Greg Gowden asks in The Sydney Morning Herald who will draw the fans to the Waratahs' stadium next season due to their lack of a marquee player.
"When Wendell Sailor crossed codes and walked through the Ballymore turnstiles for the first time as a Queensland Reds player, he quipped: ''When Dell sells, watch these babies spin.'' Dell was half-joking, but spin they did. The same thing happened when Sailor joined the Waratahs. Home crowds grew.
And it also happened when other big drawcards, such as Lote Tuqiri and Mat Rogers, wore the Waratahs' colours. People came just to see them play. So, too, when Mark Ella, David Campese, Willie Ofahengaue and even the current Wallabies team manager Rob Egerton turned out for NSW. It's because they were different, exciting, unpredictable. Most importantly, they were entertaining. Even Matt Dunning, when he was going through his field-goal kicking phase, sucked them in because he appealed to those on the terraces. He was one of them."
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