Ireland 6 Nations

acollins1996

Trying to get tickets to Ireland v France for the 6 nations in the Aviva. Been told by IRFU they're not on general sale but are being sold through Irish rugby clubs. I'm not part of a club.
They also said whatever tickets are left from that go on sale to supporters Club members. Is it likely that this will happen as I might join the supporters club?

Thanks !

CIARAN_BOYLE

acollins1996 wrote: »

Trying to get tickets to Ireland v France for the 6 nations in the Aviva. Been told by IRFU they're not on general sale but are being sold through Irish rugby clubs. I'm not part of a club.
They also said whatever tickets are left from that go on sale to supporters Club members. Is it likely that this will happen as I might join the supporters club?

Thanks !

Where do you live? why not drop into your local club and offer to buy there. A lot of clubs dont sell their allocation.

acollins1996

you have to be a member of a rugby club to obtain tickets

CIARAN_BOYLE

acollins1996 wrote: »

you have to be a member of a rugby club to obtain tickets

Only if the club generally sells their allocation. But if they don't they will often sell to non members.

The Lost Sheep

acollins1996 wrote: »

Trying to get tickets to Ireland v France for the 6 nations in the Aviva. Been told by IRFU they're not on general sale but are being sold through Irish rugby clubs. I'm not part of a club.
They also said whatever tickets are left from that go on sale to supporters Club members. Is it likely that this will happen as I might join the supporters club?

Thanks !

You will struggle. Clubs wont sell to non members and supporters club ballot is over subscribed and difficult to get tickets from. Would you have contacts in a club to try get tickets?

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Where do you live? why not drop into your local club and offer to buy there. A lot of clubs dont sell their allocation.

News to me. Most clubs I know allocations are well over subscribed and difficult to get tickets from.

CIARAN_BOYLE

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

News to me. Most clubs I know allocations are well over subscribed and difficult to get tickets from.

Last time I tried was three or four years ago. I found it very easy to walk into a few clubs and ask for tickets. Maybe its just the change in economic conditions over the last few years making it harder to get tickets.

irishbucsfan

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Last time I tried was three or four years ago. I found it very easy to walk into a few clubs and ask for tickets. Maybe its just the change in economic conditions over the last few years making it harder to get tickets.

Was it 3 or 4 years ago though... because England/France at home is the year they're all snapped up normally.

If you're not involved in the game then the best way to get tickets is the Supporters Club but it's still fairly unlikely to work out.

bilston

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

acollins1996 wrote: »

Trying to get tickets to Ireland v France for the 6 nations in the Aviva. Been told by IRFU they're not on general sale but are being sold through Irish rugby clubs. I'm not part of a club.
They also said whatever tickets are left from that go on sale to supporters Club members. Is it likely that this will happen as I might join the supporters club?

Thanks !

Where do you live? why not drop into your local club and offer to buy there. A lot of clubs dont sell their allocation.

I'd say that's a long shot this year with France and particularly England in town. The 18th March clash with England is the hottest sporting ticket in town next year.

sydthebeat

Generally clubs will sell to their regular first, those that get tickets for every game. Tickets are normally sold with a bit extra on top as fundraising for clubs. So say you want tickets for England and france next year, cat A tickets will be around 100 each, so clubs might sell them in packages of 2 for 300 etc.

If you want tickets from your local club, get your name in early and often.

Ardillaun

It's going to be interesting this year. The NH teams generally look better, esp. the French who seem genuinely keen on representing their country again. England are going to be hard to score against.

Losty Dublin

Not to get into any aggro or to diss anybody but IMO it wouldn't be a bad idea if we had some sort of sticky thread up here re how one goes about getting tickets. A lot of folk genuinely don't know how they are divvied out, some are traveling over for games and want some hometown info while others are getting scammed via dubious agencies or inflated small ads. These posts come up a lot and they can get repetitive and at times a tad touchy.

errlloyd

To be fair, a lot of my mates who are rugby fans have asked me when they go on public sale. I agree a sticky with all the relevant info on how to get tickets and how hard they are to get would be good.

Side note I need to join a rugby club. I'm a pretty decent fan, I've seen Ireland play most tier 1 nations, and a host of tier two. But I've never been in with a sniff of seeing England or the All Blacks live.

The Lost Sheep

errlloyd wrote: »

To be fair, a lot of my mates who are rugby fans have asked me when they go on public sale. I agree a sticky with all the relevant info on how to get tickets and how hard they are to get would be good.

Side note I need to join a rugby club. I'm a pretty decent fan, I've seen Ireland play most tier 1 nations, and a host of tier two. But I've never been in with a sniff of seeing England or the All Blacks live.

