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So the tests have "officially" sold out

Tickets went on sale for the Lions Tests in Australia today

However, seems that less than half the seats went on sale.

Only the Aussie tickets went on sale, and were only available to Aussies

All B&I Lions tickets are going through tour operators

People being quoted £12500 for 3 tests!

Imagine paying £12500 to see ROG!

Makes the IRFU look like a charity

I know some in Oz who got theirs last week, I think it was only public sale started today. They're pricey enough tickets. IIRC the 'restricted view' ones for Melbourne are about $90.

Russ wrote:So the tests have "officially" sold out

Tickets went on sale for the Lions Tests in Australia today

However, seems that less than half the seats went on sale.

Only the Aussie tickets went on sale, and were only available to Aussies

All B&I Lions tickets are going through tour operators

People being quoted £12500 for 3 tests!

Imagine paying £12500 to see ROG!

Makes the IRFU look like a charity

Two things are safe to say Russ, in fact let's go for the hatrick:

1) Most obviously, ROG won't be there
2) £12500 may actually include hotels & travel
3) I'd rather have my scrotum ripped off by a hungry grizzly than part with a single 1p to support the fecking Lions. I'm hoping there will be few to no Irish players so that as is my habit I can cheer against the Lions with their English & Welsh dominance.

I assume that £12500 is for two. Looks to me it is about £6,000 or so for a package.

Not that it troubles me as I don't have £6k or anything like it and even if I did I'd find it hard to justify spending that kind of money for a few weeks in Oz. Tis free on the net and if the games are shíte ya can easily just turn it off.

Shan wrote:I assume that £12500 is for two. Looks to me it is about £6,000 or so for a package.

Not that it troubles me as I don't have £6k or anything like it and even if I did I'd find it hard to justify spending that kind of money for a few weeks in Oz. Tis free on the net and if the games are shíte ya can easily just turn it off.

Aye maybe so Shan but at least you will have the pleasure of watching your heroes.

Actually, I'm now about to rant:

Rugby sells its soul to profiteering scumbeg travel agents. Following the example of Wendyball, rugby now acquiesces to ensure that rugby fans cannot travel to Oz at reasonable market prices as they will have no access to match tickets therefore ensuring that they must stay home or pay inflated prices.

Outrage.

Yip I know its happened before, its still wrong.

BaggyTrousers wrote:

Aye maybe so Shan but at least you will have the pleasure of watching your heroes.

Indeed Baggy. It will give me such pleasure watching the British Team tearing into the former colonies before more than likely getting their asses handed to them. Shur as I am living in a former colony myself I may take some pleasure from this.

Gwan to feck.

BaggyTrousers wrote:Actually, I'm now about to rant:

Rugby sells its soul to profiteering scumbeg travel agents. Following the example of Wendyball, rugby now acquiesces to ensure that rugby fans cannot travel to Oz at reasonable market prices as they will have no access to match tickets therefore ensuring that they must stay home or pay inflated prices.

Outrage.

Yip I know its happened before, its still wrong.

Not really. That is just capitalist greed. If folk are happy to part with their money good luck to them. A public boycott would change this but that won't happen as people seem to enjoy paying over the odds for lots of events. You see it with people paying in excess of £100 for a 2 hour concert, paying 5+ x face value for "big" match tickets etc. I knew a guy who paid £400 to get a ticket for the Carling Cup Final when his favourite Spurs team were in it....think it might have been in the Millennium Stadium although could have been Wembley. Anyway I don't understand all this. If I have to pay over the odds I'd prefer to do without. No sporting event or social / entertainment event is worth being ripped off for no matter how "GREAT" it might be. But where a market exists it will be satisfied. Shame on the folks who enjoy being bent over and greased up.....

Shan, don't forget poor Michael, remember poor old Michael, you know, the biy who stole Trevelyn's corn?

It was Michael & his likes who populated that colony, I have more connection with Aussies than your mates across the shuck.

Remember Aussie thrashing England in the RWC final at Twickenham, a day of blessed memory, there were either 11 or 12 of the Aussie team who could have represented Ireland under the grandparent rule. I hope that once more they chin the Sassenachs and the "small part of Sassenachalia", West Sassenachs.

Russ wrote:So the tests have "officially" sold out

Tickets went on sale for the Lions Tests in Australia today

However, seems that less than half the seats went on sale.

Only the Aussie tickets went on sale, and were only available to Aussies

All B&I Lions tickets are going through tour operators

People being quoted £12500 for 3 tests!

Imagine paying £12500 to see ROG!

Makes the IRFU look like a charity

Heard the public sale ones went in a few minutes today, every scalper in Oz was after them

I have some for the first test if anyone interested contact me , usual protocol applies.

I've a mate who has a pair of tickets for the Melbourne test.
Is prepared to exchange for a pair of return flights - Melbourne to Belfast, and back again.

Let me know if interested in such a swap.

Ticket Swindle or just the same as every other top class sporting attraction - tiny allocation to away team supporters, small allocation to home support; mostly snaffled by the greedy scalpers; and the best seats in the house reserved for corporate knees ups at 3 or 4 times the price but including a 'champagne reception' and celebrity guest compere.

Kofi Annan wrote:I have some for the first test if anyone interested contact me , usual protocol applies.

Usual Protocol adhered to and now gone

Had to buy my tickets for the tests on eBay at about 3 times face value, very annoying. But when the flights and accommodation are already booked I'm not taking the chance that I won't get tickets. If anyone knows someone looking rid of tickets at a reasonable price (I.e. not a set if return flights) send me a PM