Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:20 am  

Cannot fathom why someone wouldn't go and support their nation because the coach picks a different loose forward to who they would pick...

You know probably 90% of the squad that McNamara will pick and if the other 10% isn't your choice you wont go?

I love our game but a good proportion of our fans are lunatics.

I've just seen a picture of the upper tier of Cardiff by the way, I completely forgot how big it was. Probably half the stadium. For the organisers to boast of the lower and middle tier being sold out isn't as great as I initially thought.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:20 pm  

William Eve wrote:

Hahaha

During the 2008 World Cup down under, I was browsing in a famous RL store in Parramatta a couple of hours prior to the Ireland V Samoa game kicking off. A bus load of England fans turned up to the store. The owner of the store offered these England fans free tickets for the Ireland V Samoa game at Parramatta Stadium if they spent just $10. Most of them spent way over $10 but turned down the free tickets. I asked several of those fans why they weren't going to the game that evening and the response was... it's not England and it's not part of our official England itinerary tour.

Yep... rugby league is chocka full of fans just like that.

I'm with you on this one William, it's really frustrating to see so called RL fans being negative and unsupportive about the sport all the time isn’t it

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:23 pm  

Il Fanatico wrote:

Cannot fathom why someone wouldn't go and support their nation because the coach picks a different loose forward to who they would pick...

You know probably 90% of the squad that McNamara will pick and if the other 10% isn't your choice you wont go?

I love our game but a good proportion of our fans are lunatics.

I've just seen a picture of the upper tier of Cardiff by the way, I completely forgot how big it was. Probably half the stadium. For the organisers to boast of the lower and middle tier being sold out isn't as great as I initially thought.

Spot on… it’s getting close to that time of the year when I lose all sense of perspective and common sense and start to think England will win the world cup and put the Aussie hoodoo behind them. Of course, I am lining myself up for being gutted again come November but that’s what being a supporter is all about isn’t it

Can’t wait for this competition to start but looking forward to a month of great play-off action on both sides of the world first

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:26 pm  

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

Union troll. Italy true - the others? Nope. You've jumped the shark GF

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

On Friday we were in the Queen Vic pub in LLoret the day before Catalans v Wire and it was absolutely packed with blokes wearing England soccer gear and sporting three lions tatoos watching a dull game against a country I have never heard of.

It got me thinking, England RL is undoubtledly in a better postition than the soccer version in terms of chances of winning the world cup (based on William Hill odds England RL- 6/1 England Soccer- 20/1). Most of the blokes sat there going mad over a meaningless game had probably never been to watch an international, nor will they ever be able to afford to.

Then I come home and log onto this forum, to find a plethora of reasons not to support England RL from people who have the chance to watch the World Cup on the doorstep for a great price. Then we wonder why the sport doesn't get enough sponsorship/exposure? If this competition is unsuccessful in terms of bums on seats the only people we have to blame is ourselves.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:42 pm  

Ganson's Optician wrote:

On Friday we were in the Queen Vic pub in LLoret the day before Catalans v Wire and it was absolutely packed with blokes wearing England soccer gear and sporting three lions tatoos watching a dull game against a country I have never heard of.

It got me thinking, England RL is undoubtledly in a better postition than the soccer version in terms of chances of winning the world cup (based on William Hill odds England RL- 6/1 England Soccer- 20/1). Most of the blokes sat there going mad over a meaningless game had probably never been to watch an international, nor will they ever be able to afford to.

Then I come home and log onto this forum, to find a plethora of reasons not to support England RL from people who have the chance to watch the World Cup on the doorstep for a great price. Then we wonder why the sport doesn't get enough sponsorship/exposure? If this competition is unsuccessful in terms of bums on seats the only people we have to blame is ourselves.

Great post that - I agree with it all. Those who don't bother going are the ones who'll sit there complaining that it wasn't all sold out !

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:27 pm  

Ganson's Optician wrote:

On Friday we were in the Queen Vic pub in LLoret the day before Catalans v Wire and it was absolutely packed with blokes wearing England soccer gear and sporting three lions tatoos watching a dull game against a country I have never heard of.

It got me thinking, England RL is undoubtledly in a better postition than the soccer version in terms of chances of winning the world cup (based on William Hill odds England RL- 6/1 England Soccer- 20/1). Most of the blokes sat there going mad over a meaningless game had probably never been to watch an international, nor will they ever be able to afford to.

Then I come home and log onto this forum, to find a plethora of reasons not to support England RL from people who have the chance to watch the World Cup on the doorstep for a great price. Then we wonder why the sport doesn't get enough sponsorship/exposure? If this competition is unsuccessful in terms of bums on seats the only people we have to blame is ourselves.

Touche

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 2:17 pm  

Weird lot RL fans! When the next World Cup is on I'll be taking leave to head over to the East coast and catch as many games as I can. Some people won't travel 20 miles to see the best RL players in the world do battle. Very weird.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 2:36 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Weird lot RL fans! When the next World Cup is on I'll be taking leave to head over to the East coast and catch as many games as I can. Some people won't travel 20 miles to see the best RL players in the world do battle. Very weird.

I will always remember getting grumpy over something in 2011 and deciding that I wouldn't be going to Wembley. A week before I changed my mind and spent the week trying to find ways to get there from Hull with a uni mate without breaking the bank but failed so we settled for watching on the telly. What excitement we missed out on! Don't make that same mistake.

I also remember after that game putting the six o'clock news on and despite there having been a full day of Premier League football, the clash at Wembley topped the sports bulletin with a lengthy feature. That there shows how important the international game is to RL in this country.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:38 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

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.

I doubt USA will have that many Aussies TBH, I don't think many qualify.