Tickets primarily will go to those involved directly(playing, coaching, committee or family of those) in a club or association of a branch so just joining a club isn't always enough....

CIARAN_BOYLE

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Tickets primarily will go to those involved directly(playing, coaching, committee or family of those) in a club or association of a branch so just joining a club isn't always enough....

Or those willing to pay an extra €100 for the club prematch dinner in MacDonalds

errlloyd

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Tickets primarily will go to those involved directly(playing, coaching, committee or family of those) in a club or association of a branch so just joining a club isn't always enough....

That sounds pretty reasonable to me. If tickets to a six nations game is what refs get in return for taking dogs abuse at u15s games on wet Saturdays I'm happy enough.

CIARAN_BOYLE

errlloyd wrote: »

That sounds pretty reasonable to me. If tickets to a six nations game is what refs get in return for taking dogs abuse at u15s games on wet Saturdays I'm happy enough.

Unfortunately it doesn't get the punter closer getting tickets. It also where the perception of 'blazers' getting all the tickets come from.

PMC83

Your best bet is to join the supporters club. I would do it asap if I was you as you as the email about the supporters club sale is due to come out. They will send you out a code to access the sale and then its just a case of being at your pc for 10.00 on the dot with your credit card in front of you the day the sale starts. Every second year when we have only 2 home games it can be pretty tricky, but I have always been lucky enough to get a set of tickets for either France or England, but you really need to be at your PC the second the tickets are released.

mad m

PMC83 wrote: »

Your best bet is to join the supporters club. I would do it asap if I was you as you as the email about the supporters club sale is due to come out. They will send you out a code to access the sale and then its just a case of being at your pc for 10.00 on the dot with your credit card in front of you the day the sale starts. Every second year when we have only 2 home games it can be pretty tricky, but I have always been lucky enough to get a set of tickets for either France or England, but you really need to be at your PC the second the tickets are released.

Do you know a date they will be up for sale?

kuang1

Supporters club sale on Thursday morning 10.00am.

I joined the Welsh supporters club to try to get tickets for the cardiff game, and their sale is at the EXACT SAME BLOODY TIME!!

Conspiracy.

awec

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Not to get into any aggro or to diss anybody but IMO it wouldn't be a bad idea if we had some sort of sticky thread up here re how one goes about getting tickets. A lot of folk genuinely don't know how they are divvied out, some are traveling over for games and want some hometown info while others are getting scammed via dubious agencies or inflated small ads. These posts come up a lot and they can get repetitive and at times a tad touchy.

Agreed. Done.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=101877429#post101877429

pawrick

Just something to be aware of re the supporters club for people who haven't been members previously or are due to renew their membership:


The supporters club is closed to new members at present but expired memberships can be renewed by logging in to your existing account up to midnight on Tuesday, December 6th. Then follow the link to renew

This is taken from the ticket sale announcement email they sent out today

and from the irfu website:

The Irish Rugby Supporters is now closed to new membership until December 12th 2016.

vienne86

Max of 2 tickets per member.

yournerd

Hey does anyone know any good deals for Irish rugby jerseys going at the moment?

yermanoffthetv

Well the Ireland supporters option seems to be out then.Does anyone know if the provential clubs get an allocation? I'm a Connacht clan member and I've a friend who wants to come over from Toulouse for the French match.

CIARAN_BOYLE

yermanoffthetv wrote: »

Well the Ireland supporters option seems to be out then.Does anyone know if the provential clubs get an allocation? I'm a Connacht clan member and I've a friend who wants to come over from Toulouse for the French match.

probably but they have done their thing already. Leinster has had a raffle to allow sths to buy tickets through the province.

yermanoffthetv

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

probably but they have done their thing already. Leinster has had a raffle to allow sths to buy tickets through the province.

Ah balls.The touted ticket prices are absolutely criminal and Id be worried the may be dodgey as well. Oh well, I'll just have to keep an ear to the ground and hope to get lucky.

zweton

any tickets going on general sale for the ireland v scotland game in murrayfield? ticketmaster or the likes?

Losty Dublin

zweton wrote: »

any tickets going on general sale for the ireland v scotland game in murrayfield? ticketmaster or the likes?

Check out the SRU's website for info. There should be some.

mad m

Hey goodluck to anyone who gets a link for tickets. If no one wants them please give me a PM....Thanks

QwertyIII

Losty Dublin wrote: »

zweton wrote: »

any tickets going on general sale for the ireland v scotland game in murrayfield? ticketmaster or the likes?

