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An Australian record for the Viking clap looks set to be broken when the Raiders run out for the NRL grand final against the Sydney Roosters next Sunday.
The NRL has agreed to making the Viking clap part of the official pre-game formalities, along with the Viking horn.
Mal Meninga has agreed to blow the horn. Fitting, given his standing as the greatest Raider of all.
Plus he's a member of the Green Machine's 1989 grand final winning team - which the Raiders have been celebrating all season.
The Viking clap set the scene perfectly in the Raiders' preliminary final triumph against South Sydney.
A Raiders' record crowd of 26,567 might only last as the biggest Australian Viking clap for nine days, with a massive crowd expected for next weekend's decider.
"Canberra have made the Viking clap one of the great pre-game traditions in Australian sport and we will absolutely facilitate it happening on grand final day," NRL chief commercial officer Andrew Abdo said on Saturday.
"To have an Immortal in Mal Meninga sound the horn pre game will be one of the iconic moments in the sport.
"We're looking forward to celebrating the traditions of both teams during grand final week and on grand final day."
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Raiders chief executive Don Furner revealed he took NRL boss Todd Greenberg and ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr onto the field to experience it from the best possible vantage point.
Canberra coach Ricky Stuart said the fans had inspired the Green Machine to their first grand final in 25 years.
"It's a unique fan experience, unique in Australia. It's got a life of its own now," Furner told The Canberra Times.
"I took Todd Greenberg and the chief minister down to the sideline to experience it on the field [Friday] night.
"It's amazing looking 360 around the oval and seeing everybody standing up and doing it. It's a really great thing.
"We discussed it with the NRL and they recognise it is a unique thing for our fans.
"You can't manufacture that. The fans did it at the end of the game too. We didn't ask them to do that ... they just did it."
Furner said there could only be one person to blow the horn.
Meninga captained the Green Machine to their maiden grand final win 30 years ago, and played his final game in the Raiders' '94 premiership.
The Raiders have opened up a special training session for their members at Canberra Stadium on Tuesday morning, with "Green Machine sausage sandwiches" on offer as well. Gates open at 9.30am.
"All the celebrations this year with the '89 team and all the synergies with that, and we inducted Mal and the rest of the '89 team into the hall of fame at the start of the year - it's only fitting that it's Mal," Furner said.
The Raiders will travel to Sydney on Wednesday ahead of the Dally M Medal later that night.
There they'll go through their final preparations, along with a host of grand final functions - including the grand final breakfast.
Stuart wants his players to embrace the hype that comes with it all and enjoy it as much as possible.
That will help them develop as players.
"I want the players to enjoy this week, I want them to really embrace the hype and the celebrations of being in a grand final - the breakfast and those types of things," Stuart said.
"If you want to be a big-time player you've got to handle that hype.
"If you want to be a consistent semi-final player, a player who's played in big games, the guys who are consistently good in those arenas they embrace the environment this week."
NRL GRAND FINAL
October 6: Canberra Raiders v Sydney Roosters or Melbourne Storm at ANZ Stadium, 7.30pm. Tickets available from Ticketek.