Leicester Faingaʻanuku

Yeah, look, it's special, man, hands down.

I think it's definitely become the heart of our city, and it's definitely something us players enjoy playing at.

It was funny, when I first returned home, I was telling the boys about, I think, the crowds over in France.

You can be as motivated as you can for a game, but over there, there's a different feel that burns in when you hear a crowd roar and, I guess, chant you on, and you sort of feel a bit more punch in the motivation side of things.

And

And yeah, even playing in the stadium here, it sort of replaced that, sort of giving me that sort of feel.

And at times I feel like I'm not playing in New Zealand, I'm back in France, which is quite special to have that.

And I think you can see with the salad we've had, it's been special and it definitely fuels the boys and it's something we definitely take for granted.

So yeah, it's a special place, that's for sure.

Yeah.

Yeah.

A hundred percent.

Like, I mean,

Just having the amount of people turn up just for us to play an 80-minute game really shows how much they care and love their side.

And for us as players, it's something you definitely take for granted.

It's something special.

And it's definitely something we definitely feel throughout through the whole 80.

And yeah, look, we're truly grateful to have such a beautiful stadium like that, but also have such a special, I guess, crowd and supporters to be able to fill that pack and be able to give us that wee bit of energy to get right through the whole 80 minutes.

So yeah, it's special.

they get a bit rabid some of those crowds what's the what's the kind of debate the worst crowd that you had to go and play in in france whereabouts oh i'd say they're all different i think um i enjoyed both home and away i think uh just the style i think you can play one game in bayonne and uh the crowd's like a choir