THE fleecing of Irish rugby fans anxious for tickets lớn see historic Croke Park games is under way, with English touts selling terrace tickets at 10 times their face value. Bạn đang xem: Rugby world cup 2023 packages ireland『推荐ay4488·com』x? s? kiên giang 2t5 ugby authorities here have yet to issue tickets to lớn the four provinces for the Six Nations trò chơi against England on February 24. But six terrace tickets for the Ireland/England clash have already been bought on eBay for the asking price of almost ?350 each, a huge mark-up on the ?30 face value. "Tickets havebeen issued to lớn the branches and clubs for the French game but not for the English game," IRFU press officer Karl Richardson said yesterday. "The visiting unions would have their tickets for the French & English games but none have been issued lớn the provinces here yet." One of the sellers on eBay is based in Newcastle and has 10 terrace tickets for sale at almost ?350 each. Another vendor based in London was asking for over ?600 for a terrace ticket, although no bids had been placed."They are fairly exorbitant prices & we wouldn"t be asking anybody lớn pay them. This really to the detriment of the Irish rugby fan," Mr Richardson said. "I know people are anxious to lớn get khổng lồ a trò chơi that is obviously going lớn be a very big occasion - both games, in fact. But it"s very unfair on the trang web auctions for tickets to be put up like that." Tickets for the England trò chơi will be issued to the provinces and on lớn the clubs in the next fortnight, và are expected to become thehottest tickets in town. The first rugby game at the GAA stadium will be played against France two weeks earlier, but the IRFU said yesterday that it could trace its tickets if they were placed on auction websites. "We have done it in the past - we did it for the last Heineken Cup trò chơi between Leinster và Munster when tickets were going for large amounts," Mr Richardson said. "In some of the cases we can identify the tickets, and then we can chase them back khổng lồ province và onto individual. At that stage, we ask them lớn be taken down from the website or we will take further action." It is not just Ireland"s games at Croke Park that have sparked a bidding frenzy. Tickets for the Six Nations trò chơi against Italy in Rome on St Patrick"s Day are going for twice their face value. And the World Cup quarter final at Cardiff, which is lớn take place in nine months time, - has fetched bids of over ?300 for a pair of tickets. LONDON (Reuters) - With tickets for next year’s rugby World Cup in England about lớn go on general sale, fans have been warned to lớn buy them through official channels or risk being refused entry khổng lồ matches. Up to a million tickets will go on sale at 0900 GMT (10:00 p.m. BST) on Friday - 300,000 have already been sold via rugby clubs - & fans have until Sept. 29 to apply. However, with demand for tickets in Britain expected khổng lồ be second only to theLondon 2012 Olympics, there is a growing fear that organised touts could hijack the process. Unlike the ticketing system for the London Olympics, in which the government introduced legislation banning the unauthorised resale of tickets, the International Rugby Board (IRB) did not apply for the same conditions. Xem thêm: Lịch Âm Tháng 1 Năm 2023 - Lịch Âm Dương Tháng 1 Năm 2023 England Rugby 2015 subsequently failed to persuade the government to lớn make touting of World Cup tickets illegal and are hoping that their terms and conditions that forbid anyonebuying a ticket from an unauthorised outlet will dampen the market. In a bid lớn deter touts, ticket agency Ticketmaster has implemented software that can detect multiple applications but officials accept that they face a difficult battle against increasingly sophisticated operators. “Fans should only buy through official sources,” said England Rugby năm ngoái communications director Joanna Manning-Cooper, who saw the benefit of legal protection during her time with the London 2012Olympics organising committee. “We are doing everything we can lớn make sure tickets get into the hands of fans who want lớn come to the tournament, và not to lớn touts who simply want lớn sell them on at a profit.” The tournament has to raise 250 million pounds ($406.33 million) from tickets and organisers have implemented a wide range of prices. Prices range from 15 pounds for the lesser group games - with children’s tickets from seven pounds - to lớn 715 pounds for the most expensiveseats at the final at Twickenham on Oct. 31. The đôi mươi participating countries will play across England and Wales with Wembley, the Millennium Stadium, Elland Road, Villa Park & London’s Olympic Stadium among the venues being used. The tournament begins on Sept. 18 next year when England play Fiji at Twickenham. England’s pool games against nước australia and Wales are likely lớn be oversubscribed many times over, despite a top price of 315 pounds, and will be decided by a ballot. However,with tickets for matches such as Samoa vs. United States starting at 15 pounds, organisers claim there is ample opportunity for fans to lớn see some live action. “We have worked hard to lớn develop a ticketing system which makes the application process easy & efficient as possible, và offers flexibility lớn fans,” Rugby World Cup năm ngoái chief executive Debbie Jevans, said in a statement. “Fans have 17 days lớn apply, so there is no rush & they should take time lớn consider what they wouldlike to lớn purchase.” Champions New Zealand, who beat France 8-7 in the final in Auckland in 2011, begin their defence against Argentina at Wembley on Sept. 20. for-phone-onlyfor-tablet-portrait-upfor-tablet-landscape-upfor-desktop-upfor-wide-desktop-up Bài Viết Liên Quan |
