Re: Mitre 10 Final FREE
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 12:35 pm
Sad times, people not paying to see Canterbury vs Auckland.
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You wild and crazy optimist, you.Seneca of the Night wrote:Now this should get the Jafas into the park. Crowd should be 10k+, maybe.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/a ... d=12146015In an unprecedented move, entry to the Auckland v Canterbury provincial rugby final at Eden Park next Saturday will be free.
The Mitre 10 Cup Premiership match, which is at the earlier than scheduled time of 4.05pm because the All Blacks play Australia in Yokohama at 7pm, is hoped to attract a big crowd.
Pfft you old cynic, throw on free beer and you'll get 5k+MungoMan wrote:You wild and crazy optimist, you.Seneca of the Night wrote:Now this should get the Jafas into the park. Crowd should be 10k+, maybe.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/a ... d=12146015In an unprecedented move, entry to the Auckland v Canterbury provincial rugby final at Eden Park next Saturday will be free.
The Mitre 10 Cup Premiership match, which is at the earlier than scheduled time of 4.05pm because the All Blacks play Australia in Yokohama at 7pm, is hoped to attract a big crowd.
Lion Red!Salient wrote:Pfft you old cynic, throw on free beer and you'll get 5k+MungoMan wrote:You wild and crazy optimist, you.Seneca of the Night wrote:Now this should get the Jafas into the park. Crowd should be 10k+, maybe.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/a ... d=12146015In an unprecedented move, entry to the Auckland v Canterbury provincial rugby final at Eden Park next Saturday will be free.
The Mitre 10 Cup Premiership match, which is at the earlier than scheduled time of 4.05pm because the All Blacks play Australia in Yokohama at 7pm, is hoped to attract a big crowd.
the first time is always the hardest.les@mooloolaba wrote:Dont like either cheating cvnts, but i will have to go with Cvnterbury...
go on, get along to it. You can always walk out at halftime when the Cantabs are 20pts up.vintage_cox wrote:I'm living right by Eden Park. Close enough that I can see it out my kitchen window and when it's a packed house I mute the TV and listen to the crowd (so only ABs games)
But I dunno if this will motivate me to go... I'll see what's happening on Saturday
Number 52 will be there, he's lazy but he'll score a couple of tries and make a few try saving tackles.J Man wrote:A final with the top 50 players in the country unavailable. No thanks.
On a technical point of order it is only the top 51 available players out of the country. Factoring in guys like Crockett who don't meet that criteria, certain lazy players may be pushed out to a ranking closer to 60th.UncleFB wrote:Number 52 will be there, he's lazy but he'll score a couple of tries and make a few try saving tackles.J Man wrote:A final with the top 50 players in the country unavailable. No thanks.
That's true, and there are some reserve Highlanders development team loose forwards that will be in the rankings as well. I say we push it out to 70 to be safe.JB1981 wrote:On a technical point of order it is only the top 51 available players out of the country. Factoring in guys like Crockett who don't meet that criteria, certain lazy players may be pushed out to a ranking closer to 60th.UncleFB wrote:Number 52 will be there, he's lazy but he'll score a couple of tries and make a few try saving tackles.J Man wrote:A final with the top 50 players in the country unavailable. No thanks.
That's a quote from Heinrich Himmler, isn't it.JB1981 wrote:the first time is always the hardest.les@mooloolaba wrote:Dont like either cheating cvnts, but i will have to go with Cvnterbury...
I thought Evans made the squad?UncleFB wrote:Number 52 will be there, he's lazy but he'll score a couple of tries and make a few try saving tackles.J Man wrote:A final with the top 50 players in the country unavailable. No thanks.
All Hurricanes coaches before Boyd. I'm not sure of its origin.Ted. wrote:That's a quote from Heinrich Himmler, isn't it.JB1981 wrote:the first time is always the hardest.les@mooloolaba wrote:Dont like either cheating cvnts, but i will have to go with Cvnterbury...
How about you and your Tongan lackey f ck off back to the NRC thread? (or NRC related threads)MungoMan wrote:You wild and crazy optimist, you.Seneca of the Night wrote:Now this should get the Jafas into the park. Crowd should be 10k+, maybe.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/a ... d=12146015In an unprecedented move, entry to the Auckland v Canterbury provincial rugby final at Eden Park next Saturday will be free.
The Mitre 10 Cup Premiership match, which is at the earlier than scheduled time of 4.05pm because the All Blacks play Australia in Yokohama at 7pm, is hoped to attract a big crowd.
Only the top 32 isn't it? The 19 who are only traveling for the Japan game are available as far as I know. If not Canterbury may as well forefit now as that would mean no Romano, Whitelock, Drummond, Cameron, or Bridge.J Man wrote:A final with the top 50 players in the country unavailable. No thanks.
They’ll make more money at the concession stands than they have all year from paid games if they get even a half full stadium.Couch wrote:Auckland rugby running this game at a loss.
Half the country is in your city and you resort to rent a crowds?
