Guinness Summer Series?

Vivagora

Im considering buying tickets or whats left of them for Ireland versus England and France in August as they will be the last games before World Cup in NZ. Do people think they are worth going to?

jolley123

Vivagora wrote: »

Im considering buying tickets or whats left of them for Ireland versus England and France in August as they will be the last games before World Cup in NZ. Do people think they are worth going to?

Yes.

theboss80

Im going to the England game. Be worth it me thinks

some_dose

I definitely think these matches will be worth going to. Myself and a few friends already have tickets for the English match and not surprisingly, there aren't that many seats left.

CatFromHue

warm sunny august day*, a pint**, watching some rugby

what more do you want?

*warm sunny day not gauranteed

**being allowed to bringa pint to your seat depends on where you are siting

AwayWithFaries

Vivagora wrote: »

Im considering buying tickets or whats left of them for Ireland versus England and France in August as they will be the last games before World Cup in NZ. Do people think they are worth going to?

Definitly worth considering. The games should be pretty competitve as well with the world cup around the corner. Players will (hopefully) be upping their games trying to get into the starting XV for NZ.

buck65

Going to the French game. Should be good.

conf101

CatFromHue wrote: »

**being allowed to bringa pint to your seat depends on where you are siting

For the HEC semi-final they were allowing people in upper tiers bring pints to their seats. One of the stewards said that they were doing it on a trial basis for that match. Dunno what the outcome of it was but it's quite possible that for the Summer Series folks in the upper tiers will be allowed to enjoy a pint in their seats

danny29

I'm going to both French and the English matches.
The Tickets for the series were so reasonable, it allows me to afford for both games!

CatFromHue

conf101 wrote: »

For the HEC semi-final they were allowing people in upper tiers bring pints to their seats. One of the stewards said that they were doing it on a trial basis for that match. Dunno what the outcome of it was but it's quite possible that for the Summer Series folks in the upper tiers will be allowed to enjoy a pint in their seats

i sat in 514 (south upper) row C for the leicester game.

a fella in row A deciding that his his row was too crowded to walk along decided to hop over from B to A. he clipped his feet on the way. i still remember shouting for someone to catch him. thank god or whoever but he got lucky to not go over the rails.

in summary beer is ok (you were'nt allowed to bring a drink to your seat) but stupids are not allowed on the upper level. they ruin it for everyone

Conas

Can anyone tell me if any of the games for the summer series will be on TV?

PhatPiggins

Is the €4 (10%!!) handling fee the standard rate of shafting or more then usual?

Taco Corp

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Is the €4 (10%!!) handling fee the standard rate of shafting or more then usual?

Sounds about right. I got 2 tickets each for France and England and handling fee was €16.

Vivagora

thanks! €4 handling fee is such a rip. Unfortunately English tickets were snapped up only limited ones left in the corner so French game it is!

ambid

Vivagora wrote: »

thanks! €4 handling fee is such a rip. Unfortunately English tickets were snapped up only limited ones left in the corner so French game it is!

Corner seat should be okay. You'd still get a good view and will have the big screens if you miss anything (says he hopefully having bought tickets in the corner...)

Vivagora

Best I could get for French game was block 523 and pretty high up. Maybe I should have listened to the warning about fear of heights do not buy these tickets! Couldnt afford the €40 and €50 tickets so choice was pretty restricted. Just hope our view wont be impaired by the white bars off the top of the stadium.

durkadurka

They won't impair your view of the pitch but you may struggle to see a big screen.

Blut2

http://www.seatpic.com/venue/184/aviva-stadium-dublin-ireland

^ is a great little webpage for when youre buying tickets. It doesnt have 523 at the moment but hopefully more people will become aware of it and add photos.

theboss80

Ticketmaster has great ticket buying seating map

ambid

Vivagora wrote: »

Best I could get for French game was block 523 and pretty high up. Maybe I should have listened to the warning about fear of heights do not buy these tickets! Couldnt afford the €40 and €50 tickets so choice was pretty restricted. Just hope our view wont be impaired by the white bars off the top of the stadium.

durkadurka wrote: »

They won't impair your view of the pitch but you may struggle to see a big screen.

durkadurka is right. You'll have a great view of the pitch but probably won't see anything of either big screen. I've been there and it's great except for the screen.

JustinDee

Blut2 wrote: »

http://www.seatpic.com/venue/184/aviva-stadium-dublin-ireland

^ is a great little webpage for when youre buying tickets. It doesnt have 523 at the moment but hopefully more people will become aware of it and add photos.

That website is an absolutely great idea.

Seating plan map for Aviva is not entirely accurate as a more in-depth and detailed version has been released since.

EoghanB

Blut2 wrote: »

http://www.seatpic.com/venue/184/aviva-stadium-dublin-ireland

^ is a great little webpage for when youre buying tickets. It doesnt have 523 at the moment but hopefully more people will become aware of it and add photos.

JustinDee wrote: »

That website is an absolutely great idea.

Seating plan map for Aviva is not entirely accurate as a more in-depth and detailed version has been released since.

Cheers for the plug and good feedback lads. Myself and a few mates started seatpic.com late last year.

I'm mindful not to hijack the thread but if anyone wants to chip in with some photos or suggestions to make the site more useful that would be great.

JustinDee - thanks for the heads up on the changed aviva seat plan. I must update that.

PhatPiggins

JustinDee wrote: »

That website is an absolutely great idea.

Seating plan map for Aviva is not entirely accurate as a more in-depth and detailed version has been released since.

Excuse my ignorance and I know its probably not in your job discription but could you answer the following q for me:

I've both 4 tickets for the east upper, am I correct in assuming that the 4 seats will be together/beside each other?

JustinDee

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance and I know its probably not in your job discription but could you answer the following q for me:

I've both 4 tickets for the east upper, am I correct in assuming that the 4 seats will be together/beside each other?

If bought in same order nr then yes, should be all together.
If a seperate order, email ticketqueries@irfu.ie and ask ticketing dept if they can allocate together.

Teej

PhatPiggins wrote: »

I've both 4 tickets for the east upper, am I correct in assuming that the 4 seats will be together/beside each other?

Would definitely recommend email to irfu to check. Bought tickets together for HC semi & was separated by aisle. Not disastrous if all adults but the da in front of me who had to share a seat with his kids was pretty uncomfortable

PhatPiggins

JustinDee wrote: »

If bought in same order nr then yes, should be all together.
If a seperate order, email ticketqueries@irfu.ie and ask ticketing dept if they can allocate together.

Cheers bought them all together but might fire off an email just in case

Vivagora

Seatpic is unreal thanks a lot because ticketmaster map is good but I hadnt a clue what the view would be like.

I did a quick search just out of interest and more tickets for England match are coming up for the €10-€30 bracket so the two games it is so!

By the way might be a silly question but any way we could be surrounded by english fans or are they allocated their own tickets?!

littleman

just wondering how good is the west stand lower,ive got tickets for the england game and havent been to the aviva before

almostover

Yeah booked tickets for the England game......never been in the Aviva before....section 527 row X.....any ideas what that will be like?

freyners

does anyone know how to get tickets for the match in bordeaux?