Irish Supporters Club for 6N tickets

shaneh

Hi all,
just wondering what are your chances of getting 6N tickets if you join the Irish Supports club online. I know it's too late for this year, more looking forward to next year. Every year it's pain trying to source tickets and I'd like a reliable way of being able to get tickets.

I know I could join a local club but I don't play rugby and not sure if I would have the time to go to club meetings on a regular basis. Feel it's a bit cheeky to joing a club purely for tickets and do nothing else within the club.

Do the Irish Supporters Club also sell tickets for friendlys? Defo have to get tickets for the NZ & Puma matches at the end of the year.

Cheers
Shane

zAbbo

They have a number of tickets for most games, although joining the club purely for tickets might leave you disappointed.

I'd imagine there will be huge demand for the Autumn Tests.

I had a chance to buy tickets for the upcoming 6n, but decided against it.

shaneh

Cheers Zabbo. How are tickets allocated, is it a random selection of all memebers or do you apply and hope for the best?

tHE vAGGABOND

Im guessing here, but I would be pretty sure they have a few hundred tickets for a few thousand members..

So you have a chance if your quick on the ball the morning they go on sale - much like concert tickets etc

zAbbo

Yes, it's a lottery for the most part, sometimes on a first come - first served purpose.

Membership would be from 6-10 thousand, When I signed up last year, I was around the 8000th member...

shaneh

Yikes, slim enough chance then.

Apart from the tickets, is there any other incentive for being a member? Don't want to blow 50 bucks for nothing other than a small chance of being picked to purchase tickets.

Riskymove

shaneh wrote: »

Yikes, slim enough chance then.

Apart from the tickets, is there any other incentive for being a member? Don't want to blow 50 bucks for nothing other than a small chance of being picked to purchase tickets.

Tickets have generally been sold online rather than lottery approach.

I missed on tickets last year but got tickets for all 3 home games this year. There has generally been tickets for all friendly games too.

The Club also organises match day events and sometimes charter trips to away games (including tickets).

I have just renewed for third year and would recommend the club.

There is a pretty good online forum also

shaneh

Cheers Riskymove. I might give it a whirl after all!

komodosp

Tickets have generally been sold online rather than lottery approach.

...And is it like log on at 9:00 am on the morning of the release or they will be sold out by 9:01?

jackbhoy

komodosp wrote: »

...And is it like log on at 9:00 am on the morning of the release or they will be sold out by 9:01?

No not that bad, it was at least 9.07 when they sold out . There is absolutely no gurantee of tickets when you join, should note that. It really p!sses me off listen to members whine on their forum that they paid €50 and didn't get tickets....

shoegirl

shaneh wrote: »

Hi all,
just wondering what are your chances of getting 6N tickets if you join the Irish Supports club online. I know it's too late for this year, more looking forward to next year. Every year it's pain trying to source tickets and I'd like a reliable way of being able to get tickets.

I know I could join a local club but I don't play rugby and not sure if I would have the time to go to club meetings on a regular basis. Feel it's a bit cheeky to joing a club purely for tickets and do nothing else within the club.

Do the Irish Supporters Club also sell tickets for friendlys? Defo have to get tickets for the NZ & Puma matches at the end of the year.

Cheers
Shane

Hi Shane:

To answer your 2 questions:

Yes, there is a good chance of getting tickets - you just have to make sure you are logged in and ready to go 10 minutes before the ticket sale starts. You might not always get the most desireable package but if you are there and ready when the ticket sale starts you'll probably get something.

And yes, they do sell tickets to friendlies, including overseas friendlies. In fact these are often quite easy to get due to higher ticket numbers being available and lower level of interest as travel is expensive.

Hope thats a help,

Laura

Jello

I'm thinking of joining too and was just wondering what's the limit to the number of tickets you can buy?

JWAD

Jello wrote: »

I'm thinking of joining too and was just wondering what's the limit to the number of tickets you can buy?

Depends on the game.

shaneh

Cheers all for the response here.

One final question. Do they announce beforehand when tickets will be going on sale. At least this way, I can be prepared to be logged in for 9am!

Thanks
Shane

Worrytahs

shaneh wrote: »

Cheers all for the response here.

One final question. Do they announce beforehand when tickets will be going on sale. At least this way, I can be prepared to be logged in for 9am!

Thanks
Shane

Yes, notice is given to the IRSC well in advance of the sale which in turn is well in advance of the 6N.
Email your questions to info@irishrugby.ie and you'll get a quick response.

shaneh

Thanks all for responses here. Think I'll give it a shot for a year and see how I get on
Shane

R.Rated

Does anyone think it would be easy to pick up a few tickets on the day of the Italy game?

jackbhoy

R.Rated wrote: »

Does anyone think it would be easy to pick up a few tickets on the day of the Italy game?

I'd say so. At the last Italy game in Landsdowne there were loads of them floating around.

Anyone know if they've removed the seats from Hill 16 after the soccer or if they're still there.There always seems to be a better atmosphere standing.England-Ireland there last year was incredible.

jackbhoy

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Anyone know if they've removed the seats from Hill 16 after the soccer or if they're still there.There always seems to be a better atmosphere standing.England-Ireland there last year was incredible.

IRFU have sold bucket seats on the hill, so they'll be there.

Oh well... thanks for the reply.

jackbhoy

Deleted User wrote: »

Oh well... thanks for the reply.

Tbh the atmosphere at England game was never going to be repeated against ITA/SCO/WAL but I agree terraces are much more condusive to good atmosphere.

johnnyboy4711

thinking of joining the irfu site in the hope of England Ireland tickets.
From your previous experience should i wait till next year or is there a slimmer of hope for a pair of tix?
yours johnnyboy4711:o

I'm sure they'll be like golddust again next year so there's no harm in trying for the away game.The tickets should be far easier to get.If our earlier performances aren't great most people probably won't bother travelling anyway.