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Offline UK Redsox

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2013, 09:38:15 AM »
Sun 27 Sep - Australia v TBC Noon

I'll be supporting TBC Noon whoever they are!

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2013, 09:39:28 AM »
£715 for the most expensive ticket for the final. Seems a tad excessive.  What got me though was when someone to do with rugby was justifying the cost by saying a family of 4 can watch certain matches for as little as £130. Maybe it's just me but even allowing for it being the world cup that isn't exactly cheap and to hear her she made it sound like a fiver.

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2013, 09:52:43 AM »
Cheapest adult tickets £75 for matches at Villa Park - £15 for kids

Far too much just to watch men play with odd shaped balls

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2013, 09:55:39 AM »
Cheapest adult tickets £75 for matches at Villa Park - £15 for kids

Far too much just to watch men play with odd shaped balls
20 quid for cat D isn't it? I was hoping to bag a couple of them.

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2013, 10:00:01 AM »
I was on the Villa Park tour a couple of weeks ago and in one of the lounges at the back of the Trinity they were holding a taining session for the World cup "Rugby Ambassadors". Will Greenwood was there. I was going to challenge him to a straightener on the car park but looked quite handy.

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2013, 10:03:03 AM »
Whatisname Johnson was at a wedding function at my mates local. My mate couldn't believe just how massive the bloke is. The locals were in their element though as it's more rugby than football there.

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2013, 11:24:11 AM »
Whatisname Johnson was at a wedding function at my mates local. My mate couldn't believe just how massive the bloke is. The locals were in their element though as it's more rugby than football there.

I've met Johnno a few times as we used to regularly play the team where he played as a kid and has a lot of family ties to (I think it was Leicester Lions, it's been a few years though).  As you say, he's a massive guy and more importantly he has a massive presence, he just dominates the room.

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2013, 11:30:55 AM »
I served Bill Beaumont (sp?)once, about 20 years ago and he was the most miserble, nasty, celebrity c**t I had come across.

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2013, 12:33:16 PM »
Whatisname Johnson was at a wedding function at my mates local. My mate couldn't believe just how massive the bloke is. The locals were in their element though as it's more rugby than football there.

I've met Johnno a few times as we used to regularly play the team where he played as a kid and has a lot of family ties to (I think it was Leicester Lions, it's been a few years though).  As you say, he's a massive guy and more importantly he has a massive presence, he just dominates the room.

Rumour has it, that when he was named captain of the British Lions, the manager wanted a captain who "Would fill the door and look down on the opposition skipper"

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2013, 01:47:10 PM »
£715 for the most expensive ticket for the final. Seems a tad excessive.  What got me though was when someone to do with rugby was justifying the cost by saying a family of 4 can watch certain matches for as little as £130. Maybe it's just me but even allowing for it being the world cup that isn't exactly cheap and to hear her she made it sound like a fiver.

Yes but Rugby Union fans are all Lords and can afford those sort of prices  ;)

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2013, 02:03:40 PM »
£715 for the most expensive ticket for the final. Seems a tad excessive.  What got me though was when someone to do with rugby was justifying the cost by saying a family of 4 can watch certain matches for as little as £130. Maybe it's just me but even allowing for it being the world cup that isn't exactly cheap and to hear her she made it sound like a fiver.

Yes but Rugby Union fans are all Lords and can afford those sort of prices  ;)

Yep, I wonder why I lower myself to watch the Villa

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2013, 02:37:25 PM »
I went on a corporate freebie for a meal in a posh central London pub with World Cup winner Ben Kay as a speaker a while back

His talk consisted mainly of describing anybody he didn't like as a "gay-boy" and several tales where oppenents would stick fingers up each others' arseholes whilst engaged in a ruck.

Strange game played by even stranger people.

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2013, 02:42:13 PM »
Whatisname Johnson was at a wedding function at my mates local. My mate couldn't believe just how massive the bloke is. The locals were in their element though as it's more rugby than football there.

I've met Johnno a few times as we used to regularly play the team where he played as a kid and has a lot of family ties to (I think it was Leicester Lions, it's been a few years though).  As you say, he's a massive guy and more importantly he has a massive presence, he just dominates the room.

when my mate worked in Market Harborough, Johnno was his Bank Manager for a while....just imagine that..."the manager would like to see you"
« Last Edit: November 28, 2013, 03:22:27 PM by Dr Butler »

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Re: Rugby Union World Cup 2015
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2014, 03:24:47 PM »
Bumpity bump since the ticket ballots have now been held

 


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