RWC 2015

[Leins]

TheExcession said:

I'm blessed - I get a choice of watching ITV or the Irish channel TV3 - I've swapped back and forth between the two and have firmly settled for the TV3 commentary which has been excellent.

Actually the TV3 coverage has been much better than I expected. Great having Keith Wood on the box

[DJRC]

Wonderful

[Challo]

hornetrider said:

Keep it stiff said:

I have a spare £250 ticket for Wales Oz available at face value. Any takers?

£250 face?! fk me I paid fifty for the Wales Uruguay game at the Millenium. That's extortion!

I got offered Eng vs Urg tickets today. £250 quid face value. I think he may struggle to shift them haha

[Kermit power]

Challo said:

hornetrider said:

Keep it stiff said:

I have a spare £250 ticket for Wales Oz available at face value. Any takers?

£250 face?! fk me I paid fifty for the Wales Uruguay game at the Millenium. That's extortion!

I got offered Eng vs Urg tickets today. £250 quid face value. I think he may struggle to shift them haha

It's outrageous, isn't it! I paid £56 to watch England beat New Zealand, and I don't care if it's a World Cup, I'm not paying over 4 times as much to watch a game between ANY teams!

[blearyeyedboy]

phil_cardiff said:

So being debt free is good even though the domestic game withers and dies?

Don't most successful businesses carry some debt?

By all means carry some debt, but only to make sure even more money rolls in. Any big organisation has to secure lots of money to spend on its ambitions. Clever planning by WRU has meant it's in a better financial situation than it would be.

Concerns about the domestic game are a separate argument. The domestic game sorely needs attention, no doubt. But WRU's business savvy has left more money to fix that problem, if only they get on and do it.

[z4RRSchris]

ive got two final tickets going. now England's not in it I'm going to watch in the pub

[RikonLondon]

Dare I ask how much you are looking to sell them for?

[z4RRSchris]

whatever the going rate is, 750/800 or something.

[Slaav]

z4RRSchris said:

whatever the going rate is, 750/800 or something.

What is face value?

[dom9]

We may be looking for a pair of finals tickets, just to go for the 'experience'.

Seems a lot are coming onto the market now England are out.

I can get tickets to any QF or SF now, at face value (though I suspect discounts will be available as the dates draw closer).

[nickrex]

hornetrider said:

Small crumb for Wales: Hooper has picked up a 1 week ban for his citing.

I'd be a p**@~ed off if I were English. A clear yellow card offence by a vital opposition player. We(Wales)will benefit from the retrospective punishment but that doesn't help England who should of been playing 14.

[irocfan]

TheExcession said:

Symbolica said:

JP Doyle made me laugh in that flare-up after the try - "Nothing silly guys, lots of cameras! Lots of cameras!"

Made me smile too

Oh dear, and now the first red card in the tournament

thought the yellow to Campese was a little harsh TBH

[Kermit power]

nickrex said:

hornetrider said:

Small crumb for Wales: Hooper has picked up a 1 week ban for his citing.

I'd be a p**@~ed off if I were English. A clear yellow card offence by a vital opposition player. We(Wales)will benefit from the retrospective punishment but that doesn't help England who should of been playing 14.

I'm English. It would've made sod all difference, other than to say we'd lost to Australia even with their best player spending 10 minutes in the bin.

[Rusty1]

yes England would have been against 14 BUT when farrell got carded, you saw a very high tackle from burgess which i felt should have made him see the bench as well, 14 vs 13 would have been a walk in the park for Aus

[0000]

It would've been a different game. Who knows what would have happened.

[irocfan]

when all is said and done the right team won. They wanted it more, they were quicker in thought and deed, they were more skillful

[funkyrobot]

Why wasn't this picked up in the game?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34443308

[TheGreatSoprendo]

funkyrobot said:

Why wasn't this picked up in the game?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34443308

I can't believe nobody has mentioned that yet!

[irocfan]

funkyrobot said:

Why wasn't this picked up in the game?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34443308

I must admit I've seen some weird reffing decisions - some teams have been pinged and carded for what seems like an innocuous 'neck-roll' yet others haven't even been awarded a penalty. The brainless one got carded for a 'no arms' tackle vs the crims yet Burgess wasn't even warned for a high tackle... strange

[funkyrobot]

TheGreatSoprendo said:

funkyrobot said:

Why wasn't this picked up in the game?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34443308

I can't believe nobody has mentioned that yet!

I've probably missed it.

Haven't been able to trawl through the thread.