Cronulla fans snap up $60,000 worth of Sharks merchandise before grand final
NEED a Sharks jersey? A flag? Sorry, they’re gone — along with another $60,000 worth of merchandise.
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THE Cronulla Sharks’ official 2016 NRL grand final T-shirt rack was empty by lunchtime last Saturday.
A total of 1500 shirts at $30 each went within 14 hours of the Sharks booking a spot in Sunday’s NRL grand final.
Need a Sharks flag? Sorry, they’re gone too — along with another $60,000 worth of merchandise.
Emergency orders of a further 2000 flags will arrive from Melbourne on Wednesday.
Want a women’s supporter jersey? Sorry ladies, the last one was sold on Monday.
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Prefer a scarf instead? No problems, another 500 are being shipped from WA on Tuesday.
Christmas has come early in the Sutherland Shire with excited Cronulla Sharks fans purchasing $210,000 worth of grand final merchandise in three days.
In scenes reminiscent of the Boxing Day sales, everything from bedding, towels, caps, jumpers, shorts, thongs, stubby holders and even blue, black and white eskies are being snapped up in record time by Sharks fans ahead of the club’s first grand final in 20 years.
And fans were quick to snap up tickets for Sunday’s decider with members selling out the 5000-seat Sharks bay in just eight minutes on Monday.
The mad rush for tickets comes ahead of today’s general release.
Such is the clamour for anything Cronulla at the official store that an extra 10 staff members have been called in to cope with the overwhelming demand from fervent fans wanting merchandise.
On Monday, diehard Sharks fans queued for two hours to pay more than $200 for grand final tickets, which are expected to be sold out by Friday.
Originally published as Cronulla fans snap up $60,000 worth of Sharks merchandise before grand final
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