Re: World Cup : Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:33 pm  

HU8HFC wrote:

if they manage to reach 10k tickets for what will be (and no offence to Jamaica) a glorified training session for NZ then i think thats pretty good going

Lets be realistic if all tickets were priced at £5 for this meaningless game they wouldnt have more than 15,000 at the game
Even if entrance was free the ground wouldnt be full

Re: World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:39 pm  

Hope Samoa France is a better game. So many blow out scores. Need a close exiting game.

Re: World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:46 pm  

hull2524 wrote:

Hope Samoa France is a better game. So many blow out scores. Need a close exiting game.

We live in hope.
Getting bored with the uncompetiveness of the competition.
Hope the knockout format from this game on makes things a little more viewable.

[Mild Rover]

Re: World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:36 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

We live in hope.
Getting bored with the uncompetiveness of the competition.
Hope the knockout format from this game on makes things a little more viewable.

I’ve not been following it closely (not watched a whole game since the opener) but I hate to think what the average margin of victory has been.

You’re always going to get some blowouts in World Cup but only 2 close games so far is disappointing.

Re: World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 6:05 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

I’ve not been following it closely (not watched a whole game since the opener) but I hate to think what the average margin of victory has been.

You’re always going to get some blowouts in World Cup but only 2 close games so far is disappointing.

41.6 points before this evening's Samoa/France game. Nine out of twenty-two have been 50+ margins.

Re: World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 6:38 pm  

hull2524 wrote:

Hope Samoa France is a better game. So many blow out scores. Need a close exiting game.

Wishful thinking.

Re: World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 7:58 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Lets be realistic if all tickets were priced at £5 for this meaningless game they wouldnt have more than 15,000 at the game
Even if entrance was free the ground wouldnt be full

England v Fiji was only £10 a ticket for a warm-up match at Salford, only about 6k there, next year's challenge cup final tickets have early bird offers on, it won't sell out either, cheaper tickets don't always equal bigger crowds. Even the last major international at the kcom back in 2018 only had 17.5k there

[Mild Rover]

Re: World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:11 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

41.6 points before this evening's Samoa/France game. Nine out of twenty-two have been 50+ margins.

Not great. Difficult to sell a festival of RL vibe in an English October as well, especially given that a few countries don’t have meaningful numbers of fans willing to dress up in telegenic, nationally representative costume.

Hopefully things will pick up from a sporting perspective in the knockout stages.

Re: World Cup : Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:44 am  

So it's NZ-Fiji as expected and while Fiji look error prone it should be more of a contest than what we have seen so far.

Hope the City turns up for this game, despite the stupid price of the half way line seats there are still £25 seats available and worth remembering that it's been £31 on the day to watch the dross Hull have served up in recent years. I fear if it's another poor crowd the MKM will be off the list for internationals for a while.

Re: World Cup : Thu Nov 03, 2022 8:56 pm  

The wheelchair game on BBC2 is mental!