People are all saying the same thing about the NRL Hall of Fame ceremony with VERY annoying detail distracting fans

The NRL Hall of Fame ceremony got underway on Wednesday night, but it’s safe to say fans watching at home were distracted by one annoying detail during the illustrious awards do. 

Eleven former players were inducted into the men’s Hall of Fame in Sydney, including Sam Burgess, Cameron Smith and Les Boyd, while Ron Coote was elevated to Immortal status.

The footy world descended on the SCG for the black tie event, with the legends inducted one-by-one during the evening meal.

Yet fans took to social media in their droves to complain that they were unable to properly hear what was being said up on stage, due to banging cutlery and dishes in the background. 

‘If the audio mix was trying to amplify the plates, this would be a pretty impressive job,’ one fan said on Reddit.

Another added: ‘Yeah who’s banging the plates in protest against all the Queenslanders.’ 

‘I wish the noise of cutlery smacking against plates was louder,’ said another fan, sarcastically. ‘Really don’t wanna hear my literal GOATS inductions speech.’ 

‘I hope they mic’d up the dishwasher,’ said another.  

‘Is there a Greek wedding at the back of the hall?’ asked one bemused fan. ‘What is going on?’ 

Elsewhere, Ron Coote was officially revealed as the latest Immortal at a gala dinner at the SCG on Wednesday, rewarding him for a career that dominated the 1960s and 1970s.

Coote’s selection came ahead of the likes of Cameron Smith, Darren Lockyer, Allan Langer, Brett Kenny, Peter Sterling, Johnathan Thurston, Billy Slater and Ken Irvine.

Coote had long been considered a leading contender to be an Immortal, eligible for all previous appointments.

But he had been narrowly overlooked on each occasion, suggesting the opportunity may have passed him by.

But Wednesday night’s elevation in many ways rectifies that situation, for one of the game’s greatest-ever players.

The rangy lock forward won four premierships with South Sydney between 1967 and 1971, before shifting to Eastern Suburbs and winnings two more in 1974 and 1975.

He was man of the match in the 1971 decider, and is one of only five players to have featured in nine grand finals.

Such was his stature, the great Arthur Beetson once labelled Coote as “the greatest grand-final player in the world”.