Italy international game tickets

d2ww

Hi, anyone know the best route for getting tickets for this game in the spring in Rome? I am not a member of any club here, so do you have to go down the organised tour route, or can you get tickets independently.
Thanks.

Digifriendly

d2ww wrote: »

Hi, anyone know the best route for getting tickets for this game in the spring in Rome? I am not a member of any club here, so do you have to go down the organised tour route, or can you get tickets independently.
Thanks.

Ireland play Italy in Dublin next year not in Rome.

d2ww

Ah Cr*p, had glanced at the irishrugby.ie site and didn't see I it's not until feb 2015

Micky Dolenz

I currently live in Italy and plan on seeing all 6N games that happen in Roma. I can let you know about getting tickets when I go about getting mine.

ScissorPaperRock

I was living in Italy this year during the Six Nations. Tickets are easy to get and are very good value compared to prices here. The listicket.it website, although not the most user-friendly site (especially for a non-Italian-speaker), is pretty handy. It has an English language option, and provides printable tickets. I got tickets for two matches through this site.

Alternatively, you can go to the tabacchi shops, which are all over the place. Many of them sell tickets. I went to one on Via dei Serpenti, near the fountain. I got tickets for the Ireland match here. The less said about that the better!

Micky Dolenz

ScissorPaperRoc wrote: »

I was living in Italy this year during the Six Nations. Tickets are easy to get and are very good value compared to prices here. The listicket.it website, although not the most user-friendly site (especially for a non-Italian-speaker), is pretty handy. It has an English language option, and provides printable tickets. I got tickets for two matches through this site.

Alternatively, you can go to the tabacchi shops, which are all over the place. Many of them sell tickets. I went to one on Via dei Serpenti, near the fountain. I got tickets for the Ireland match here. The less said about that the better!

What other game did you see? Were you living in Roma?

ScissorPaperRock

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

What other game did you see? Were you living in Roma?

Yeah I was living in Rome for about five months. I went to all of Italy's Six Nations games, so I saw them vs Wales, France, and Ireland. The France game was the best of the lot.

It's a pretty nice stadium too. Even some of the cheaper seating areas have decent views, despite the running track around the pitch. I was pleasantly surprised anyway. Paid €25 for the France game, and that wasn't the cheapest seating available.

Micky Dolenz

Over the last couple of years attendances seem to have grown a lot. Still plenty of vacant seats?

Just to pick your brain a little if I may . What's the craic like? I move down over the weekend and have never been.

ScissorPaperRock

I think there were some vacant seats for all the matches, but there were definitely good crowds. Good fun at the stadium too, even though it's pretty clear that most of the crowd wouldn't have a huge understanding of the rules etc. They put our supporters to shame during the Ireland game, even though there was a good crowd of Irish people there!

I enjoyed living there. I was working in an international environment though, so most of the Italians I met spoke English and there were lots of other foreigners. It's a nice culture to settle into though. Great food, nice people, and I had no trouble whatsoever in the city in my time there. The whole culture of aperitivi is class; meeting friends for cheep and cheerful food and drinks in the evenings. You'll enjoy it! Are you going over for long?

Micky Dolenz

I'll be here for a couple of years, I am glad to be back in rugby country. Lived in Belgium before here and was lucky to get the Saracens/Racing HC group game there. I hope to travel up north to catch some of the provinces away ties here. It's a real pity that Munsters games are over consecutive weekends in September. Probably won't get away for them. But will try for others, for sure.

Did you go see any club games while you were there?

.ak

I'd love to live in Rome. Been plenty of times and its just one of those cities I love better every time I go. Amazing food, great drink, the people are great craic, and rugbys on the rise! I'm jealous...

Micky Dolenz

.ak wrote: »

I'd love to live in Rome. Been plenty of times and its just one of those cities I love better every time I go. Amazing food, great drink, the people are great craic, and rugbys on the rise! I'm jealous...

Rugby forum beers?

Next time you are over, give us a shout.

.ak

Atleast they won't sell harp...

baker59

I know there is a ticket thread but this one is fresh.
In a similar situation but in Paris. I know where I could buy tickets for France games but I would prefer to sit with the away crowd. Even for away games, do Irish supporters need to be involved with a club or can I buy an away ticket on Irishrugby.ie at some stage??

.ak

I'm not sure if there is an 'away' allocation for the ground?

phog

I did the trip this year and other than the game/result we had a great week there. Because of the election of the new pope we missed out on the Sistine Chapel, an excuse to return sometime.

The stadium isn't great for rugby viewing, I got my tickets here and paid a high enough price for what were imho poor seats but they put on a great show before the game, access to/from the stadium/city is poor, the tram line is a joke after the game. Obviously, this year the Italians had something to shout about so the atmosphere was probably better than normal, even though I've only a few words of Italian we had some banter with those close to us and at the end they were gracious in victory.

The city itself doesn't need selling, it's a visitors heaven.

zAbbo

I was at the stadio flaminio few years back, bought tickets on the day at the stadium without much fuss - there's a ticket office for returns etc.

phog

zAbbo wrote: »

I was at the stadio flaminio few years back, bought tickets on the day at the stadium without much fuss - there's a ticket office for returns etc.

Probably the same now but the games are now played at the Olympic Stadium which is further out of the city but a bigger capacity.

Micky Dolenz

Going to pick up a few tickets for the upcoming 6N's games at Stadio Olimpico.

Anyone any suggestions for good seats in the stadium? I've never been before.