It only takes a few drops for things to change. Rain - and we've had a lot of it lately - is the game-day forecast Canberra sporting administrators fear most.
They start counting the rain drops as though they're lost ticket sales. The swing supporters, they say, are the ones who look at the window to decide if they're going to turn up.
Canberra Raiders bosses had that sinking feeling when the rain tumbled down and the temperature remained in single digits on Saturday afternoon just hours...