Check out the SRU's website for info.  There should be some.

Scottish tickets just went on sale at 2pm.

ktulu123

Managed to get myself 2 gold level tickets. By the time the disaster of a queue let me in all of the silvers were just single seats in the stadium. Guts of €200 for two tickets

Anyway, the Mrs. is Scottish and it will be her first International game so it should be a bit of craic.

razorblunt

QwertyIII wrote: »

Scottish tickets just went on sale at 2pm.

Instantly thrown into a queue with a wait time of 60 minutes. Now 67 minutes later it says it's down to single tickets and the wait is still 30 mins. I don't want to hit refresh in case it moves me back.

I've said it before but it's an absolute joke that the SRU openly encourage people to use viagogo, sure just give me the number of a tout altogether and I'll call him. The amount of tickets available on viagogo has been going up since 2pm.

Aaaaaaand they've just sold out!

razorblunt

Will have to try local Edinburgh contacts. Might get lucky closer to the game.

kuang1

razorblunt wrote: »

Instantly thrown into a queue with a wait time of 60 minutes. Now 67 minutes later it says it's down to single tickets and the wait is still 30 mins. I don't want to hit refresh in case it moves me back.

I've said it before but it's an absolute joke that the SRU openly encourage people to use viagogo, sure just give me the number of a tout altogether and I'll call him. The amount of tickets available on viagogo has been going up since 2pm.

Aaaaaaand they've just sold out!

That's piss poor in fairness.
Was that ticketmaster? (Or whatever the UK equivalent is)

razorblunt

kuang1 wrote: »

That's piss poor in fairness.
Was that ticketmaster? (Or whatever the UK equivalent is)

No, it was the SRU Ticket center itself. I live close by to Murrayfield so I'll pop into the ticket center at some stage this weekend.
I know they say "now sold out" but in 2013 and 2015 they had a later release of tickets in the New Year, would be handy if someone can confirm on the downlow if that will be the case again here.

Bebo stunnah

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought the SRU ticket site was pants. Logged in at half 1 with an estimated queue of 0-30 mins - 1 hour later I got access. No pairs of seats available. By pure chance I managed to get 3 together by having it set to 'best available' and reclicking the "buy' button.

Was looking through Viagogo while waiting in the queue, I have to agree, it's bizaare...
People were selling silver tickets that were more expensive that 3 Platinum tickets!
Surely a site like that should be regulated so that the price has to be face value or less

Anyways, first rugby game I'll be seeing since becoming an Edinburger!
Last time I was at an international was Ireland v Australia at the 2nd last game in Landsdowne road!

razorblunt

Bebo stunnah wrote: »

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought the SRU ticket site was pants. Logged in at half 1 with an estimated queue of 0-30 mins - 1 hour later I got access. No pairs of seats available. By pure chance I managed to get 3 together by having it set to 'best available' and reclicking the "buy' button.

Was looking through Viagogo while waiting in the queue, I have to agree, it's bizaare...
People were selling silver tickets that were more expensive that 3 Platinum tickets!
Surely a site like that should be regulated so that the price has to be face value or less

Anyways, first rugby game I'll be seeing since becoming an Edinburger!
Last time I was at an international was Ireland v Australia at the 2nd last game in Landsdowne road!

Well done, great game to get to see in Murrayfield, it's wasted on Edinburgh games!

Had I known that the queue would start early I'd have been online then, I opened the site at 14:00:10 (give or take a few seconds )

If for whatever reason you don't use the tickets, hit me up ... but not on viagogo!

Managed to get two for the Scotland game.
There are two people in between us, but hoping they'll be willing to shove over a bit.

Not even going to waste time looking at flights or accomodation yet. I'll only get sad

4th trip to Edinburgh in the last 12 months (3rd for rugby reasons), and it will be the first time I've been in a full Murrayfield

Bebo stunnah

razorblunt wrote: »

Well done, great game to get to see in Murrayfield, it's wasted on Edinburgh games!

Had I known that the queue would start early I'd have been online then, I opened the site at 14:00:10 (give or take a few seconds )

If for whatever reason you don't use the tickets, hit me up ... but not on viagogo!

You'll be the first I'll go to, but can't see the guys I got them for not going.

Also managed to nab a set of tickets for the welsh game. Always fancied going to see the Scotland-Wales match, I always got the feel that no matter how crap one team (usually Scotland) was performing in a season that that one could go either way.

