First Rugby game in Lansdowne Road

Crash

According to scrum.com, this is going ahead:

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has announced that the first game to be played at Dublin's new Aviva Stadium, the replacement for Lansdowne Road, will be between a combined Leinster/Ulster team and a Munster/Connacht selection on August 7, 2010

Anyone heard anything confirmed from any other sources? the fact that there's a date makes it a bit more official.

edit:bleh, actually had the thread title as "first game in Aviva" - changed now, but I still feel dirty.

damselnat

Just heard it on RTE

Sounds pretty interesting, and its definitely Lansdowne Road, Aviva can give them as much money as they want, but it'll always be Lansdowne!

fifth

It's not always going to be landsdowne road.. to be honest I just told two people about this, I said in Aviva stadium and they knew what I meant..

Whether we like it or not, it's going to change eventually..

edit: on topic, this sounds interesting. Like to see how the teams are selected

remus808

1. Healy
2. Best
3. Botha
4. Cullen
5. Hines
6. Henry
7. O'Brien
8. Heaslip

9. Boss
10. Sexton
11. Fitzgerald
12. Wallace
13. BOD
14. Nagasua
15. Kearney

anonymous_joe

Why is Henry at 6 instead of Ferris!?

funky penguin

Injury prediction?

ScrubsfanChris

August 7th seems a long wait for a stadium that is supposed to be finnished in April.

What about the AIB League Final or even Magners League Final?

funky penguin

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

August 7th seems a long wait for a stadium that is supposed to be finnished in April.

What about the AIB League Final or even Magners League Final?

I love your confidence!

twinytwo

in fairness if its starting lineups then leinster/ulster will win by a mile...

andrewdcs

twinytwo wrote: »

in fairness if its starting lineups then leinster/ulster will win by a mile...

They'd surely put a quota in place to make it inclusive, 8 of one and seven of another. What 7 Connacht players would you swap into the Munster team? Would be great fun though, Baa Baas style lung buster.


They should have an inter-pro sevens "tourney" before hand.

CatFromHue

i wonder how much the tickets will be?
2 scrtch teams who will be very much still in pre season mode with im guessing few of the big names in the squads.
its a game obviously to raise a few quid but 20 or 30 should all thats asked for a ticket

(if you cant guess im a little peeved at the price of some of the tickets to rugby games!)

[Jackass]

Ah I wouldn't say it'll be a case of Leinster / Ulster hammering them..

It'll be an exebition match, they'll keep the teams even enough, probably wont have the strongest Leinster / Ulster selection on the pitch at any one time...

Would be interesting, but kind of disapointed it's not a fully competetive match such as a Magners match or something...

GymJim

Looking a bit uneven isn't it. Have based Munster/Connacht on basis they're likely to have to have at least 5 Connacht lads in the squad.

Could be all change by this time next year (perhaps inclusion of Felix Jones, Brugnaut, Ronan among others).

Munster/Connacht

Warwick
Howlett
Mafi/de Villiers
Earls
Carr
ROG
TOL
Muldoon
Wallace
Leamy
POC
DOC
Hayes
Flannery
Wilkinson

Subs

Cronin
Horan/Brugnaut
Browne
Ofisa
Stringer
Keatley
Duffy/Dowling

Leinster/Ulster

Kearney
Nagusa
BOD
Cave
Fitz
Sexton
Boss
Heaslip
Pollock/Faloon/Jennings
Ferris
Hines
CaldwellBotha
R.Best
Healy
SubsJ.Fogarty
Court/Ross
Toner
Pollock/Faloon/Jennings/Henry/SOB
Reddan
iHumph
Darcy/Wallace/Nacewa

Podge_irl

[Jackass] wrote: »

Ah I wouldn't say it'll be a case of Leinster / Ulster hammering them..

It'll be an exebition match, they'll keep the teams even enough, probably wont have the strongest Leinster / Ulster selection on the pitch at any one time...

Would be interesting, but kind of disapointed it's not a fully competetive match such as a Magners match or something...

