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Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan Travel etc...

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  • #122
    bennyl10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,509 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    arrowman wrote: »
    Yes I was assuming that Ireland would top pool A and had picked my SF to suit but then I saw this on Wikipedia



    That seems to suggest the winners of pool A will be SF1??

    Ignroe wiki id say.

    as per the rwc website if we win our group and get passed NZ/SA (presumably) we'll be in SF2


  • #123
    finbarrk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,411 ✭✭✭finbarrk


    Just booked an apartment in Tokyo for the opening weekend. about €80 PN.


  • #124
    matrim
    Registered Users Posts: 7,515 ✭✭✭matrim


    finbarrk wrote: »
    Just booked an apartment in Tokyo for the opening weekend. about €80 PN.

    Can you pm me the name if there are any rooms left?


  • #125
    wexfordhun
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭wexfordhun


    finbarrk wrote: »
    Just booked an apartment in Tokyo for the opening weekend. about €80 PN.

    Did you book it direct or through an agent? I have been keeping an eye out through booking.com etc but there isnt much selections yet.


  • #126
    finbarrk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,411 ✭✭✭finbarrk


    It was booking.com. You are right, not too many were available.


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  • #127
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,199 ✭✭✭troyzer


    https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/rugby-world-cup-2019-getting-ready-to-see-ireland-meet-the-world-in-japan-1.3571506

    Shizuoka is hoping a sizeable contingent of the expected 400,000 foreign visitors will fall in love with this prefecture and pop into some of the local tourist attractions.

    Just following on from what people were saying earlier on about visitor numbers. For some context, the Kiwis were only expecting 95,000 visitors and got 133,000. It could be quite a busy World Cup.

    That's obviously balanced by the fact that far less Japanese would go to matches than Kiwis would.


  • #128
    finbarrk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,411 ✭✭✭finbarrk


    https://www.clubtravel.ie/sports/rugby/rugby-world-cup-2019-japan/tour-b.aspx
    Expensive 2 match package.


  • #129
    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users Posts: 4,994 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    The pricing I have seen for this is beyond scandalous.


  • #130
    Whitters22
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭Whitters22


    Has anyone come across a package that is somewhat reasonable/justifiable?


  • #131
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,605 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Whitters22 wrote: »
    Has anyone come across a package that is somewhat reasonable/justifiable?

    The cheapest I've seen to date is 5k.

    You won't get any reasonable packages, you'd have to book it yourself separately to get close to being reasonable.


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  • #132
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users Posts: 13,289 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    c.p.w.g.w wrote: »
    The pricing I have seen for this is beyond scandalous.

    From finbarkks link €5390 for flights, 10 nights 4star hotel, breakfasts, match tickets, transfers (coaches/trains), and some tours with English speaking guides seems reasonable enough to me.

    Obviously it's aimed at a market who may not be comfortable doing things on their own and like having the package safety net, but I don't see anything scandalous about the pricing. The younger boards.ie demographic will likely do it cheaper with more meandering flights and navigating their own way on the subway system from airport to a more modest hotel or Airbnb, and figuring out themselves how to get from city to stadium and onto the next city.

    But €5390 seems kinda ok to me for what you get? I thought it might be more to be honest.


  • #133
    finbarrk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,411 ✭✭✭finbarrk


    Whitters22 wrote: »
    Has anyone come across a package that is somewhat reasonable/justifiable?

    No need to go on a package. Do it yourself for half the amount.


  • #134
    The Lost Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    Africa 1 will be decided this weekend.
    Namibia host Kenya. Namibia lead Kenya by 3 points so win for Kenya denying Namibia anything will give them first spot and a place in group B with New Zealand, South Africa and Italy
    Runner up enters repechage with Canada, Hong Kong and Germany


  • #135
    The Lost Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    Namibia won 53-28 to qualify and are in group B.
    Kenya enter repechage


  • #136
    The Lost Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    Germany have appointed Mike Ford as head coach ahead of the repechage in November in Marseille


  • #137
    finbarrk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,411 ✭✭✭finbarrk


    The next ticket ballot opens on Wednesday. I'm getting less confident.
    https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/363201


  • #138
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,199 ✭✭✭troyzer


    finbarrk wrote: »
    The next ticket ballot opens on Wednesday. I'm getting less confident.
    https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/363201

    What have you managed to get so far?

