Gold Coast: England miss cut for Cup

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13-10-12, 20:56
beige

Gold Coast: England miss cut for Cup

The 2012/13 IRB World Sevens Series is underway in Australia, with England missing out on the Cup quarter-finals after a dismal Day One at the office.

Pool A: South Africa 9, New Zealand 7, Canada 5, USA 3
Pool B: Australia 9, Fiji 7, Tonga 5, Scotland 3
Pool C: Samoa 9, Kenya 6, England 6, Spain 3
Pool D: Argentina 7, France 7, Wales 7, Portugal 3

Bowl Quarters:

Canada v Portugal
England v Scotland
Wales v USA
Tonga v Spain

Cup Quarters:

South Africa v France
Samoa v Fiji
Argentina v New Zealand
Australia v Kenya

Full report: http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,2...162000,00.html
13-10-12, 21:34
SNOB

What a terrible turn out. We would have filled a stadium (I hope).
From what little I watched no commentator mentioned the bad turn out.
Couple off good Aussies there though.
13-10-12, 23:01
sittingbison

Eek what about the uniform!!

Fashion fox pass
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13-10-12, 23:33
tic

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Originally Posted by SNOB

What a terrible turn out. We would have filled a stadium (I hope).
From what little I watched no commentator mentioned the bad turn out.
Couple off good Aussies there though.

Day 1 crowd was 12558 (people spend time out the back at the bars too - it's a very social day).. Day 2 will be about 10000 more. That will bring total attendance to near 35000 in its second year. These events take a couple of years to build. In another 2-3 years, this will be heading towards a sellout.
14-10-12, 03:14
oxleymoron

Those crowd figures are less than what they used to get in Adelaide....
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14-10-12, 06:19
SNOB

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Originally Posted by tic

Day 1 crowd was 12558 (people spend time out the back at the bars too - it's a very social day).. Day 2 will be about 10000 more. That will bring total attendance to near 35000 in its second year. These events take a couple of years to build. In another 2-3 years, this will be heading towards a sellout.

Yes pretty poor then. I wonder how long they will keep it if that's the best they can expect.
14-10-12, 09:06
GIGS20

jon would can it now!
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14-10-12, 12:46
tic

Quote:

Originally Posted by oxleymoron

Those crowd figures are less than what they used to get in Adelaide....
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Adelaide aggregate in year 1 was 25500. By year 4 it had only grown to 31200 (source -http://www.sarugby.com.au/documents/Issue1-19January2011.pdf) .

Gold Coast aggregate crowd will beat this in year 2.
14-10-12, 12:50
tic

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Originally Posted by SNOB

Yes pretty poor then. I wonder how long they will keep it if that's the best they can expect.

A sell out would be a poor result?
14-10-12, 13:26
Alison

I love the look of that ground on the Gold Coast though! Reminds me a bit of the Rebels' ground.

Wonder if that's what we'll end up with at NiB??!!
14-10-12, 13:29
zed

Quote:

Originally Posted by oxleymoron

Those crowd figures are less than what they used to get in Adelaide....
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Yeah but there's nothing to do in Adelaide.
14-10-12, 13:53
SNOB

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Originally Posted by tic

A sell out would be a poor result?

Just seeing spectators would help. it really is a poor turnout!
I've watched the tournament when ever it's shown and I expect the only place with a worse turnout was America.
We just have to many codes I suppose and union just doesn't have a big enough fan base.
14-10-12, 13:59
jargan83

Fox Sports did a panoramic shot of the stadium after the plate semi between Australia and Argentina and its clearly "come dressed as an empty seat day"
14-10-12, 14:40
JediKnight

Back to the rugby....just seen Spain beat Wales in the bowl semifinal!!!
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14-10-12, 16:02
Alison

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Originally Posted by JediKnight

Back to the rugby....just seen Spain beat Wales in the bowl semifinal!!!
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And now they've just beaten England in the final!! Wow!
14-10-12, 23:09
beige

The Gold Coast - where sports go to die.