It has to be a pre-season match to stop them dirty soccer folks having the first game in the new stadium.

funky penguin

[Jackass] wrote: »

Would be interesting, but kind of disapointed it's not a fully competetive match such as a Magners match or something...

Munster v all blacks?

[Jackass]

No, a competetive match

funky penguin

haha, I understand now, sorry!

But I do think that it will be an excellent spectacle. Very happy that the 4 provinces are being included.

Wonder how they'll work out the selection, coaching etc.

More importantly.....

Lulster V Monnaught or Conster?












Sorry.

nipps

andrewdcs wrote: »

They'd surely put a quota in place to make it inclusive, 8 of one and seven of another. What 7 Connacht players would you swap into the Munster team? Would be great fun though, Baa Baas style lung buster.

i agree, it would only be fair to have 8 players from one team and 7 from the other palying. it wouldn't be as good if for example: there were 12 munster player playing with 3 connaught players.

chupacabra

Seems a good a thread as any to post these...

Lansdowne Road stadium construction update:








For anyone interested new photos are uploaded to the media gallery every month around the 20th on http://lrsdc.ie

Aidric

funky penguin wrote: »

Lulster V Monnaught or Conster?

How bout Lolster? Nice pics of the stadium there, it will be magnificent when finished. I suppose the inclusion of all the provinces is a nice touch.

ScrubsfanChris

Whenever I see pictures of this magnificent new stadium, I just think why ....... why only 50,000?

Never mind all the stuff about planning permission and "its in a residential area" bullcrap!
That capacity is shamefull.

2040

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Whenever I see pictures of this magnificent new stadium, I just think why ....... why only 50,000?

Never mind all the stuff about planning permission and "its in a residential area" bullcrap!
That capacity is shamefull.

That's what i think everytime i hear about it too. Players from all the six nations and beyond love playing in Croke Park because of the immensity of it all and everything else. When Aviva/Landsdowne is built will that be the end of Rugby in Croke Park...forever?

siltirocker

GymJim wrote: »

Looking a bit uneven isn't it. Have based Munster/Connacht on basis they're likely to have to have at least 5 Connacht lads in the squad.

Could be all change by this time next year (perhaps inclusion of Felix Jones, Brugnaut, Ronan among others).

Munster/Connacht

Warwick
Howlett
Mafi/de Villiers
Earls
Carr
ROG
TOL
Muldoon
Wallace
Leamy
POC
DOC
Hayes
Flannery
Wilkinson

Subs

Cronin
Horan/Brugnaut
Browne
Ofisa
Stringer
Keatley
Duffy/Dowling

Leinster/Ulster

Kearney
Nagusa
BOD
Cave
Fitz
Sexton
Boss
Heaslip
Pollock/Faloon/Jennings
Ferris
Hines
Caldwell/Botha
R.Best
Healy

Subs

J.Fogarty
Court/Ross
Toner
Pollock/Faloon/Jennings/Henry/SOB
Reddan
iHumph
Darcy/Wallace/Nacewa

Haha, you know what. That's not bad.
If ROG's form continues like this i wouldn't write off Keatley, Jones for Duffy too. But that's a pretty solid Monnacht squad.

The Lulster team, ridiculously hard to call! You haven't mentioned Daneilli, Trimble, Kyriacou, Horgan etc. (Im not threading on u, im just pointing it out). Wallace would be ahead of Cave for that inside centre back spot though.

OldJay

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Whenever I see pictures of this magnificent new stadium, I just think why ....... why only 50,000?

Never mind all the stuff about planning permission and "its in a residential area" bullcrap!
That capacity is shamefull.

Well, you see thats not "bullcrap". That is exactly "why only 50,000".

toomevara

Justind wrote: »

Well, you see thats not "bullcrap". That is exactly "why only 50,000".

Well said. It is a great, great shame for Irish and international rugby that unfortunately these issues couldn't be overcome. The Aviva looks like its going to be a wonderful stadium in terms of design and aesthetic, but unfortunately the 50k capacity will always be a massive, massive shortcoming...no doubt we'll all be staring whistfully towards Croker on every international game day thinking of what could have been....really,really unfortunate, especially when juxtaposed beside stadia like Twickers, Stade de France and Cardiff....Even the 67,000 capacity Murrayfield dwarfs it....I fear that we'll always regard it as a missed opportunity.

