RLWC2017 Crowd Watch

[Kumul_4Life]

The matches in PNG are all sellouts..

 

[Pommy]

Some need to educate themselves

I think you need to educate yourself with regard to geography.

 

[Stallion]

Last week's reality check wore off quickly

Did mention weather permitting. Can't help poor placement of games from the organisers? The opener should have been at the SFS! That was the worst call. Although it still captured great tv numbers!

 

[Coparugby]

I suspect the seats I could not purchase ages ago have now been released and I’ll be stuck in my less than ideal seats. Same as what happened with the lebanese v France game.

Next time this event rolls around I’ll wait until the last minute to purchase for the better seats plus discounts that have appeared.

 

[Jim from Oz]

I suspect the seats I could not purchase ages ago have now been released and I’ll be stuck in my less than ideal seats. Same as what happened with the lebanese v France game.

Next time this event rolls around I’ll wait until the last minute to purchase for the better seats plus discounts that have appeared.

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Utterly idiotic ticketing strategy … RLWC 2017 amateur hour example # 45,291

 

[Jim from Oz]

I suspect the seats I could not purchase ages ago have now been released and I’ll be stuck in my less than ideal seats. Same as what happened with the lebanese v France game.

Next time this event rolls around I’ll wait until the last minute to purchase for the better seats plus discounts that have appeared.

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They only seem to have released the first 4 rows of those upper seats on the non-TV side.

 

[Angry_eel]

Where's the world cup table? http://www.rlwc2017.com/, I can't find it in here

 

[Jim from Oz]

I suspect the seats I could not purchase ages ago have now been released and I’ll be stuck in my less than ideal seats. Same as what happened with the lebanese v France game.

Next time this event rolls around I’ll wait until the last minute to purchase for the better seats plus discounts that have appeared.

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Can you ring Ticketek and ask to swap/change to your preferred seats?

 

[Jim from Oz]

The matches in PNG are all sellouts..

Well, the official website is showing 1515 seats still available for PNG v Ireland, and approx. 4600 seats for PNG v USA

 

[adamkungl]

I suspect the seats I could not purchase ages ago have now been released and I’ll be stuck in my less than ideal seats. Same as what happened with the lebanese v France game.

Next time this event rolls around I’ll wait until the last minute to purchase for the better seats plus discounts that have appeared.

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Just go sit where you want, it's not like anyone else will be sitting there. Not hard to dodge the half arsed security. I do this at any game I can!
SFS is the easiest but Canberra is up there.

Rest assured i'll be buying the cheapest tickets tomorrow and sitting on half way.

 

[Burns]

20,000 presold for Samoa v Tonga
15,000 is the aim for Sydney v Lebanon

 

[Disinterested third party]

Samoa v Tonga, and the GF, were probably the best games of 2015. Cannot wait for this game. Happy will be there in person.

 

[Matterhorn]

In hindsight they could of played Tonga v Scotland anywhere on the North Island in NZ and got minimum 12k instead of the crowd for the double header in Cairns

 

[Perth Red]

Did mention weather permitting. Can't help poor placement of games from the organisers? The opener should have been at the SFS! That was the worst call. Although it still captured great tv numbers!

You might want to have a word with your state govt who refused to put their hands in their pockets for the privaalage of hosting it. Shows what the nsw govt thinks of RL when NT can outbid them!

 

[kiwileaguefan]

20,000 presold for Samoa v Tonga
15,000 is the aim for Sydney v Lebanon

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/leagu...amoa-play-down-hype-ahead-of-war-on-the-field

At least 18,000 tickets were said to have been snapped up by Thursday and Tonga captain Sika Manu said he had never experienced such intense support from fans since the former New Zealand second rower first represented Tonga in 2013.

 

[adamkungl]

What a sensible sport would do

Annual NZ v Tonga v Samoa tri series (throw in Cook Islands for a 4N) during the mid-season Origin period

What Rugby League will do

 

[titoelcolombiano]

What a sensible sport would do

Annual NZ v Tonga v Samoa tri series (throw in Cook Islands for a 4N) during the mid-season Origin period

What Rugby League will do

NZ have locked in a match with England which is a great result for them but look at how much potential an annual pacific cup holds! The passion rivals, if not surpasses State of Origin - and the commerical success of State of Origin was built on that passion, it is what draws non Rugby League fans in three times a year. The Pacific Cup could be a huge tournament provided that all nations are given the opportunity to field full strenght sides every year.

 

[adamkungl]

NZ have locked in a match with England which is a great result for them but look at how much potential an annual pacific cup holds! The passion rivals, if not surpasses State of Origin - and the commerical success of State of Origin was built on that passion, it is what draws non Rugby League fans in three times a year. The Pacific Cup could be a huge tournament provided that all nations are given the opportunity to field full strenght sides every year.

Yeah. England is a good game but long term I think better keeping mid-year tests local. Big disruption for squads.

 

[Burns]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/leagu...amoa-play-down-hype-ahead-of-war-on-the-field

At least 18,000 tickets were said to have been snapped up by Thursday and Tonga captain Sika Manu said he had never experienced such intense support from fans since the former New Zealand second rower first represented Tonga in 2013.

Cheers for the source. I had heard the figure from the NZ organisers today.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Yeah. England is a good game but long term I think better keeping mid-year tests local. Big disruption for squads.

I know what you mean.

My hope (and I don't think it is pie in the sky) is that the Sunday Origin experiment works and from the next TV deal onwards, the NRL hold three Sunday Origins in a row and create a three week rep window. SL would surely follow suit and England could then get together as a squad play NZ in a test series every year (which would be great for both) and we could have our Pacific Cup!

State of Origin, NZ v England, Pacific Cup (two games a week) is pretty good TV content.