FYI flights are complete robbery. They're normally 13 euro one way, easily 10x that for that weekend. The only airport that doesn't seem to have raised their prices is Flybe from Knock

razorblunt

Bebo stunnah wrote: »

You'll be the first I'll go to, but can't see the guys I got them for not going.

Also managed to nab a set of tickets for the welsh game. Always fancied going to see the Scotland-Wales match, I always got the feel that no matter how crap one team (usually Scotland) was performing in a season that that one could go either way.

FYI flights are complete robbery. They're normally 13 euro one way, easily 10x that for that weekend. The only airport that doesn't seem to have raised their prices is Flybe from Knock

Yeah I try to at least go to one game a year there, regardless of who's playing. I've not seen the Welsh there before so I'll head to that too.
It's always a good day out with a team who's fans make noise, all the Scottish noise stops at the first half and second half whistle!

vienne86

Got nuffing in the Ireland supporter seat sale. Humph.

eclipsechaser

Reminder that the general sale for Irish Supporters' just activated. You should have received an email with the code. You can either get two England OR two France OR one of each. Managed to pick up 2 English tickets there. Be warned that they're expensive! (If anyone isn't going, I'd love an extra code to get the France game).

eclipsechaser

vienne86 wrote: »

Got nuffing in the Ireland supporter seat sale. Humph.

Seriously? All gone in less than 7 minutes for both games? It might be worth checking throughout the day. I think they've stuck extras up before.

vienne86

eclipsechaser wrote: »

Reminder that the general sale for Irish Supporters' just activated. You should have received an email with the code. You can either get two England OR two France OR one of each. Managed to pick up 2 English tickets there. Be warned that they're expensive! (If anyone isn't going, I'd love an extra code to get the France game).

They went within seconds as far as we could see - we had two codes, two devices, and got nothing.....and we've been doing this for years, so can move fast....but no joy.

BrokenMan

Try again. Just got 2 for France. Restricted view but I dont care

vienne86

BrokenMan wrote: »

Try again. Just got 2 for France. Restricted view but I dont care

Ticketmaster unavailable now. Sod it. I'm going for a walk.....and will plan how to spend the money I've saved!

Gmm fan

Hi all. Heading over for the Scottish game and flying into Glasgow on the 07:05 am flight from dublin on Feb 4th.
There are 2 of us so thought it might be worth a shot to see if there are any other groups of 2 or 4 who might be interested in splitting the cost of a taxi to Edinburgh?
Public transport involves a bus into Glasgow and then a train or bus onwards to Edinburgh.
Ideally would love the same in reverse for the Sunday lunchtime flight back but realise that might be pushing it a bit!
Thanks in advance.

Losty Dublin

A cab between the two cities will cost you an arm and a leg and maybe an ankle as well. Plus if it's hailed from the street then it will be a black cab; they are real arse shakers :eek:

What airport are you flying into?

Gmm fan

Uber price checker showing £64 to £86, door to door.
Bus plus train £35 return but twice as long and a bit of getting to and from stations etc

Grand going over but the logistics of the return leg could be tricky on Sunday morning. Even putting on socks could be tricky on the Sunday morning.

Flying into Glasgow airport (not prestwick)
We are by no means fussy at all and the public route is no problem if another more direct option doesn't present itself.

Bebo stunnah

Gmm fan wrote: »

Hi all. Heading over for the Scottish game and flying into Glasgow on the 07:05 am flight from dublin on Feb 4th.
There are 2 of us so thought it might be worth a shot to see if there are any other groups of 2 or 4 who might be interested in splitting the cost of a taxi to Edinburgh?
Public transport involves a bus into Glasgow and then a train or bus onwards to Edinburgh.
Ideally would love the same in reverse for the Sunday lunchtime flight back but realise that might be pushing it a bit!
Thanks in advance.

Where abouts are you staying?
My first suggestion would be with the trains (specifically Queen street Glasgow- as it only had 4 stops on that line) to Edinburgh, or Haymarket. Haymarket has a tram stop which stops right outside Murrayfield.

A much cheaper alternative would be Megabus. Roughly 1h 20m from Glasgow-Edinburgh, runs every 20 mins and, is only £6 for two people one way. Plenty of buses going to the stadium from Shandwick which is about a 20 minute walk west from the bus station. Your only challenge would be finding your way between the airport and Buchannan bus station.

Gmm fan

Just looked again there and we are actually staying in the haymarket area so it's looking like the train might be the best option.
Also the trains appear to run very frequently unlike most routes here so pretty much eliminates the chances of a disastrous "missing the train" type scenario happening.
Will continue to look for a direct transfer but it certainly Makes the public transport option a very good back up.
Thanks for all suggestions.