There might not have been an abundance of people at Ovenden Park to witness Halifax picking up their first two points of the season.
However, the majority of those people who were there roared their approval at the final whistle after witnessing something approaching a total performance from Dave Harrison's side.
It says something that many in the ground felt a twinge of disappointment that Halifax had not actually beaten their high-flying visitors.
And they could well have done had Richard Brown not seen his delight cut short with a second half try ruled out for a forward pass.
The game was also a testament to the fitness of the players and the cool head of coach Harrison, who was forced to alter his pre-match thinking following the news that Ryan Piercey, the club's new signing from Heath, was ineligible due to his paperwork not being processed in time.
In an unusual step, Harrison declined to use any of his replacements due to the fact that he could not see where any improvement could be made and did not want to disrupt the excellent work evident on the field.
As in the previous week against Harrogate, Halifax started well and with some intent.
Unfortunately, their over-eagerness resulted in an early penalty almost in front of their posts and prolific fly half Ross Whinney lapped up the invitation.
Halifax's response was highly encouraging.
Hard-working full back Iain Gordon produced a fine kick to touch and while the initial drive was held up, Halifax moved the play well, trying to prise an opening, only to turn the ball over on the Macclesfield line.
Macclesfield were still the side having to defend yet it was the visitors who had the chance to increase their lead only for Whinney to drag a penalty wide.
It was against the run of play when the visitors claimed their only try.
The unfortunate Gordon scuffed an attempted penalty clearance and Macclesfield heaped on the pressure allowing hooker Peter Allen to rumble in behind the posts leaving Whinney with a straightforward conversion.
The stage was set for another collapse, but this group of Halifax players refused to let that happen and they struck back within minutes with a superb move.
Dominic Moon made it happen when he brilliantly intercepted the ball. He brought stand off Craig Barker into play and the ball filtered through Danny McGee and Craig Emmerson before arriving at winger Oli Marns who sped over, Gordon firing his conversion in front of the posts.
Gordon made amends by adding a penalty to make it 10-8 in the visitors' favour only for Macclesfield to bring the first half to a close with Whinney adding a simple penalty for a 13-8 interval lead.
Halifax wasted a decent opportunity right at the start of the second period when Whinney knocked on from the kick off right in front of his own posts but the home side were too ponderous in trying to build a platform and Macclesfield were able to smuggle the ball away.
But it wasn't long before Halifax were on level terms and again it took a piece of individual foresight to create the chance.
This time it was winger Gareth Brear who used his pace to carve a path through the visiting defences.
He found McGee, who stood his opponent up with a dummy pass before finding Emmerson and he again slipped the ball out to Marns to do the rest, though Gordon was again off target with a difficult touchline conversion.
Macclesfield thought they had regained the lead when winger Joshua Fowles saw his try ruled out for a foot in touch before a similar fate befell Halifax lock Brown, another sweeping move sending him crashing over only for the referee to call a forward pass.
Macclesfield centre Rob McDermott fired a kickable penalty wide as Halifax lived on their nerves then Marns completely missed a pass from Gordon and Macclesfield looked likely to profit only for the two-try man to scuttle back and cover the danger.
Nerves were certainly jangling but Halifax could have sealed it late on when Emmerson was just centimetres from intercepting a ball that would have presented him with a clear run to the line.

MATCH FACTS
Halifax: Gordon, Brear, Emmerson, McGee, Marns, Barker, Castle, Blades, Worsley, Turner, Cammiss, Brown, Townend, Hall, Moon. Replacements (none used): Whitehead, Griffin, Mennell, Endersby, Maycock.
Tries: Marns (2)
Conversions: None
Penalties: Gordon
Drop Goals: None
Yellow Cards: None
Red Cards: None

Macclesfield: Mulchrone, Lowdon, McDermott, Hughes, Fowles, Whinney, Needham, Devine, Allen, Robinson, Marsh, Bonner-Evans, Jones, Baines, Keep. Replacements: Goodfellow, Moss, Hewitt (Bonner-Evans 66), Smithson (Baines 66), Townsend (Needham 56).
Tries: Allen
Conversions: Whinney
Penalties: Whinney (2)
Drop Goals: None
Yellow Cards: None
Red Cards: None
Referee: Mr E. Woodmason (RFU).

STARMAN
If the backs provided the fireworks, it was the forwards who lit the match in an excellent all-round display from Halifax.
And none more so than prop Paul Turner, who made his presence felt in a strong front row that had Macclesfield on the back foot.
Turner arrived at Halifax from Otley during the summer having helped Yorkshire to County Championship glory at Twickenham.
Yet the player himself will admit that he hasn't always imposed himself on games as somebody with his pedigree should – until Saturday.
His work in the set-pieces and around the fringes was exemplary and more of the same in the coming weeks would be most welcome.
Oli Marns played down the amount of work he had to do to secure his two tries, preferring to praise the players involved in the build-up.
Yet he needed to be in the right place at the right time to accept the chances and to go the extra yard to put them away.
Rob Townend was a non-stop bundle of action.
Playing out of position in the back row, the hooker went about his work like a man possessed and earned at least one stern talking to from the referee after a particularly hard tackle.
But players like Townend were exactly what Halifax needed and he played a major part in helping the team secure the draw.

PLAYER POINTS
WORKOUT WAREHOUSE PLAYER OF THE SEASON: 11 Oli Marns; 8 Dom Castle; 6 Richard Brown; 5 Craig Emmerson; 4 Ian Spence, Danny McGee, Paul Turner; 3 Gareth Brear, Adam Blades; 2 Dominic Moon; 1 Paul Turner, Josh Cammiss, Steve Worsley, Craig Barker, Rob Townend