Ireland Ticket Information Thread

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

You only missed out once so the old system served you well.
I always got tickets for matches and they were usually decent tickets



Its rubbish and its completely open to abuse.
The IRFU should be looking at the amount of tickets they give to corporate and travel agencies ,there is a massive hole in their distribution system feeding resale sites like Viagogo.
10 and 12 seats in a row in sections ,farcical.

And have you evidence that this goes unpunished by the IRFU?

How do you know that a clubs allocation hasn't been reduced or anything? Are you in the know about any corporate or sponsorship deals that have been taken away because of where the tickets ended up?

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Anecdotally I've never heard of anyone getting punished. That doesn't mean they haven't been but I've never heard any stories.

I have heard of at least one AIL club who lost a season's ticket allocation after a ticket allocated to them was found to be touted. I know of a junior club who met the same punishment for a similar offence.

irishgem222 wrote: »

I Know that tickets are going on sale for 6N tuesday for supporters but does anyone know how likely they will put some for general sale aswell on that day or would they tend to do that a different day if they were to sell general sale atall

Wont be a general sale. All tickets are oversubscribed in each area - clubs, supporters club etc

Do I have this right?

If you're a supporters club member, you do absolutely nothing until you get an email on Tuesday saying whether or not you've won tickets.

And if you have, they'll provide you special log in details to pay for them?

Am I in the ballot by default?

murphyme2010 wrote: »

troyzer wrote: »

Do I have this right?

If you're a supporters club member, you do absolutely nothing until you get an email on Tuesday saying whether or not you've won tickets.

And if you have, they'll provide you special log in details to pay for them?

Am I in the ballot by default?

You are, Here is the relevant text from the email I received from them


All existing memberships active as of October 1st 2018 as well as any new members who joined between October 1st and December 5th will be eligible for, and entered into the draw for Ireland’s home games against England and France.

If your membership expired on or after October 1st - you are eligible for the ballot.

If you took out a new membership between October and December 5th you are eligible for the ballot.

If you joined or renewed at any other time in 2018 - you are eligible for the ballot.

Grand job, it just seemed a bit odd that we literally do nothing until we're told if we have tickets or not. The Leinster lottery was a bit busier.

No joy for me in the ballot.

I haven't heard anything yet. Do you get notified if you're unsuccessful?

Got an email :mad:

Dear Supporters Club Member,

Unfortunately, you were not successful in this season’s ticket ballot for the Six Nations.

Every year we endeavour to give as many members as possible an opportunity to purchase tickets when they are available. As we outlined last week the ballot was the fairest way to allocate tickets this time around due to the unprecedented levels of demand.

In the lead up to Rugby World Cup 2019, Ireland will play Italy and Wales in Aviva Stadium as part of the Guinness Summer Series. We hope to provide you with an opportunity to purchase tickets for those two games in the first half of 2019.

Thank you, as always, for your support of the team – at home, on the road, in Aviva Stadium and online.

The Supporters Club Team

No joy here either
It didn't mention any particular game so I assume I'm unlucky for both

Wife also unsuccessful

Both members for 12 or 13 years now

As discussed we are now basically in a situation of buying 50 euro raffle tickets

not successful here either. A little frustrating to just be locked out so abruptly - could well be cancelling membership after ~10 years. I just don't understand why they didn't at least make people opt in to the draw. i.e. put in a little work!

crisco10 wrote: »

not successful here either. A little frustrating to just be locked out so abruptly - could well be cancelling membership after ~10 years. I just don't understand why they didn't at least make people opt in to the draw. i.e. put in a little work!

All I'd ask for (and I'm full sure it will never happen) is some transparency.
X number of members in the draw for Y number of tickets.
X is obviously greater than Y.
But say if Y = 20X then that's a 5% chance of getting a ticket and most certainly not worth the €50 raffle entry fee.

Would love to know what X and Y really are.
I won't be renewing my membership unless these are revealed. (and maybe not even then!)

crisco10 wrote: »

not successful here either. A little frustrating to just be locked out so abruptly - could well be cancelling membership after ~10 years. I just don't understand why they didn't at least make people opt in to the draw. i.e. put in a little work!

Yeah it seemed pretty rushed. I wasn't sure why they didn't get people to opt in and opt in for specific match. Presumably some people could make one over the other.

I'd be curious how many members there are and how many tickets are available. I'm only in the club a few years (so wouldn't expect to get a ticket either way) but think favouring people who are here the longest would probably fairer than random draw.

was unlucky even with 2 memberships(me and partner), grrr