Re: England v New Zealand Series : Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:15 am  

Hey just wondering if anyone has started receiving their tickets yet? When I bought them guy on phone said they would be sent out in October and haven't got mine yet but should be coming soon

Re: England v New Zealand Series : Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:06 am  

Most likely be posted out after the GF has been played....the RFL struggle to do more than one job at a time

Re: England v New Zealand Series : Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:41 am  

For starters, we can only do 1 of the 3 in London. As much as I want us to target London the core of people going to the games will be from the north and most are relatively cash-poor

Huge assumption HIM. I believe there are some stats from the previous Eng v NZ at Wembley game that shows a significant % of attendees are from the south. Large % of SL followers on Sky are from the south.

Re: England v New Zealand Series : Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:56 pm  

Exiled down south wrote:

Huge assumption HIM. I believe there are some stats from the previous Eng v NZ at Wembley game that shows a significant % of attendees are from the south. Large % of SL followers on Sky are from the south.

There are more RL fans down South than people realise. I met a bloke on a training course at work once from London. He never went to watch London Broncos as it was across the other side of the city to him but he had close links with an amatuer RL club and did some refereeing too. He said RL was a relatively big sport in London (considering it being a Northern sport and London being a football city like Manchester and Liverpool), played by a number of people of all ages at a growing number of amateur clubs. But that just wasn't represented in Broncos attendances.

Re: England v New Zealand Series : Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:54 pm  

I agree, but they're unlikely to come to more than 1. They aren't die hard fans, they're still seeing if they like it or not and using it as an event/day out. But we shouldn't count our chickens too soon.
We still only managed approx 60k for a WC semi final double header. I'm not having a go at that, it's a good attendance. But were unlikely to repeat that attendance. I'd rather we packed out 1 game of approx 50k in London than have 2 of 25k. Because if we get these non-diehards in and then provide a poor/not great experience ie a half empty stadium, they're less likely to come back.
If we give them a full (ish) stadium they'll probably think of coming back next time.
London has to be a consistent build rather than just "moving our internationals there".

Re: England v New Zealand Series : Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:56 pm  

I'm going to the 2nd & 3rd tests, the London one should be brilliant, can't wait !
Still not heard much publicity though

Re: England v New Zealand Series : Thu Oct 08, 2015 4:01 pm  

So which overseas signing next season will be the next in line to be "oh lets select him because he's shown a bit of quality now and then and forget about nurturing our own". Gidley? Sandow?

When will it end?

I see there's a thread about being PNG being a joke. Should look closer to home.

Re: England v New Zealand Series : Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:32 pm  

What 1 player, who's dad's English, who's a nominee for Man of Steel and who's not played for any other national side? Get a grip.

Re: England v New Zealand Series : Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:03 pm  

Willzay wrote:

So which overseas signing next season will be the next in line to be "oh lets select him because he's shown a bit of quality now and then and forget about nurturing our own". Gidley? Sandow?

When will it end?

I see there's a thread about being PNG being a joke. Should look closer to home.

What are you going on about?

-Cuthbertson; brought up in Aus but has a British father from Warrington therefore he's just as much British as Aussie
-Reed; he's from Bradford, moved to Aus when young, both parents are British therefore he's 100% British
-Widdop; he's from Halifax, moved over to Aus as a teen, both parents are British therefore he's 100% British

Fair cop with Chase, that was a joke but he won't be playing for England again.

Re: England v New Zealand Series : Mon Oct 12, 2015 1:54 am  

The series itself is going to be a very tough affair.