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Ireland Ticket Information

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭Cork2021


    Mask to be worn at all times today!! How in the name of god will they enforce that!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    They have Covid compliance people in the stands, guess they'll have more of them this weekend.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 lfcheaven-1892


    When are Six Nations tickets available via the Vodafone pre-sale?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,560 ✭✭✭✭lawred2




  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 lfcheaven-1892


    Is it worth subscribing to the Supporters Club? Do I stand a viable chance of purchasing tickets?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Impossible to predict, all members were about to get All Blacks tickets as far as I know. This year's 6n will see three home games so probably a decent shot



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 aedanknight


    For anyone that was looking to go to Paris the game is sold out!

    https://twitter.com/FranceRugby/status/1464176290123108354



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭MrTea


    In my experience you stand a chance of getting tickets, but it's not guaranteed.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭MrTea


    I'm not a current IRFU supporters club member, but would anyone know when the 6n tickets will go on sale to the IRFU supporters? Am thinking of gifting someone the membership but want them to benefit from access to the sales.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,481 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Mid December or early January

    'Supporter's club doesn't guarantee tickets'



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭MrTea


    I know about the non-guarantee element, have been a member previously. What I don't know is the definite timing around the ticket sales, and one thing I do know is that the comms from the IRFU customer service was shite. Really shite. So I haven't much hope of them confirming it but asking here is a good start.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,176 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    Invoices for home games were sent out to clubs over the last week or so.


    Based on that I’d imagine they’ll have their allocations finalised fairly soon, and that the supporters club will know their allocation by now.

    Hard to know when they’ll release for sale to members, but they could be ready to go at any stage now


    The cynical businessman in me says they’d be smart to wait until January - to maximise people like yourself buying memberships in the Christmas period either for themselves or as gifts - but I’ve no indication if that’s their thinking or not



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭MrTea


    thanks fella. Yeah, was thinking it'd be smart of them to tap into the Christmas market. They will need as much as cash as they can pocket to steady the books. If I hear anything I'll update the with a post here.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,466 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Typically supporter's club ticket sale for 6 nations matches happens mid December. Should hear something this week I expect.



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  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Leinster ST holder ballot details...




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,466 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Was wrong about this.

    Noticed on the supporters club site says that most likely to be early January before member's sale.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭PMC83




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭MrTea


    I agree and disagree. 77 in old money is about 45 or 50 quid. Which is fair enough for a day out an international test match in the 6n. The IRFU also need to keep their finances healthy, especially after the lockdown. What bothers me though is that it may out of reach for some people, especially as you need to also be a club or supporters club anyway to even get close to the tickets. I wish there was some way to have affordable tickets, but it would require a bit of dedication to diversity that the IRFU seems to lack. For the record, I think they are doing great work overall.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,277 ✭✭✭Lost Ormond


    How is IRFU lacking in diversity though in this. Dont see why tickets should go on public sale if it means clubs(and their members), schools, referees, people involved in game directly on provincial committees etc all miss out



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭MrTea


    I don't want to get into much of a discussion about this here, as it's mostly about tickets. I also agree that people in the game should get tickets first. There are often still tickets sold on general sale via supporters clubs and ticketmaster.

    Largely, I am very grateful to the IRFU, and think they serve the Irish nation very well. One area I think there is room for improvement is their approach to diversity, I don't know if they have policy on this, or if they consider it much-I've not heard anything about it and I follow rugby closely enough.

    Looking at the profile of those who play on our men's senior side the majority come from a similar demograph: middle/upper class Dublin, or middle/upper class from the rest of Ireland. More specifically, many of them come from one school, Michaels. Credit to the school and those people, but there will be many players with potential from around communities throughout Ireland who will not get to fulfill that potential. This is not good for the teams, the game, or our fans. Stuart Lancaster commented on it in Leinster, and recognised it as problem.

    A broader playing pool also means a broader fan base, and would probably generate more revenue for the IRFU. They would need to invest more money and have pathways to support the next Keith Earls, or the kid without the resources to make it. England do a slightly better job on this, Ellis Genge being a product of the extra financial support the RFU give to younger players that the IRFU don't. Bernard Jackman spoke about this brilliantly recently on the 42 podcast if you're curious.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭PMC83


    I think for the average punter 77 quid for a cat three is pretty expensive. Yes they need to make some money when they can, but the recent increase is definitely pricing people out. The prices for the Japan game were pretty ridiculous, and it showed in the stands.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭MrTea


    In ways I agree, and they lost on a few potential quid in the Japan game. Did wonder if Covid and the drop on corporate tickets was misjudged by them. I wonder how they come up with the pricing strategy, is it a bit of guess work, or something more sophisticated.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    We played Japan in the summer. Madness bringing them back again so soon. IIRC tickets in the summer were €20, it was the first Ireland game with fans post Covid.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,956 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    I cant see a members sale with the current restrictions in place until the end of January, thats 5 days before the Wales game, that will most likely be played with a capacity of 5k.

    Might be able to get more in for Italy and Scotland as those games are in late Feb and mid March but its all very much up in the air.

