2015 RWC Pool fixtures Confirmed

thomond2006

19 September: Ireland vs Canada, Millennium Stadium Cardiff

27 September: Ireland vs Europe 2, Wembley Stadium London

4 October: Ireland vs Italy, Olympic Stadium London

11 October: Ireland vs France, Millennium Stadium Cardiff

Note: France vs Italy is 19 September, on the first weekend of pool matches. Both Pool D qualifiers will play their quarter final at Millennium Stadium.

Can't post link, just look up 2015 Rugby World Cup on Wikipedia.

its_phil

Prices and times in link below

justsomebloke

http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fixturesresults/index.html

mav79

AdpRo

its_phil wrote: »

Prices and times in link below

The ticket prices are unreal....£125 for a Cat C ticket to see Ireland v France is a joke.

thomond2006

Bloody hell those tickets ain't cheap!

danthefan

Well, I won't be attending any games it seems. Those prices are ridiculous.

thomond2006

danthefan wrote: »

Well, I won't be attending any games it seems. Those prices are ridiculous.

I sense another fiasco a la IRFU 2010.

intellectual dosser

Just say one was to buy a ticket - when will they be available?

Iang87

Cant get over how bad the times and prices are for all irelands games. Genuinely feel the english are missing a trick here by not giving at least a second saturday game to ireland given the thousands that might go on day trips etc but you significantly cut that with the sunday games

exiledelbows

intellectual dosser wrote: »

Just say one was to buy a ticket - when will they be available?

Applications in a year or so. Cat D tickets are £50 for anyone complaining. I've sat in Cat D in all 3 of our stadiums with no issue.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

ha, jesus, England have some scourge of a group

exiledelbows

Iang87 wrote: »

Cant get over how bad the times and prices are for all irelands games. Genuinely feel the english are missing a trick here by not giving at least a second saturday game to ireland given the thousands that might go on day trips etc but you significantly cut that with the sunday games

I'd rather inconvenience the fans a tiny bit then give Ireland a six-day turnaround between Italy and France. 1700 in cardiff on a Sunday is a bit **** though. Transport will be a nightmare.

OldRio

I really thought I might get to a game with the games 'next door'.
Not at those prices and times. Factor in that the hotels in Cardiff will not be cheap.
Very disappointing.

Taco Corp

for some perspective, here's what I paid for tickets in 2011. the exchange rate was about 1EUR to 1.7NZD

former legend

No mention of whether you'll be able to buy a pack to include all of Ireland's games, I presume they'll do something like that?

Serbian

Captain_Hindsight wrote: »

for some perspective, here's what I paid for tickets in 2011. the exchange rate was about 1EUR to 1.7NZD

You basically paid this for NZ 2011 games:

Ireland v USA | Cat A | €55
Ireland v Australia | Cat A | €205
Ireland v Russia | Cat A | €55
Ireland v Italy | Cat B | €70
Total | | €385

Ignoring the quarter final tickets, to go to the same games with equivalent category tickets, you're looking at:

Ireland v Canada | Cat A | €210
Ireland v Europe 2 | Cat A | €210
Ireland v Italy | Cat B | €210
Ireland v France | Cat A | €300
Total | | €930

Basically, 3x the price.

TheGoldenAges

Video explaining how to buy tickets here:

bilston

Serbian wrote: »

You basically paid this for NZ 2011 games:

Ireland v USA | Cat A | €55
Ireland v Australia | Cat A | €205
Ireland v Russia | Cat A | €55
Ireland v Italy | Cat B | €70
Total | | €385

Ignoring the quarter final tickets, to go to the same games with equivalent category tickets, you're looking at:

Ireland v Canada | Cat A | €210
Ireland v Europe 2 | Cat A | €210
Ireland v Italy | Cat B | €210
Ireland v France | Cat A | €300
Total | | €930

Basically, 3x the price.

Yeah but how much was you flight to NZ?!

The prices are crazy though. Think I might try to get to the Italy game but that will be it for me I would think.

Plenty of time to save anyway...

bilston

Actually the prices for Ireland v Europe 2 (Russia/Romania?) at Wembley are crazy!

That stadium has a 90,000 capacity how on earth are they going to fill it at those prices!?

SheldonC17

If we win our group we would most likely play Argentina in the QF and England/Wales in the semi. A good chance of having a good tournament providing we can beat france and win the group.

Podge_irl

Yeah....**** that ****.

thomond2006

This is going to be a cluster**** for the Irish fans going over. We always knew the airlines would have a field day with this and the ticket prices won't help matters.

I had in my head that I'd try to get over for one pool match but that's me out I'd say.

AGC

exiledelbows wrote: »

Applications in a year or so. Cat D tickets are £50 for anyone complaining. I've sat in Cat D in all 3 of our stadiums with no issue.

It is being lucky enough to get a Cat D is the problem

Podge_irl

How in the hell do they expect to shift 2m tickets with those prices. Wembley will be a ghost town for our game against Romania/Russia.

exiledelbows

AGC wrote: »

It is being lucky enough to get a Cat D is the problem

The FAQs say that Cat Ds will be held back and will be available for general sale/ballot. No need to start complaining about distribution until you miss out on them. I agree that Wembley is badly priced though. I live four tube stops from there and mightn't go, especially if it comes down to a financial choice between that and France/Italy.

OhHiMark

Jesus Christ that's shocking. This could be a disaster of a world cup in terms of crowd numbers.

AGC

exiledelbows wrote: »

The FAQs say that Cat Ds will be held back and will be available for general sale/ballot. No need to start complaining about distribution until you miss out on them. I agree that Wembley is badly priced though. I live four tube stops from there and mightn't go, especially if it comes down to a financial choice between that and France/Italy.

