Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:01 am  

headhunter wrote:

What about matches not involving England?

What about them? Money is a finite resource.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:37 am  

So far I've got tickets for 10 games plus the two double headers. There's been some absolute bargains around ticket wise, especially with the offer codes giving adult tickets from a fiver.

Hopefully we'll have a comp like the last world cup where the "lesser" teams served up some really entertaining games. I'm particularly looking forward to NZ v Samoa, Tonga v Cook Islands and Tonga v Italy. I think the tickets for those three totalled less than £25.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:21 am  

BiffasBoys wrote:

What about them? Money is a finite resource.

I think Headhunters point was if you dont want to go to an England game because of the squad McNamara chooses, then buy a ticket not involving England instead. You can get a ticket for £10.

Agree with the above poster, I'm looking forward to the smaller nations games as well.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:24 am  

Iain wrote:

I'm particularly looking forward to NZ v Samoa, Tonga v Cook Islands and Tonga v Italy.

Samoa, Tonga, Cooks and Italy will be 75%+ Australian born....if you're keen to watch 2nd rate Aussies then Parramatta v Penrith in the NRL is cheaper

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:43 am  

Bull Mania wrote:

I think Headhunters point was if you dont want to go to an England game because of the squad McNamara chooses, then buy a ticket not involving England instead. You can get a ticket for £10.

Agree with the above poster, I'm looking forward to the smaller nations games as well.

£10 to see PNG v Samoa is great value. I really think it will be one of the highlights of the world cup. Also many other games like that Tonga v Cook Islands, Scotland v Italy etc great value for money
Also with codes out there you can get tickets £5, you can't go and see Champ 1 for those prices

I have bought all my tickets apart from the Quarters, waiting to see where England will play.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:45 am  

gutterfax wrote:

Samoa, Tonga, Cooks and Italy will be 75%+ Australian born....if you're keen to watch 2nd rate Aussies then Parramatta v Penrith in the NRL is cheaper

The air fare might just tip the expense though

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:32 am  

Any tips on the offer codes currently available? Think I'll start purchasing some of mine now.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:39 am  

"100DAYS" might still be working. 50% off adult tickets
Also some buy one game get second at the same ground half price.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:55 am  

BiffasBoys wrote:

Can you quantify 'something positive to happen'? In light of what?

It is calling to it's own people. Is everyone supposed to just blindly follow the call? Am I supposed to spend money without knowing who is being picked for England?

I'd say it was perfectly reasonable for a customer to know what they were getting before parting with their money.

How about just going to watch a game of rugby league whilst supporting your country? Naah, forget it, that'll never catch on.

I'm doing a fair chunk of the other games as well. Looking forward to it, don't understand why anyone wouldn't support this tournament as much as they can.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:00 am  

gutterfax wrote:

Samoa, Tonga, Cooks and Italy will be 75%+ Australian born....if you're keen to watch 2nd rate Aussies then Parramatta v Penrith in the NRL is cheaper

Tonga and Damoa probably wasn't the best example use. I'd say those two teams have genuine Samoans and Tongans representing them. The passion when these two teams suggests to me they aren't second rate Aussies.

I agree that Italy, Usa etc will have second rate Aussues. The rugby league representation rules infuriate me as much as anyone, you shouldn't be allowed to change year on year. But we have to be realistic about the position we're in, RL isn't big internationally. The WC, is hopefully going to help rectify that. If a USA team full of second rate Aussues does reasonably well and gains some publicity over there and gets more American kids playing, then that will do for me.

A few years ago we had Aussue rejects playing for all
Nations, now we have a Fiji team full if Fijians, a French team full if French players. It's about bulilding.

Anyway the England cricket team have made a success from using South Africa rejects