    You'll still have the public sale in January. Japan is 8 hours ahead remember so the committed fans willing to stay up for the sale might have the edge.


  • #139
    Riskymove
    Registered Users Posts: 10,885 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    troyzer wrote: »
    so the committed fans willing to stay up for the sale might have the edge.

    it is not an online sale

    the ballot application is open for a month and then winners are drawn from all applicants


  • #140
    Riskymove
    Registered Users Posts: 10,885 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    finbarrk wrote: »
    The next ticket ballot opens on Wednesday. I'm getting less confident.
    https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/363201

    there is no problem getting tickets to the pool games I'd say

    The difficulty begins for the knockout games - these have been highlighted as high demand from early on

    I got QF tickets but not SFs last time


  • #141
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,199 ✭✭✭troyzer


    Riskymove wrote: »
    it is not an online sale

    the ballot application is open for a month and then winners are drawn from all applicants

    I'm aware of that. Which is why I said the January sale. The ballot opens on Wednesday and winners are notified in November.

    There is also a Ticketmaster style first-come, first-served sale in January for whatever tickets are left over.


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  • #142
    Riskymove
    Registered Users Posts: 10,885 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    troyzer wrote: »
    There is also a Ticketmaster style first-come, first-served sale in January for whatever tickets are left over.

    ah right sorry


  • #143
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,199 ✭✭✭troyzer


    Riskymove wrote: »
    ah right sorry

    No problem. There's unlikely to be anything decent in the January sale anyway so it's a moot point.


  • #144
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,632 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    finbarrk wrote: »
    The next ticket ballot opens on Wednesday. I'm getting less confident.
    https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/363201

    Probably a silly question but what do you have to do before Wednesday? Register for what tickets you want? Or is it only form Wednesday you can register?


  • #145
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,199 ✭✭✭troyzer


    Eod100 wrote: »
    Probably a silly question but what do you have to do before Wednesday? Register for what tickets you want? Or is it only form Wednesday you can register?

    Create an account and then on Wednesday you create an application.

    It's not time dependant so there's no rush.


  • #146
    wexfordhun
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭wexfordhun


    Going off these figures, the travel agent packages dont seem that expensive; https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/rugby-world-cup-2019-how-much-will-it-cost-to-follow-ireland-in-japan-1.3629479


  • #147
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,199 ✭✭✭troyzer


    Come on lads. Don't let me down.


  • #148
    finbarrk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,411 ✭✭✭finbarrk


    troyzer wrote: »
    What have you managed to get so far?

    You'll still have the public sale in January. Japan is 8 hours ahead remember so the committed fans willing to stay up for the sale might have the edge.

    I did a couple of applications for the first weekends games in Yokohama in the initial ballot but got nothing.


  • #149
    joseywhales
    Registered Users Posts: 4,009 ✭✭✭joseywhales


    troyzer wrote: »
    Come on lads. Don't let me down.
    I have applied to the exact same as you in both ballots, except the bronze final. I got zilch in the front row ballot.

    Depressing


  • #150
    joseywhales
    Registered Users Posts: 4,009 ✭✭✭joseywhales


    Usually tickets get freed up when we'll supported teams get knocked out or end up in an unexpected sidekof the draw, if we can get France or Australia or Argentina in a semi maybe we could get tickets.


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  • #151
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,632 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    joseywhales wrote: »
    Usually tickets get freed up when we'll supported teams get knocked out or end up in an unexpected sidekof the draw, if we can get France or Australia or Argentina in a semi maybe we could get tickets.

    Isn't it fixed that we'd be playing teams from pool B so SA or NZ?


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