Digifriendly

toomevara wrote: »

Well said. It is a great, great shame for Irish and international rugby that unfortunately these issues couldn't be overcome. The Aviva looks like its going to be a wonderful stadium in terms of design and aesthetic, but unfortunately the 50k capacity will always be a massive, massive shortcoming...no doubt we'll all be staring whistfully towards Croker on every international game day thinking of what could have been....really,really unfortunate, especially when juxtaposed beside stadia like Twickers, Stade de France and Cardiff....Even the 67,000 capacity Murrayfield dwarfs it....I fear that we'll always regard it as a missed opportunity.

Totally agree. Should they not try to play at least one of the autumn internationals and one of 6N games at Croke Park in future?

justsomebloke

Digifriendly wrote: »

Totally agree. Should they not try to play at least one of the autumn internationals and one of 6N games at Croke Park in future?

1) The GAA might not let any more games be played there

2) as far as I know they contractually have to play the games in the Aviva stadium

delta_bravo

[QUOTE='[Jackass]

Would be interesting, but kind of disapointed it's not a fully competetive match such as a Magners match or something...[/QUOTE]

The main reason the first game in the stadium wont be a 'big' game is because they will be using the game as a test to make sure everything 'works' in the stadium in terms of medical facilities, stewarding etc. It was the same in Wembley the first game there was an u21 international

OldJay

Digifriendly wrote: »

Totally agree. Should they not try to play at least one of the autumn internationals and one of 6N games at Croke Park in future?

This has all been explained before . . .

No, there will be no more games in Croke Park.
The amount of revenue generated in staging an event such as a rugby union match is NOT a simple matter of Attendance minus Costs equals Profits.

Sponsorship and endorsement income agreements are based on the games being held at the new stadium as explained by Philip Browne before.

Croke Park is not a Municipal stadium. It never has been. It is a hire-venue to anyone outside the GAA. Sub-contracting mid to long-term advertising, fixtures & fittings, staffing, insurance, corporate hospitality, endorsements all costs money to make money.

Spud83

delta_bravo wrote: »

The main reason the first game in the stadium wont be a 'big' game is because they will be using the game as a test to make sure everything 'works' in the stadium in terms of medical facilities, stewarding etc. It was the same in Wembley the first game there was an u21 international

I believe they also had a reduced capacity for that game so I'm wouldn't be surprised if the same thing is done in Aviva .

Ceartgoleor

Did anyone read the article in the Independent today about the ticket prices for this weekends Bledisloe Cup test in Japan between Australia and NZ? Cheapest tickets start circa €150 rising up to €540+. Journalist writing the piece predicts the IRB are looking to implement this policy in advance of the 2019 WC out there, and claims international ticket prices will continue to rise globally.

Posting it here because that will be the big draw back of the 50,000 capacity; the scramble for tickets will be frantic and the ticket prices (on the black market) will probably go through the roof for the first few years. Hope they implement one of those ID style ticketing systems to ensure rugby people get the tickets instead of paying €200 to some tout

[Jackass]

As said, IRFU chairman was asked about this before....under no circumstances will any Irish games be held outside of Lansdowne Road.

They have contracts with sponsors, catering companies, bar facilities, corporate box holders etc. etc., that have all paid to ensure that Lansdowne is used.

I'd imagine provincial games are outside of that contract, so possibly we could see Connacht / Ulster / Munster / Leinster in Croke Park, but that's it.

Not sure if the IRFU would even want that though, or if the GAA would allow it.

The_Kew_Tour

Ceartgoleor wrote: »

Did anyone read the article in the Independent today about the ticket prices for this weekends Bledisloe Cup test in Japan between Australia and NZ? Cheapest tickets start circa €150 rising up to €540+. Journalist writing the piece predicts the IRB are looking to implement this policy in advance of the 2019 WC out there, and claims international ticket prices will continue to rise globally.

