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taste2taste

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I think 35/40 k for England V Somoa would be an incredible crowd. 90% of English fans wouldn't know a single Samoan player and would think the game is going to be a walk over unaware how strong Samoa actually is.
 
Coastbloke

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taste2taste said:
I think 35/40 k for England V Somoa would be an incredible crowd. 90% of English fans wouldn't know a single Samoan player and would think the game is going to be a walk over unaware how strong Samoa actually is.
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I think the 90% who ‘wouldn’t know a Samoan player’ is a plus. It’s one of the major problems of International rugby league.

In Australia, in terms of Tests, apart from lack of promotion, NRL interference, derision by media and fair weather League fans it’s because fans see these players all the time in the NRL.

There’s no sense that of mystery of visiting teams. This should come close to a sellout and hopefully if it’s really close it means Samoa can do Tours like the Kangaroos, Kiwi’s and Poms..
 
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Coastbloke said:
I think the 90% who ‘wouldn’t know a Samoan player’ is a plus. It’s one of the major problems of International rugby league.

In Australia, in terms of Tests, apart from lack of promotion, NRL interference, derision by media and fair weather League fans it’s because fans see these players all the time in the NRL.

There’s no sense that of mystery of visiting teams. This should come close to a sellout and hopefully if it’s really close it means Samoa can do Tours like the Kangaroos, Kiwi’s and Poms..
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Whilst I agree, in the case of Samoa, the last few times they've actually played decent opposition in Australia, they have sold out venues or gone close.

2018 V Tonga : 17,802 @ Campbelltown
2017 V Australia : 13,473 @ Darwin
2017 V England :18,271 @ Campbelltown
2014 V Australia : 18,456 @ Wollongong

Darwin & Campbelltown were capacity (CSS has a max capacity of 17.5K these days), Wollongong was over 80% capacity.

Just goes to show even with how much we shoot ourselves in the foot and how much visibility there is of the players in these Pacific teams, they still can draw.
 
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yakstorm said:
Whilst I agree, in the case of Samoa, the last few times they've actually played decent opposition in Australia, they have sold out venues or gone close.

2018 V Tonga : 17,802 @ Campbelltown
2017 V Australia : 13,473 @ Darwin
2017 V England :18,271 @ Campbelltown
2014 V Australia : 18,456 @ Wollongong

Darwin & Campbelltown were capacity (CSS has a max capacity of 17.5K these days), Wollongong was over 80% capacity.

Just goes to show even with how much we shoot ourselves in the foot and how much visibility there is of the players in these Pacific teams, they still can draw.
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WIN has an on paper capacity of 22,000 but in reality I’ve never seen it hit 20,000. I suspect that it may be held back by the police from getting too crowded, as happened at Jubilee.

I was at WIN for the Samoa game, it was pretty close to the most I’ve seen there. About 18 is a really good crowd. The biggest I can remember was a SGI v Cronulla match. I think it may have been up around 19500 or so.
Guess I’m just agreeing that the Aust Samoa Test was a good draw.
 
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I know I'm send us off topic, but imagine a 4 Nations Series of Australia, Samoa, Tonga & NZ played in Australia & NZ.

You could easily average 20K+ per game in the tournament and if a bit of effort was put behind it, possibly drive that closer to 30K.
 
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yakstorm said:
I know I'm send us off topic, but imagine a 4 Nations Series of Australia, Samoa, Tonga & NZ played in Australia & NZ.

You could easily average 20K+ per game in the tournament and if a bit of effort was put behind it, possibly drive that closer to 30K.
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I’d love to see the Oceania Cup return in some form. If they had a top tier of 4 we could easily see that, obviously PNG & Fiji would have something to say about it.
 
Coastbloke

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Anyone in Britain watching the NRL GF who live the game will see these PI players will think holy sh!t England are playing these guys at the opener..

Sold out (at least in most other sports anyway 🤷‍♂️)
 
Perth Red

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should get close to 40k for opener which will be outstanding given the current economic situation in England and how peoples spare cash is being sucked up by massive price increases.
 
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Stinkfinger

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taste2taste said:
I think 35/40 k for England V Somoa would be an incredible crowd. 90% of English fans wouldn't know a single Samoan player and would think the game is going to be a walk over unaware how strong Samoa actually is.
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Those who watch the NRL will know them.
 
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So latest on the World Cup opener:
- East Stand is sold out
- All Cat E on lower tiers is sold out
- All Cat A, B, C on lower tiers is majority sold
- All Cat D on lower tiers is nearly exhausted
- All Cat E on the upper tier is nearly exhausted
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I'd be guessing but maybe 38Kish... could be higher, though depends on the organisers interpretation of 'limited availability'
 
Perth Red

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Jon, how are ticket sales going?

Jon Dutton: It's incredibly exciting. The fact is we have pre-sold more tickets than any previous RLWC tournament and sales continue to grow as we enter the busiest four weeks of sales (up to and during the tournament).

As stated earlier this week, there's now less than 15,000 tickets left to be sold for St James' Park, less than 5,000 General Admission seats left at The University of Bolton Stadium for England men v France men, and the Old Trafford Finals have now sold over 50,000 with no Category E and limited Category D tickets left. So, we are in a great place at this stage of the build-up but we are still expecting a lot more sales.

Are you confident that ticket prices are affordable?

JD: At Rugby League World Cup 2021 we want to inspire the next generation of rugby league players and fans alike which is why we have created a ticket pricing strategy that will make the tournament one of the most affordable and family friendly international sporting events in history.

As of now 57 of the 61 matches start at £25 or less with some games selling at £10 for children and £2.21 for concessions.

When we went on sale in 2020, there were 60 of the 61 matches priced at £20.21 or less and over 80% of tickets priced at £50 or less while under 16s can pick up a ticket for as little as £2.21

Will you be discounting?

JD: Put simply - No.

This would not be fair to the tens of thousands of ticket purchasers who bought in the ballot in 2020.

We promised them the best prices and best available seats and we will deliver that. We are confident in ticket prices and this is reflected in the multiple categories and stands selling out at across matches. We are also seeing record sales of hospitality tickets too.


Digital tickets available to download from Wednesday.

www.rlwc2021.com www.rlwc2021.com
 
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