Question without notice

[brokendown gunfighter]

Flat-top, 16 months ago we, as tourists with limited time, could only buy ticket packages, involving games we had not enough time to see, let alone the inclination to watch pretty monsterous miss-matches.

After waiting patiently for the minute single sale tickets were available I spent 2 days trying to access the French site without being able to get in. When I finally got in, you guessed it, nothing available.

A few weeks ago I was advised by a French contact that futher tickets were being made available. When I got on the site on the stated time and date tickets were listed as being available but when you tried to book (in all combinations and prices, including singles) the site would not let you do it.
The whole booking system in my opinion is a corrupt, manipulated crock of shite aimed at screwing tourist supporters to the max.
Instead of the RWC being the highlight of our trip we will now treat it as an incidental extra which we will only see if the scalpers are screwed by overestimating demand and getting scalped themselves.
I have fond memories when RWC was here in 2003 of seeing a scalper trying to sell his tickets for $10 each 10 minutes before the game (SA v England) with no takers.

I will of course take your very sensible advice and keep trying, but realistically I don't hold any hopes.

after all these are only pool games we are talking about.no way would a 40000 stadium in Lyon for example would be sold out for a game between Australia v Japan or whoever.
Suck it & see me thinks

[Burgs]

Going on Flat Tops link and advice it would seem the following are still available as at 08/01/07:

Pool A-

United States / Repechage 2, Wed 12 /09, Montpellier (La Mosson)

Samoa / Repechage 2, Sun 16 /09, Montpellier (La Mosson)

South Africa / Repechage 2, Sat 22 /09, Lens (Félix-Bollaert)

Samoa / United States, Wed 26 /09, Saint-Etienne (Geoffroy-Guichard)

South Africa / United States, Sun 30 /09, Montpellier (La Mosson)

Pool B-

Wales / Australia, Sat 15 /09, Cardiff (Millennium)

Canada / Fiji, Sun 16 /09, Cardiff (Millennium)

Wales / Japan, Thu 20 /09, Cardiff (Millennium)

Pool C-

New-Zealand / Italy, Sat 8 /09, Marseille (Vélodrome)

Scotland / Repechage 1, Sun 9 /09, Saint-Etienne (Geoffroy-Guichard)

Italy / Romania, Wed 12 /09, Marseille (Vélodrome)

Scotland / Romania, Tue 18 /09, Edinburgh (Murrayfield)

Scotland / New-Zealand, Sun 23 /09, Edinburgh (Murrayfield)

Romania/ Repechage 1, Tue 25 /09, Toulouse (Stadium)

Scotland / Italy, Sat 29 /09, Saint-Etienne (Geoffroy-Guichard)

Pool D-

Georgia / Namibia, Wed 26 /09, Lens (Félix-Bollaert)

Quarter Finals-

1st Pool C / 2nd Pool D, Sat 6 /10, Cardiff (Millennium)

Semi-final and Final tickets will be on sale later in 2007.

[Burgs]

With only one Wallabies match left you could do worse than have a UK World Cup and just do Cardiff and Edinburgh!
Australia, Wales, Canada, Fiji, Japan, Scotland, Romania & New Zealand, quiet a cosmopolitan time!

[fulvio sammut]

If it was just the case of a few blokes on tour I would agree with you Burgs. But some of our wives don't care too much about rugby and have already been to Britain. Strange as it may sound, the reason we're still married and are able to do the rugby things we do is because of compromise.Oh well...

[Burgs]

Alas, I have neither the wife nor the funds for the blokes tour but hopefully the info will help someone

[fulvio sammut]

You never know your luck Burgs. I didn't think I'd ever own a signed Wallabies Jersey either!
Your info is helpful and is certainly an option.

[The InnFORCEr]

I spoke to mate last night that always seems to come up with tickets for big events (he is taking 6 of JBs elder statesmen to RWC07). He said to stay on that French official site or as he always says "people get sick and die" if you really want to go, be at the gate for a bargain.

[Rodent]

Coach - He headed back to the UK midway through last year. I guess work has been keeping him too busy to get on the forum. I spoke to him last week and he said that he has struggled to keep up with signings etc. because of the lack of coverage over there... I think once the season starts he may make an appearance.

But I can certainly test the waters to see if he can get tickets or not. He seems to know a few people that know a few people.