Posting it here because that will be the big draw back of the 50,000 capacity; the scramble for tickets will be frantic and the ticket prices (on the black market) will probably go through the roof for the first few years. Hope they implement one of those ID style ticketing systems to ensure rugby people get the tickets instead of paying €200 to some tout

That is just nuts, i would never pay a price like that, thats crazy

OldJay

Ceartgoleor wrote: »

Did anyone read the article in the Independent today about the ticket prices for this weekends Bledisloe Cup test in Japan between Australia and NZ? Cheapest tickets start circa €150 rising up to €540+

. . . on a scalping web site :rolleyes:

In reality, their prices are as follows:-

Schoolkids - 3000 yen (approx. €22) - Unreserved
Category 4 - 7000 yen (approx. €50) - Unreserved
Category 3 - 12000 yen (approx. €86)
Category 2 - 16000 yen (approx. €118)
Category 1 - 20000 yen (approx €148)

There's also a premium ticket which is a corporate price. That would be the "rising up to" price you mention, I would say.

This took about two minutes to look up. Shame whatever journo who wrote the piece didn't bother or I could have saved myself two minutes.

Justind

Justind wrote: »

Shame whatever journo who wrote the piece didn't bother or I could have saved myself two minutes.

It was in the independent. All makes sense now

Aidric

Justind wrote: »

. . . on a scalping web site :rolleyes:

In reality, their prices are as follows:-

Schoolkids - 3000 yen (approx. €22) - Unreserved
Category 4 - 7000 yen (approx. €50) - Unreserved
Category 3 - 12000 yen (approx. €86)
Category 2 - 16000 yen (approx. €118)
Category 1 - 20000 yen (approx €148)

There's also a premium ticket which is a corporate price. That would be the "rising up to" price you mention, I would say.

This took about two minutes to look up. Shame whatever journo who wrote the piece didn't bother or I could have saved myself two minutes.

Good Work.

Deleted User wrote: »

It was in the independent. All makes sense now

Says it all.

daosulli

chupacabra wrote: »

Seems a good a thread as any to post these...

Lansdowne Road stadium construction update:


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For anyone interested new photos are uploaded to the media gallery every month around the 20th on http://lrsdc.ie

Thanks for the pics, it is just me or WTF is on the roof obstructing the view of the ppl in the top tier, have they made a complete cock up???

OldJay

daosulli wrote: »

it is just me or WTF is on the roof obstructing the view of the ppl in the top tier, have they made a complete cock up???

No. The view is fine from there.

Crash

Justind wrote: »

No. The view is fine from there.

Not unless the pitch is the same level as they are - remember, they'll be looking down to see the place :P#

edit: not aimed at Justin, misquoted.

Podge_irl

Crash wrote: »

Not unless the pitch is the same level as they are - remember, they'll be looking down to see the place :P#

edit: not aimed at Justin, misquoted.

Wouldn't it have made more sense to change the quotation in the edit rather than using your editing opportunity to point out your mistake?

Crash

Nah, its more fun to edit your post now to say "Wow Crash, you're so insightful, I think I have a touch of manlove for you."

Ahem...back on topic.

Zzippy

Ah jeez, how come we get stuck with Munster? No chance of winning the game now... suppose we might take 2 or 3 of their squad to make up a team... :P:D

GO'S

Zzippy wrote: »

Ah jeez, how come we get stuck with Munster? No chance of winning the game now... suppose we might take 2 or 3 of their squad to make up a team... :P:D

harsh comment...most HCs in the country so ye should be lucky

Rob Mc

Keatley for monnacht!!....I'm gonna start printing t-shirts , lol:D

GO'S

wonder what the jerseys will be like?

GO'S

Quote:
Originally Posted by delta_bravo
The main reason the first game in the stadium wont be a 'big' game is because they will be using the game as a test to make sure everything 'works' in the stadium in terms of medical facilities, stewarding etc. It was the same in Wembley the first game there was an u21 international

they also did that for thomond park.munster 20s match and only let in like 2000 people