Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Thu May 02, 2013 9:33 pm  

From the BBC.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/22379872 The tournament's organisers, England Rugby 2015, must sell 2.9 million tickets to cover the £80m guarantee owed to the International Rugby Board. England Rugby 2015's chief executive Debbie Jevans said: "It is a great mix and will ensure that 92% of the population is within 50 miles of a World Cup venue. "We're confident we're going to be able to honour the minimum access prices that there were and that's certainly a commitment to us to be able to do that Somethings gotta give here...there are only 2,578,166 available tickets according to the listed venues, their capacities and the schedule published....112% ticket sales or 11% increase in ticket prices?

From the BBC.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/22379872 The tournament's organisers, England Rugby 2015, must sell 2.9 million tickets to cover the £80m guarantee owed to the International Rugby Board. England Rugby 2015's chief executive Debbie Jevans said: "It is a great mix and will ensure that 92% of the population is within 50 miles of a World Cup venue. "We're confident we're going to be able to honour the minimum access prices that there were and that's certainly a commitment to us to be able to do that Somethings gotta give here...there are only 2,578,166 available tickets according to the listed venues, their capacities and the schedule published....112% ticket sales or 11% increase in ticket prices?

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Fri May 03, 2013 10:29 pm  

I think they have been a tad ambitious .. even the diehard RU fans are a bit dubious. I particularly can't see them filling St James' Park, Etihad and Elland Road without throwing cheap tickets out.

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sat May 11, 2013 8:31 am  

tigertot wrote:

Surely a 'masterclass'. Or so the papers said. Therein lies the problem.

Remember, the beauty of union lies in the diversity of methods of scoring, apparently. Hmmm....

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sun May 12, 2013 7:36 pm  

Urmston Wire wrote:

Remember, the beauty of union lies in the diversity of methods of scoring, apparently. Hmmm....

There are penalties & drop goals, that's it.

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Tue May 14, 2013 12:23 pm  

Disappointing for Leeds Carnegie to go out by such a narrow margin at Newcastle.

Would have been interesting to see all the internationals Newcastle have already arrogantly signed on the basis that they were going to be promoted playing at Doncaster and Nottingham next year.

Plus, anything that rains on a Dean Richards parade cannot possibly be wrong.

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Tue May 14, 2013 5:01 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Disappointing for Leeds Carnegie to go out by such a narrow margin at Newcastle.

Would have been interesting to see all the internationals Newcastle have already arrogantly signed on the basis that they were going to be promoted playing at Doncaster and Nottingham next year.

Plus, anything that rains on a Dean Richards parade cannot possibly be wrong.

So it's them vs Bedford in the final and Bedford can't go up anyway right?

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sat May 25, 2013 3:12 pm  

Had the radio on Friday morning and they talked about the Magic Weekend for a few minutes but not even a mention of today's Aviva Prem final. Club RU is just dwarfed by the international game.

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sat May 25, 2013 7:11 pm  

JonB95 wrote:

Had the radio on Friday morning and they talked about the Magic Weekend for a few minutes but not even a mention of today's Aviva Prem final. Club RU is just dwarfed by the international game.

81,703 at Twickenham.....hardly dwarfed.

Magic weekend is 7 games....will it get close to 80k?

I suggest you stop trying to put down the bigger and more popular code and instead, concentrate on the positives of TGG.......union is a far bigger code and all you're doing is making yourself look like a bitter little man!

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sun May 26, 2013 9:40 am  

gutterfax wrote:

I suggest you stop trying to put down the bigger and more popular code and instead, concentrate on the positives of TGG.......union is a far bigger code and all you're doing is making yourself look like a bitter little man!

TBF, he is hardly unique in this.

Re: Rugby Union, If you must talk about it, do it here. PART : Sun May 26, 2013 3:31 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

81,703 at Twickenham.....hardly dwarfed.

Magic weekend is 7 games....will it get close to 80k?

I suggest you stop trying to put down the bigger and more popular code and instead, concentrate on the positives of TGG.......union is a far bigger code and all you're doing is making yourself look like a bitter little man!

Why are you twisting my words? And why are you comparing two completely different events?

Even when it was the Premiership final, all that anyone bar Tigers and Saints fans cared about was Lions selection.

This thread is about Union and not League, so stfu with your ridiculous comparisons.