RWC 2015 Tickets

otterj

Tickets are out next month £175 for Ireland v France game:eek: seems a bit pricey

boredatwork82

They are ridiculously expensive. Worse if you are English, did ya see the prices for their games.

even the the poor games are really expensive, I wonder will wembly be empty for Ireland V Romania at £125 :O

Similar for Ireland Canada in the Millenium stadium.

Crazy stuff really. The IRB & RWC really aren't in touch with reality.

sullivlo

boredatwork82 wrote: »

They are ridiculously expensive. Worse if you are English, did ya see the prices for their games.

even the the poor games are really expensive, I wonder will wembly be empty for Ireland V Romania at £125 :O

Similar for Ireland Canada in the Millenium stadium.

Crazy stuff really. The IRB & RWC really aren't in touch with reality.

I'm gonna try go to the Canada match and the Italy match. As cheap as I can.

eclipsechaser

otterj wrote: »

Tickets are out next month £175 for Ireland v France game:eek: seems a bit pricey

How do you buy them?

Laphroaig52

otterj wrote: »

Tickets are out next month £175 for Ireland v France game:eek: seems a bit pricey

Isn't that for a Cat B ticket? You'll probably see more of the corner flag than rugby.

If you want a reasonably central sideline seat you'll pay £250.

Manofthewest

I got an account activation email earlier and in addition to the crazy prices there is a £15 delivery fee and 2% transaction fee if you don't pay by Mastercard or Debit Card.

Whatever about the cost of the matches, you can be damn sure the flights over will be worse.

Still hoping to get to some of the games - so I better start saving!

Jello

Anyone know roughly how much a return boat trip to Wales is likely to cost for the France match?

Riskymove

Manofthewest wrote: »

Whatever about the cost of the matches, you can be damn sure the flights over will be worse.

Still hoping to get to some of the games - so I better start saving!

funnily enough I think travel will be fine

there are dozens of daily flights to various UK airports with a number of airlines as well as ferries etc

The London games will have more options than Cardiff though and accommodation is an option in cardiff

Manofthewest

Riskymove wrote: »

funnily enough I think travel will be fine

there are dozens of daily flights to various UK airports with a number of airlines as well as ferries etc

The London games will have more options than Cardiff though and accommodation is an option in cardiff

True enough. It might work out cheaper to get a flight into another city and get the train to Cardiff or London.

Roll on the planning.

vienne86

Jello wrote: »

Anyone know roughly how much a return boat trip to Wales is likely to cost for the France match?

Hard to know. I think it is normally about €200 each way for a car and two people, Rosslare to Pembroke/Fishguard. There are two crossings per day in each driection on each of these two routes, so you would have to think that there is plenty of capacity.

bilston

Ticket prices are crazy. Was hoping to get to a pool match and (without getting ahead of myself) a Q/F. Will probably just go for a pool match if I can get my hands on one now.

Taco Corp

Think I'll avoid going over, went to NZ which was class and England just doesn't seem like it could ever be the same experience. so might as well start saving for Japan!!

vienne86

Those ticket prices are crazy - I really can't see myself going, even though I would easily be able to manage it time wise.

Jello

Cat D tickets for the France match are £50 which isn't too bad but they appear to have sold out already (presumably from the club allocation).

SaveOurLyric

Those prices a lunacy. Will there be even be a few thousand there for the Canada or Roumania games ? I couldnt see a single non partisan local going. Atmosphere will be like one of those non-event few thousand people rattling around in Murrayfield at at Edinburgh game. I wouldnt pay those prices for those games if I only had to walk down to Lansdowne Road. Let alone pay flights and accommodation.
What on earth are they thinking ?

philthrill69

Jello wrote: »

Cat D tickets for the France match are £50 which isn't too bad but they appear to have sold out already (presumably from the club allocation).

Just wondering where you are getting this information as when i go onto the rwc ticketing site it just says not available after every game but that it is because the general sale doesn't start until mid September?

ArmaniJeanss

SaveOurLyric wrote: »

Those prices a lunacy. Will there be even be a few thousand there for the Canada or Roumania games ? I couldnt see a single non partisan local going. Atmosphere will be like one of those non-event few thousand people rattling around in Murrayfield at at Edinburgh game. I wouldnt pay those prices for those games if I only had to walk down to Lansdowne Road. Let alone pay flights and accommodation.
What on earth are they thinking ?

They said the same about the London Olympics, and the lunacy of charging £30-£100 for a morning session of two preliminary round basketball games and suchlike.
Yet in the end they managed to sell out a dozen arenas every day, even the expensive seats, often 3 sessions each day, for 15 days.

Its that seam of 20 million UK people who could be described as 'middle class, decent disposable income, will pay good money to see the once-in-a-lifetime events' that the organisers hope to tap into much like London2012 did.

Personally I have my doubts about the strategy and I reckon they'll reduce prices (or more likely just quietly increase the area of the cheaper seats) but I think talk of there only being a 'few thousand' at games will be way off.

sydneybound

To be honest I dont think they will reduce prices. The smaller games are being played in rugby strong hold areas like Gloucester (Kingsholm), Exeter (Sandy Park), Leicester City Stadium (Leicester) etc where the home clubs will be strongly encouraged by the RFU to get the tickets shifted. Also in many of these areas the rugby supporters are generally quite well to do and have the disposable income to spend on this event.

