GB Lions Tour on sale today + Eden Park schedule confirmed

[Usain Bolt]

Tonga/GB test is the same time as the All Blacks RWC semi final which could hurt ticket sales

 

[Arucard]

Prepare to be disappointed with the Hamilton crowd......

 

[Burns]

Prepare to be disappointed with the Hamilton crowd......

Anything over 10,000 will be good

 

[Jim from Oz]

Tonga/GB test is the same time as the All Blacks RWC semi final which could hurt ticket sales

Great RLIF planning again …

 

[kiwileaguefan]

Apparently only 3,500 tickets sold for Eden Park....not confirmed but wouldn't be suprised if this is true.

 

[Arucard]

Apparently only 3,500 tickets sold for Eden Park....not confirmed but wouldn't be suprised if this is true.

Not quite that low, but not far off.

 

[Burns]

Apparently only 3,500 tickets sold for Eden Park....not confirmed but wouldn't be suprised if this is true.

Not quite that low, but not far off.

Do you have sources?

That is absolutely incredibly, terrible if true.

 

[morningstar]

Hopefully they all buy tickets....

http://www.voxy.co.nz/sport/5/350601

Clad in their red, waving their flags, and singing popular national songs, more than 500 members of Hamilton’s Tongan community welcomed their rugby league heroes to the city last night (Monday 21 October).

 

[Knownothing]

Tonga/GB test is the same time as the All Blacks RWC semi final which could hurt ticket sales

Total idiocy.

 

[adamkungl]

It's worst thing is, when this is over they'll blame a lack of interest in the international game rather than the numerous idiotic scheduling, format and political decisions that have led to this

-9s on a Friday night, should have been Sat-Sun

-Kangaroos on a Friday night in Wollongong, should have been Sat or Sun day game in Brisbane

-Tonga preparation hobbled by infighting
-GB Lions tour poorly realised, with a silly 2-game format against NZ, Kangaroos declining to play, and no attempt whatsoever to make it more meaningful than "England in different shirts"
-Tonga v GB running against a Rugby World Cup Semi

-Ridiculous triple header, should never ever happen for first class games
-Ridiculous triple header on Rugby World Cup Final night, double down on stupid
-Ridiculous triple header on Rugby World Cup Final night, in the Rugby capital of the world, triple down on stupid.

 

[Springs09]

The whole thing is idiocy. Yeah let's build support by having a few one-off tests that don't lead anywhere. Brilliance.

 

[Jim from Oz]

It's worst thing is, when this is over they'll blame a lack of interest in the international game rather than the numerous idiotic scheduling, format and political decisions that have led to this

-9s on a Friday night, should have been Sat-Sun

-Kangaroos on a Friday night in Wollongong, should have been Sat or Sun day game in Brisbane

-Tonga preparation hobbled by infighting
-GB Lions tour poorly realised, with a silly 2-game format against NZ, Kangaroos declining to play, and no attempt whatsoever to make it more meaningful than "England in different shirts"
-Tonga v GB running against a Rugby World Cup Semi

-Ridiculous triple header, should never ever happen for first class games
-Ridiculous triple header on Rugby World Cup Final night, double down on stupid
-Ridiculous triple header on Rugby World Cup Final night, in the Rugby capital of the world, triple down on stupid.

I'd add to that having this silly GB Lions tour all mixed up with an Oceania Cup, which actually started about 5 months ago! So an international program that’s basically all over the place. Madness!

 

[roughyedspud]

Hate to say I told you all so....but I f**king did..

 

[Burns]

The GB Oceanic Lion page on Facebook has 2,500 likes.

The Tonga National Rugby League (which is posting nothing now for obvious reasons) has 33,000 likes.

it’s just the little things

 

[adamkungl]

Hate to say I told you all so....but I f**king did..

Tbh the GB/England shirt issue is probably the least problematic of everything here.

Pointless though it is, im sure it would sell if it was announced and promoted in a timely manner and not clashing against World Cup finals

 

[Burns]

 

[roughyedspud]

Mascord can f**k off...I've told that clown for years GB doesn't work anymore yet he kept going on about it...I hold him personally responsible for the f**k up this tour will be..

 

[Burns]

Mascord can f**k off...I've told that clown for years GB doesn't work anymore yet he kept going on about it...I hold him personally responsible for the f**k up this tour will be..

Will be good to see his justification for this. I remember him for years going on about it on Twitter and running those weird unofficial GB Lion pages.

 

[adamkungl]

Will be good to see his justification for this. I remember him for years going on about it on Twitter and running those weird unofficial GB Lion pages.

I don't think Mascord has as much influence as you guys think he does

RL is more than capable of coming up with regressive throwback to the future ideas without him telling them to.

 

[roughyedspud]

C'mon he planted that seed in fat Nigel's head every month or so for years..

He colluded with a NRL media manager to come up with a GB tour itinerary that he printed in the SMH..

he ambushed fat Nigel as he got of plane and bombarded him with question about a mythical GB tour and because Nigel didn't answer mascord made up a story that he was thinking about bringing GB back..

GB v the wallabies at Wembley ran every 6months..

I've got messages off him on twitter with him saying he didn't care if bringing GB back damaged England,Wales,Scotland & Ireland..he thought bringing GB back was a good idea....I'll try and find those twitter messages but they are from years ago..I'll look though.