    The Irfu should have put the tickets on sale much earlier to prempt the restrictions.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Hearing talk that the tournament might be rescheduled due to lockdowns across the nations. Wales has moved to no fans at any sports at the moment.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭MrTea




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,956 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    If they had sold all the tickets in advance it might put some pressure on to get restrictions eased.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭MrTea


    Highly unlikely the govt would sway their decision due to that imo.

    I also hope the IRFU would have more integrity than to try a stunt like that. I have my tickets for the 6n and desperately hope it goes ahead with full stadia, but it's not the most important thing right now. It would also be a major headache for them should they have to remiburse ticket buyers etc.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭random_banter


    Does anyone else have tickets to the away game in Paris? It's a bit limbo-like at the moment - has anyone else got their flights booked already?

    As of yesterday I'm starting to be more pessimistic that travel to the game will actually happen. We had tickets for the 2020 game too, can't believe this is still happening two years later 😂



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  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    You'd hope the 6N would confirm if crowds will be allowed in games or not. At least if you are vaccinated you no longer need a negative PCR to get back into Ireland.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,004 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Guess it's up to various governments rather than them and guess longer longer leave it may have better chance of larger crowds say. Tricky when our restrictions end on 30th and 1st home game on 5th Feb for example. Hopefully there will be official word out soon. What happens with the Champions Cup games might be decent indicator if nothing confirmed before then.



  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,236 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    Yeah we’ve fights booked, not hopeful we’ll get to go.

    last time out FFR refunded tickets handily enough.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 392 ✭✭RunningFlyer


    Also have tickets, haven't booked flights yet. We will probably wait until end Jan to see what's happening before booking flights. If at that stage direct flights are sold out or extortionate, I've previously flown into Brussels and got the TGV to Paris for half the price (extra 2hrs to journey).



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,560 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    club asking for this year's ticket requests - but is Wales not going to be restricted to 5k??



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,004 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Murray just has this https://www.the42.ie/irfu-six-nations-crowds-5646285-Jan2022/?utm_source=shortlink. “As the Guinness Six Nations is due to begin on the first weekend in February, we will remain in contact with government and issue updates as and when more information is available.   

    “For now, we are proceeding with our normal planning, as failure to do so would impact ticket distribution for the Guinness Six Nations. 

    “If any of our home Guinness Six Nations fixtures are impacted by cancellation, postponement, or attendance restriction, our intention is that general ticketholders will be accommodated at rescheduled fixtures, or in the case of cancellation, or capacity restrictions, refunds will be processed back to the point of original purchase, for example, via the club or province the ticket was purchased from. 

    “All other ticket stakeholders will be contacted in due course.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭random_banter




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,176 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    5k is rumoured, but nothing is confirmed yet for how restrictions will look in February and IFRU are working on the basis that it's full capacity until the Government tell them otherwise.

    Payment requests went out in the last 2/3 weeks to clubs via the branches, all on basis of full allocations



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,176 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    Communication out from branches today.

    Word for word identical to what was quoted in the42 yesterday



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 CAMAC


    I’m not currently part of the Supporters club but I was going to join to try get a better chance of getting tickets going forward as it’s always been a nightmare. If I joined now are chances for six nations tickets gone already? And beyond that, would anyone know if any amount of tickets might be released on ticketmaster in the future for the six nations? Many thanks



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    It's highly possible that no tickets will go on sale for this year's 6 Nations, we don't know yet so can't answer that question.

    Can't answer the second one either, it could be no fans, limited number or full house. In recent years Italy is the only one of these three that went on public sale.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,277 ✭✭✭Lost Ormond


    you wont get a ticket for 2022 6 nations now. too late as all applications will have been sent in at this stage.

    6 Nations tickets rarely are available on ticketmaster as they rightfully go first to clubs, schools, provincial supporters clubs, referees etc.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    They haven't been announced or released yet.

    Six Nations tickets will almost certainly be available for Italy with a moderate chance for Wales and Scotland. There were rakes of NZ tickets available so demands isn't at its peak.

    That said, it all depends on attendance levels. I'd hold off joining the supporters club until capacity is known (if tickets haven't gone on sale by then).



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 CAMAC


    Thanks, my fault for not joining the supporters club earlier I just completely forgot to get in sooner. I have previously been with a club but moved away so looking for other routes.

    Thanks re Ticketmaster info, I can never remember which test matches get released publicly and which don’t, was looking specifically for Scotland myself. I guess it’s all touch and go for now anyway.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,560 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    I think it's more like the absence of corporates hoovering up rakes of them



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,560 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Do tickets even reach the supporters club in general?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    For this batch of games, nearly always.

    For France, sometimes. For England, rarely.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 CAMAC


    Dunno myself, wanted to join in the hope. There’s not many avenues outside that and clubs so worth a try. But from what I understand, it used to be easier and is now a lottery that seems to have a mixed bag of success stories regarding tickets but I’m not much of an authority on it



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,956 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    Scotland, Wales and Italy always get a general release on Ticketmaster, usually multiple releases due to returns.

    Easy enough to get a ticket for those games, often good seats.

    England and France, they only release the odd ticket the week of the game. Those tickets are like hens teeth.



  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    With reduced capacity, fir our home games these really will be gold dust this year.



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