Cook Islands v Tonga RLWorld Cup

fmttmadmin said:
paying £25 to watch a World Cup event in any sport is not bad I do not think. In your own backyard.
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One sole ticket does seem reasonable value but that isn't the total cost for most people. When you factor in travel, taking families etc it could easily become well in excess of £100. When people are struggling with bills etc it might be a bit too much to ask.

It's a balancing act, I appreciate that. When I looked at the ticket prices I was a little put off but would have gone anyway as I am a Rugby League fan, but like I said I ended up being away.

I wonder if all tickets had been a tenner if they would have got 16-20k?
 
MolteniArcore said:
One sole ticket does seem reasonable value but that isn't the total cost for most people. When you factor in travel, taking families etc it could easily become well in excess of £100. When people are struggling with bills etc it might be a bit too much to ask.

It's a balancing act, I appreciate that. When I looked at the ticket prices I was a little put off but would have gone anyway as I am a Rugby League fan, but like I said I ended up being away.

I wonder if all tickets had been a tenner if they would have got 16-20k?
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That's the point. This should have been aimed at families. There wouldn't be many people paying for just one ticket. Also £25 ticket was for the worst tickets in the ground. They increased sharply to get in a part of the ground with a decent view.

MolteniArcore said:
I wonder if all tickets had been a tenner if they would have got 16-20k?
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I would say £15 for adults and £5 for kids would have seen 20k+ attendance.
 
The attendance was pretty good when you compare it the crowds at other places, they even dropped the prices slightly in a couple of the other matches. The tournament needs to make up for the losses from it being postponed form the previous year. Women's football can make their prices very low as they are basically subsidised by men's football. Rugby League doesn't have that luxury.
 
TeaCider said:
It was an international between two very small countries in a sport I'm not massively bothered by.

I'd have went to see England.
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Not just you, but the vast majority of the people in this country are not bothered by it either. It isn't even big where in live in the North West, certainly not compared to football or even cricket. The sport is a big deal in two Australian states, and that's about it. Yes its a 'World Cup' but I'm sure there is a tiddly winks world cup too.
 
B_G said:
That's the point. This should have been aimed at families. There wouldn't be many people paying for just one ticket. Also £25 ticket was for the worst tickets in the ground. They increased sharply to get in a part of the ground with a decent view.


I would say £15 for adults and £5 for kids would have seen 20k+ attendance.
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Worst part of the ground? Most of us have chosen to sit in the worst part of the Riverside ie North and South Stands for the past 25 years. How can you describe the North and South stands in that way.
 
I'm a huge rugby union fan but not so much league, but I just saw it as an opportunity not to miss.

Tonga are up there with the worlds best so great to see them in action, even if it was against a lifeless Cook Islands.
 
FatFrank said:
I'm a huge rugby union fan but not so much league, but I just saw it as an opportunity not to miss.

Tonga are up there with the worlds best so great to see them in action, even if it was against a lifeless Cook Islands.
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It was an incredible victory margin - when you think Cook Islands had already beaten Wales. Tonga look a real force.
 
fmttmadmin said:
It was an incredible victory margin - when you think Cook Islands had already beaten Wales. Tonga look a real force.
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Tonga do look a force, mainly because it is (except one player) a team of Australian and Kiwi players who have Tongan descent.

The whole thing is a bit of a joke really. Sorry Rob, I know you like to support stuff at the Riverside, but it is.
 
atypical_boro said:
Tonga do look a force, mainly because it is (except one player) a team of Australian and Kiwi players who have Tongan descent.

The whole thing is a bit of a joke really. Sorry Rob, I know you like to support stuff at the Riverside, but it is.
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I actually like to support the area and trying to help create opportunities for people if I can.
Neither the game or the tournament is a joke - it was an experience that those present really enjoyed. It took a lot of hard work to bring this game to the area and a team to Rockcliffe. Hopefully there will be some legacies built in different ways between ourselves and the Pacific islanders. These range from pen friends communications at schools between Cook Islands and in Marton to maybe more respect and understanding of different attitudes to James Cook on both sides of the world. We certainly told a different story to the Kukis and they also told us their stories.
We are lucky in having a direct line to people around the Pacific.
It is all far from being a joke.
 
fmttmadmin said:
I actually like to support the area and trying to help create opportunities for people if I can.
Neither the game or the tournament is a joke - it was an experience that those present really enjoyed. It took a lot of hard work to bring this game to the area and a team to Rockcliffe. Hopefully there will be some legacies built in different ways between ourselves and the Pacific islanders. These range from pen friends communications at schools between Cook Islands and in Marton to maybe more respect and understanding of different attitudes to James Cook on both sides of the world. We certainly told a different story to the Kukis and they also told us their stories.
It is all far from being a joke.
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Your opinion. I'm not saying it shouldn't happen or anything, people can do what they want, but it should (and is) being taken with a pinch of salt by the Teesside residents, hence the low attendance. This is a sport that is big in New South Wales and Queensland, a few corridors of Yorkshire and the towns between Manchester and Liverpool, and basically nowhere else (certainly not Teesside). Yes Tonga have a great side, because they are all born and raised in Australia and most simply can't get anywhere near the highly competitive Australian side.
 
fmttmadmin said:
Worst part of the ground? Most of us have chosen to sit in the worst part of the Riverside ie North and South Stands for the past 25 years. How can you describe the North and South stands in that way.
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When I looked, I'm sure the £25 tickets were in the south west and north west corners? I thought they were priced higher behind the goals...

