's still a smell of drying paint in there, it's quite fresh and the stadium looks great,? he says.
Kiwis and Kangaroos were mixing freely with a relaxed feel to the fan day.
But the Kangaroos are feeling the heat, told spots in next week's final depend on their performance on Saturday.
?There's that many good players that you've got to go out and do the business, if you don't you're out,? Tuqiri says.
Aussie centre Brent Tate is just glad he won't have to mark up against former Warriors teammate, the injured Manu Vatuvei.
?There is a little part of me that will be quite happy that I won?t have to run at or tackle the big fella,? he says.
Organisers are optimistic they are on track for a crowd around 45,000, with 28,000 tickets already sold.
Source: http://www.3news.co.nz/