"We're hearing that hospitality and tickets are selling three to one [in Canberra's favour] and it just shows you how much rugby league means to people in Canberra and the bush regions," Furner said. "It probably means more to them than the people in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. "It's great to see. The town really gets behind its team. We're a one-team town and that support is fantastic." Rugby league Immortal and Raiders legend Mal Meninga has agreed to sound the horn to start the club's spine-tingling Viking clap before the grand final. Loading Replay Replay video Play video Play video The NRL facilitated the pre-game ritual for the Raiders after they swept past the Rabbitohs in last Friday night's grand final qualifier, raising the prospect of an electric atmosphere inside Sydney's grand final venue.

Despite the Roosters chasing history as the first back-to-back premiers in the NRL era and farewelling Cooper Cronk, the Raiders could enjoy the majority of support at the ground - and will be spurred on by the Viking clap. "You don't know how big it's going to be," Furner said. "When we first started doing it we didn't know how many fans would get up and do it. The reality is now it's got a wonderful tag. "[But] the people have got to do it. We can manufacture a marketing idea, but they've got to do it. It has to have real feeling and that's what they've given it." Canberra veteran Sia Soliola started his career under Ricky Stuart when he was Roosters coach and will finish it with the Raiders under the same man, earlier this week lamenting the fact he left the tri-colours at the end of 2009 before they made the grand final the following year. He played with Roosters mainstays Jake Friend and Mitchell Aubusson in his last season at the Roosters before joining Super League giants St Helens. He then returned to the NRL with the Raiders in 2015.