If anything what we have seen by the 2012 Olympic Games, 2014 Commonwelath Games and 2014 Tour de France the UK really get behind a one off event like a World Cup.

Besides it will be 2023 at the earliest before we see the event coming back to Europe which is a while away, while the last one here was in 2007 which is still a while back.

2023 .....
2019 Japan
2015 England
2011 New Zealand
2007 France
2003 Australia

One thing I think the 2015 WC have done well is to tap into 'the city' workers buying corporate seats, they've been tapping into all the large businesses in the city and the uptake has been good.

For example people in my workplace in the UK are talking about which random matches they'll attend in places like Brighton (50 minute train from London) and Milton Keynes (30 minute train from London). There is a huge South African, New Zealand and Australian population here who are mad keen to get tickets while their team comes to town.

Although people in Ireland aren't happy about the prices cause they will have travel and accommodation fees on top, people in the UK which is a much bigger market don't have this to worry about and will pay the increased match tickets.

p.s. the Commonwealth Games Rugby 7's had two seperate sessions a day and sold out, that was 171,000 fans in total that attended. This tells you something if you ask me..

Jello

philthrill69 wrote: »

Just wondering where you are getting this information as when i go onto the rwc ticketing site it just says not available after every game but that it is because the general sale doesn't start until mid September?

I created an account here https://tickets.rugbyworldcup.com

Then when you login you can browse matches by date and see the different price categories. It does say not available beside that but that's as you say because the general sale hasn't started yet. Here's a screenshot of what it has for the day of the France match, no mention of Cat D tickets so I assume that means they're sold out.

OldRio

sydneybound wrote: »

Although people in Ireland aren't happy about the prices cause they will have travel and accommodation fees on top, people in the UK which is a much bigger market don't have this to worry about and will pay the increased match tickets.

Can only speak for myself but its not the cost of travel or accommodation putting me off. It's the match day ticket prices. End of. I will not pay those prices.

philthrill69

Jello wrote: »

I created an account here https://tickets.rugbyworldcup.com

Then when you login you can browse matches by date and see the different price categories. It does say not available beside that but that's as you say because the general sale hasn't started yet. Here's a screenshot of what it has for the day of the France match, no mention of Cat D tickets so I assume that means they're sold out.

Ya I've also registered for an account.
I couldn't open your screenshot so i had a look on the site and i can see what you mean.
I hope you're wrong though.

eclipsechaser

Ireland - Romania

Wembley Stadium

Cat A £175.00
Cat B £125.00
Cat C £85
Cat D £50.00

I could stomach £50 and even £85 at a stretch considering it's the World Cup.

However this is a 90,000 seater stadium. I'd assume more than half of the tickets are Cat A & B. Are there really 50,000+ people out there who will pay £125 and £175 to see Ireland play Romania? Romania? Really?

I just can't see it happening...

It's a pity because even a reasonably high top price (let's say £100) would likely have sold out with the number of Irish living there and travelling support. I wouldn't like to be a tout with a load of these to sell though!

mogwai81

World Cup team bases confirmed.http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_9440841,00.html

robhall_ie

Does anyone know:
1) Do we have to apply for tickets for both of Ireland's possible QF matches in order to be sure we get to see it? There doesn't seem to be an option to buy the QF that your nominated team gets into...

2) Is it better to submit one big application with all of your preferred matches on it OR should there be multiple applications i.e. one per match?

Manofthewest

robhall_ie wrote: »

Does anyone know:
1) Do we have to apply for tickets for both of Ireland's possible QF matches in order to be sure we get to see it? There doesn't seem to be an option to buy the QF that your nominated team gets into...

2) Is it better to submit one big application with all of your preferred matches on it OR should there be multiple applications i.e. one per match?

If you want QF tickets you need to apply now.
I would assume it doesn't matter weather you do multiple or one application.

Was just on the website and they tell you the availability of each match and if the are already over subscribed.

Third_Echelon

mogwai81 wrote: »

World Cup team bases confirmed.http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_9440841,00.html

Just wondering why Ireland aren't setting up base in Carton House for the duration of the tournament? Fly in the day before the game and fly home the day after? Keep them in camp in Ireland?

Better to keep them in a tournament atmosphere? Where did the stay for the 1999 WC?

klairondavis

Third_Echelon wrote: »

Where did the stay for the 1999 WC?

Finnstown House

Third_Echelon

klairondavis wrote: »

Finnstown House

Ah right. Yeah I suppose 3 of their 4 games were in Lansdowne Road, so made a bit more sense in that case... Still close enough to England and Wales to do it for this upcoming World Cup...

ArmaniJeanss

Third_Echelon wrote: »

Just wondering why Ireland aren't setting up base in Carton House for the duration of the tournament? Fly in the day before the game and fly home the day after? Keep them in camp in Ireland?

I assume in the modern commercial era that coach/manager, captain and a few other players are expected to do a daily press conference in front of a screen festooned with the names of sponsors.
So flying home between games would be likely frowned on.

Shedite27

Anyone hear anything about these yet?

Third_Echelon

Shedite27 wrote: »

Anyone hear anything about these yet?

Nothing yet. I think it's end of the month before any news will be sent out to applicants.

NoelJ

My guess is it'd be around Wednesday next week to give people time to ensure the money is in the account for Monday. They took the login down on Friday so I'm guessing the ballot was being done then.