I would always sit in the south stand to watch the Boro these days, but I'm not sitting there for the view....

And weren't they £75 in the east and west stands?

Let's face it Rob, the attendance tells you they got the ticket prices wrong. There's a game at Doncaster tonight - Wales v Papa New Guinea. I would probably have more interest in this with a Home Nation playing. They have tickets available at £15 for the cheapest with £5 available for concessions. I could have took my 3 kids and wife for £45. Instead of £95 for the game at the Riverside.

Their most expensive tickets are £40...
 
atypical_boro said:
Your opinion. I'm not saying it shouldn't happen or anything, people can do what they want, but it should (and is) being taken with a pinch of salt by the Teesside residents, hence the low attendance. This is a sport that is big in New South Wales and Queensland, a few corridors of Yorkshire and the towns between Manchester and Liverpool, and basically nowhere else (certainly not Teesside). Yes Tonga have a great side, because they are all born and raised in Australia and most simply can't get anywhere near the highly competitive Australian side.
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B_G said:
When I looked, I'm sure the £25 tickets were in the south west and north west corners? I thought they were priced higher behind the goals...

I would always sit in the south stand to watch the Boro these days, but I'm not sitting there for the view....

And weren't they £75 in the east and west stands?

Let's face it Rob, the attendance tells you they got the ticket prices wrong. There's a game at Doncaster tonight - Wales v Papa New Guinea. I would probably have more interest in this with a Home Nation playing. They have tickets available at £15 for the cheapest with £5 available for concessions. I could have took my 3 kids and wife for £45. Instead of £95 for the game at the Riverside.

Their most expensive tickets are £40...
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No. North and South Stand were £25 except for the lower section immediately behind the goals.
Most of the East and West Stands was £40 - too dear but not £75.
Tickets in the North and South Stand were £25 adults/£15 concessions.
 
atypical_boro said:
Your opinion. I'm not saying it shouldn't happen or anything, people can do what they want, but it should (and is) being taken with a pinch of salt by the Teesside residents, hence the low attendance. This is a sport that is big in New South Wales and Queensland, a few corridors of Yorkshire and the towns between Manchester and Liverpool, and basically nowhere else (certainly not Teesside). Yes Tonga have a great side, because they are all born and raised in Australia and most simply can't get anywhere near the highly competitive Australian side.
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Wife and I went ( went to the opening England game as well as we won tickets for St james for buying the Riverside tickets)
OK game . A bit stop start but a really entertaining day. We don't get many " Big " occasions in boro. It was a pity it couldn't have been marketed and priced to engineer a full house. Only a quarter of the crowd that was at St James but the Tongans were super noisy.
 
The tickets in the centre of the west stand were definitely £75. Because we were wondering if these were the most expensive tickets ever sold in the Riverside for a sporting event (non-hospitality). I think it did fan out to £45.
 
Me and the missus went sat in south west upper corner, great view £25 tickets, had those padded seats too.

thoroughly enjoyed it, game just flew by. Great atmosphere outside in the fan park with Tongans singing and dancing
 
Osboro said:
Wife and I went ( went to the opening England game as well as we won tickets for St james for buying the Riverside tickets)
OK game . A bit stop start but a really entertaining day. We don't get many " Big " occasions in boro. It was a pity it couldn't have been marketed and priced to engineer a full house. Only a quarter of the crowd that was at St James but the Tongans were super noisy.
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I'm glad you enjoyed it, but my point is that most people don't view this as a 'big occasion' in Middlesbrough. £75 is an absurd price for any seat for this kind of match. They can't exactly rely on Cook Island ex-pats to fill the stadium can they? The stadium is twice the size of their entire population who live about 10,000 miles away!

Also, this tournament has been won every time (bar one) in the last 50 years by Australia, who will very probably win it again.
 
OK maybe it was £70. Our ticket structure was the same as this one

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When it should have been more like this one.

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we were in the east stand lower in line with the north stand goal (not far from where we sit at the match) and it was £65 for me, the wife and my daughter (£25,£25,£15) - I don't think that's too bad
 
BoroPhil said:
we were in the east stand lower in line with the north stand goal (not far from where we sit at the match) and it was £65 for me, the wife and my daughter (£25,£25,£15) - I don't think that's too bad
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Tonga 18 - 20 Somoa. Tonga out. Samoa into semis for first time in history.
 
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