And this is the battle women's rugby faces – it's not going to be easy to change attitudes or viewing behavior.
It made sense on a cost basis to stage the series with the Wallaroos as two double-headers with the Bledisloe Cup. It gave both tests TV exposure as well but the downside is that it still feels that the Ferns are operating in the shadow of the All Blacks.
It still feels like women's rugby has to piggy-back onto the male game if it is to have any chance of building interest and audience.
Perhaps in time this strategy will work and more people will buy into the idea of a test match being two-for-the-price-of-one.
Perhaps in time it will be commonplace for fans to think as much about the Ferns as they do the All Blacks or at least realise that there is good reason to head to the stadium early.
Those who did make it saw the Ferns build into another decent performance where they were more physical and direct than the Wallaroos.
They had too much power in the pack and were well organised defensively and their performance was built on those two pillars.
Some of their passing when they went wide to exploit the inevitable overlaps they created needs to be improved as it lacked a crispness and accuracy.
But other than that, there wasn't much to fault in what was 80 minutes of good entertainment.