Will people hold out to wait for Cat D? Then miss out and be forced to pay over the odds or crazy prices for Romania/Russia for example

GavMan

Sail and rail my friends

LeeroyJones

Georgia/Romania look like that they will be Europe 2. It smells like that they'll need to sell 89,750 tickets to that fixture to Irish fans

awec

Not impressed with those prices at all.

Superbus

Seems to me that they're vastly overestimating the interest and willingness of the neutral in some of these games... £50 for the cheapest ticket into Ireland vs. Europe 2 at Wembley could be an Edinburgh-in-Murrayfield kind of situation.

Sure even stuff like Canada vs. Europe 2 in the Leicester City Stadium - that's 30,000+ and they're charging £15-£60.

The Rooster

LeeroyJones wrote: »

Georgia/Romania look like that they will be Europe 2. It smells like that they'll need to sell 89,750 tickets to that fixture to Irish fans

What's particularly annoying is that when France play Georgia/Romania in the Olympic Stadium the prices are about 50% of what Ireland v Georgia/Romania is.

Taco Corp

bilston wrote: »

Yeah but how much was you flight to NZ?!

The prices are crazy though. Think I might try to get to the Italy game but that will be it for me I would think.

Plenty of time to save anyway...

€1200, plus travel and living expenses for 6 weeks.

Runners up in Ireland's group to play New Zealand in the next round with respect to their group...

GavMan

GavMan wrote: »

Sail and rail my friends

this is a great option (£38 to anywhere in UK) for those who can take the Monday off work, however pretty much impossible for day-trippers due to Sunday kick off times.

Be warned, as an experienced sail'n'railer, being hungover on a boat full of children (it's usually families on board) is a dangerous game.

Puking on kids in public is frowned upon apparently.

gucci

The Rooster wrote: »

What's particularly annoying is that when France play Georgia/Romania in the Olympic Stadium the prices are about 50% of what Ireland v Georgia/Romania is.

This....I would have thought that the group games would have been alot better value to ensure full stadiums and they would have cranked up the price when it gets to the business end of the tournament.

ArmaniJeanss

Superbus wrote: »

Seems to me that they're vastly overestimating the interest and willingness of the neutral in some of these games... £50 for the cheapest ticket into Ireland vs. Europe 2 at Wembley could be an Edinburgh-in-Murrayfield kind of situation.

Sure even stuff like Canada vs. Europe 2 in the Leicester City Stadium - that's 30,000+ and they're charging £15-£60.

OhHiMark wrote: »

Jesus Christ that's shocking. This could be a disaster of a world cup in terms of crowd numbers.

Podge_irl wrote: »

How in the hell do they expect to shift 2m tickets with those prices. Wembley will be a ghost town for our game against Romania/Russia.

If they can tap into whatever zeitgeist that had people paying £80STG to watch two hours of dressage or doublebore rifle shooting day after day in central London back in summer 2012 then they might be OK.
Never underestimate the willingness of the upwardly looking middle classes in the UK to pay frightening amounts for the 'must see' events.

On the other hand its 'only' rugby, with no sexy Olympic tag to give it that extra cachet and its not summer time which I think was crucial to the Olympics unprecedented success.

I'm dubious but I suspect they haven't just pulled these figures from nowhere but have researched what they believe the market will pay, and also they have given themselves two years which is a decent lead-in time.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

I'll probably head over for the Europe1 game, although I might be the only one there based on those prices

former legend

This may be of interest, article about Japan's attempts to get the ball rolling on 2019

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24853540

g5fd6ow0hseima

Can't get my head around them fixing the final for 5pm, would the Australians and Kiwis have been consultated on this?

cityman 18

Xander Crooked Cruiser wrote: »

Can't get my head around them fixing the final for 5pm, would the Australians and Kiwis have been consultated on this?

Ya i imagine a 7 or 8pm ko time would of been way more sociable for Australians and New Zealanders. Suppose it won't matter to the Kiwis after we knock them out in the QF!

Ticket prices are way too expensive imho, not sure how they plan on filling wembley for our game against Romania/Russia. Just won't be done. It will be 40,000 people drowned out in a half full stadium.

Really disappointed with these ticket prices. The crucial French game is astronomical.

Thekidneybean

715 cat a for the final
Free to plonk your ass infront of the tele with a pint....hmmm

.ak

715 for the final!? Jaysus.

Thekidneybean

.ak wrote: »

715 for the final!? Jaysus.

I planned on going cause I'll be finished the leaving cert and it's on ten days after my birthday, hopefully the prices are like this cause of Christmas

Riskymove

an interesting angle on it!!

http://www.espn.co.uk/2015-rugby-world-cup/rugby/story/182058.html

Riskymove

I went to games in 2007 and the bigger games were not exactly cheap

the Irl France game in Paris were £42 - £181

However, the big difference is in the other games

Namibia and Georgia in bordeaux were only £9 - £29

wp_rathead

arse.. was hoping to do a tour of the RWC and make a couple of the lesser games.. prices are fairly shteep

Fireball07

This is a load of bullshít......I had a place to stay, was willing to tolerate getting sick on the ferry..... but those prices are ridiculous.

I would have loved to go to the France game...but tbh, I wouldn't pay that if it was on in Thomond Park, let alone in England.


I wonder is there any chance of the games against weaker opposition dropping in price closer to the time?

P_1

Is it only the CAT A tickets that are being sold at silly prices? Any word on any of the lesser categories yet?

Fireball07

Fireball07 wrote: »

This is a load of bullshít......I had a place to stay, was willing to tolerate getting sick on the ferry..... but those prices are ridiculous.

How much were you expecting to pay in total? 4 fewer pints after the game should cover it.