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Author Topic: Twickenham tickets for England games could be corporate-only this autumn  (Read 926 times)

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stoquin

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Not sure what else they can do, just about makes sense but very infuriating.

Lawyerquin

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My local rugby club emailed me yesterday and said the same thing. No tickets for balloting.

J Scott

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Great real fans lose out.
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Yareet

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Great real fans lose out.

Sorry but this is one of my bugbears. Just because somebody is at the game on a corporate ticket, they aren’t a rugby fan.

The few times I’ve been fortunate enough to have hospitality (at Quins and England), it’s been with other lovers of the game.
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stoquin

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Great real fans lose out.
Not necessarily but what else could/can they do and at least the games might proceed and some money be generated for the game which may help the sport going forward to the benefit of the "real rugby fans"

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The key line in the article is:

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Given the large number of tickets already contracted, however, the remaining seven- to 12,000 would be prioritised for the RFU’s affiliated clubs and key stakeholders.

Emphasis mine. It's not that they are making a decision now to prioritise corporate over club, it's that they were already locked into long term contracts with the corporate hospitality firms, and there are far fewer tickets left to distribute.

It's got some interesting implications for rugby at the Stoop though - if Twickenham can support 35-45,000 - roughly 42%-55% of capacity - then if similar percentages apply to the Stoop that would mean we could see  6,000-8,000 at the Stoop. That would probably allow at least the STHs to come to the games - though we might have to sit in unaccustomed parts of the ground!
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J Scott

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Sorry but this is one of my bugbears. Just because somebody is at the game on a corporate ticket, they aren’t a rugby fan.

The few times I’ve been fortunate enough to have hospitality (at Quins and England), it’s been with other lovers of the game.
obviously not true of all but I would say a heck of a lot if not majority are casual fans at best which is my point. It is also a bugbear of mine because these are the guys that are always getting up, chatting through the game and generally just need to be in the pub. But hey we’ve all got our pet hates.

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obviously not true of all but I would say a heck of a lot if not majority are casual fans at best which is my point. It is also a bugbear of mine because these are the guys that are always getting up, chatting through the game and generally just need to be in the pub. But hey we’ve all got our pet hates.

You only have to watch how long it takes the people in the East Stand to return to their seats after half time. Because they would rather be swilling booze in the hospitality area than watching a cracking game of rugby.

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You only have to watch how long it takes the people in the East Stand to return to their seats after half time. Because they would rather be swilling booze in the hospitality area than watching a cracking game of rugby.

That or the fact that Twickenham is an awful stadium with poor facilities.

 

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