Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:08 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Tickets for a fiver? What a ridiculous idea. That might end up attracting people who don't normally go to rugby league games, and that's the last thing the sport needs if it is to continue shrivelling back into its insular, northern shell.

It's time to go back to the good old days. I miss the days of 5,500 average crowds for the comp, 90-0 scorelines and 6,000 regular season crowds at Headingley.

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:17 am  

But we had world class players then. So it must have been great.

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:29 am  

Him wrote:

It's time to go back to the good old days. I miss the days of 5,500 average crowds for the comp, 90-0 scorelines and 6,000 regular season crowds at Headingley.

It was played in the winter so we could have proper tours - it had to be better, those freezing Sunday's watching terrible rugby at Thrum Hall!! Some on here think we should be returning to those days!!

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:55 am  

Well I am going to hq looking forward to it. Strong Leeds side out

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:10 pm  

For a £2 donation entry fee, why wouldn't you go if you are free and able to do so?

A pint in the pub will cost more. I will be going - a good chance to see some of the Leeds kids that people go on about as being prospects against some Aussie youngsters who (though I know nothing about them) will presumably be good players by the fact that they are playing for their country.

I might see the other 1 or 2 of you who have said you are going!

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:28 pm  

A few of us are going to go. I remember a few years back when Leeds beat them and it was a right match.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:47 pm  

Yup, im off too.

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:31 pm  

Nearly as many going now as have renewed their season tickets for 2015!

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:51 pm  

Some good comments I heard on Saturday at the Wigan game.

"Them bloody kangaroo steaks must be good"

"Schoolboys? do they go to school until they're 25"

When you see the size of some of these "boys" you'll understand!!!!

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:13 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Tickets for a fiver? What a ridiculous idea. That might end up attracting people who don't normally go to rugby league games, and that's the last thing the sport needs if it is to continue shrivelling back into its insular, northern shell.

How did those cheapo fiver tickets work out then?

Did they manage to attract those people who don't normally go to RL games to turn up again? You know, RLWC legacy and all that?

No? Thought not.

Similar cheapo ticket price policy didn't work at Bradford or Wakefield either. Once established, both existing and potential fans end up expecting cheap and tacky and evaluating the game alongside Poundland and food banks.

So, when the RFL eventually get around to announcing the dates, venues and ticket prices for the Kiwi Series (details which were supposed to be announced in mid-November ), will those tickets be priced at a fiver or a tenner?

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