The shame.
I would be utterly shocked if the Auckland Rugby Union ran any outlets at Eden Park. This isn't a suburban club ground. Typically these would be independent businesses that would rent the premises off Eden Park.naki wrote:They’ll make more money at the concession stands than they have all year from paid games if they get even a half full stadium.Couch wrote:Auckland rugby running this game at a loss.
Half the country is in your city and you resort to rent a crowds?
The shame.
Well, it kind of is a suburban club ground for the purposes of the Mitre 10Ali's Choice wrote:I would be utterly shocked if the Auckland Rugby Union ran any outlets at Eden Park. This isn't a suburban club ground. Typically these would be independent businesses that would rent the premises off Eden Park.naki wrote:They’ll make more money at the concession stands than they have all year from paid games if they get even a half full stadium.Couch wrote:Auckland rugby running this game at a loss.
Half the country is in your city and you resort to rent a crowds?
The shame.
Not necessarily. Would depend how the outlets are run.naki wrote:Well, it kind of is a suburban club ground for the purposes of the Mitre 10Ali's Choice wrote:I would be utterly shocked if the Auckland Rugby Union ran any outlets at Eden Park. This isn't a suburban club ground. Typically these would be independent businesses that would rent the premises off Eden Park.naki wrote:They’ll make more money at the concession stands than they have all year from paid games if they get even a half full stadium.Couch wrote:Auckland rugby running this game at a loss.
Half the country is in your city and you resort to rent a crowds?
The shame.
Cup but that’s beside the point. NZR would get a cut of any of that sweet, sweet hot dog moolah
You bastardos are going to win convincingly anyway, enough of this “play into Canterbury’s hands” shiteAli's Choice wrote:Not necessarily. Would depend how the outlets are run.naki wrote:Well, it kind of is a suburban club ground for the purposes of the Mitre 10Ali's Choice wrote:I would be utterly shocked if the Auckland Rugby Union ran any outlets at Eden Park. This isn't a suburban club ground. Typically these would be independent businesses that would rent the premises off Eden Park.naki wrote:They’ll make more money at the concession stands than they have all year from paid games if they get even a half full stadium.Couch wrote:Auckland rugby running this game at a loss.
Half the country is in your city and you resort to rent a crowds?
The shame.
Cup but that’s beside the point. NZR would get a cut of any of that sweet, sweet hot dog moolah
This is a loss-making exercise that is being undertaken to increase the crowd at Eden Park for two important reasons;
1) They may return to provincial Rugby as paying customers in 2019. The easiest customers to attract are return customers, and
2) A big crowd may help the team win a title. This would be a massive boon for the team, especially given the ultra-competitive Auckland sporting scene, and greatly enhance their ability to attract sponsors next season. So in the end, a win would easily offset the financial loss made from not selling a few thousand tickets.
I will say though that not many of these Auckland players will have played in front of big crowds. And the pressure will increase the larger the crowd is. This could play into Canterbury's hands.
I only caught the highlights on PR, but it seemed to me that 52 was making a big statement in the semi against Wellington. Perhaps he was lazy only in the non-highlight reel.UncleFB wrote:Number 52 will be there, he's lazy but he'll score a couple of tries and make a few try saving tackles.J Man wrote:A final with the top 50 players in the country unavailable. No thanks.
Large crowd? You're dreaming. They'll get 10k probably. School finals get that much.Ali's Choice wrote:Not necessarily. Would depend how the outlets are run.naki wrote:Well, it kind of is a suburban club ground for the purposes of the Mitre 10Ali's Choice wrote:I would be utterly shocked if the Auckland Rugby Union ran any outlets at Eden Park. This isn't a suburban club ground. Typically these would be independent businesses that would rent the premises off Eden Park.naki wrote:They’ll make more money at the concession stands than they have all year from paid games if they get even a half full stadium.Couch wrote:Auckland rugby running this game at a loss.
Half the country is in your city and you resort to rent a crowds?
The shame.
Cup but that’s beside the point. NZR would get a cut of any of that sweet, sweet hot dog moolah
This is a loss-making exercise that is being undertaken to increase the crowd at Eden Park for two important reasons;
1) They may return to provincial Rugby as paying customers in 2019. The easiest customers to attract are return customers, and
2) A big crowd may help the team win a title. This would be a massive boon for the team, especially given the ultra-competitive Auckland sporting scene, and greatly enhance their ability to attract sponsors next season. So in the end, a win would easily offset the financial loss made from not selling a few thousand tickets.
I will say though that not many of these Auckland players will have played in front of big crowds. And the pressure will increase the larger the crowd is. This could play into Canterbury's hands.
kovana wrote: Fcuk you to the cantab fcuken fans.
As if a final in bummfcuk christchuch would be better. Suck my dick.
With Kovana in attendance, crowd numbers was a big talking point at the last gathering of the cabal at Eden Park. We estimated about 10,000 were there for the North Harbour match, inclusive of everyone wandering around the concourse, all the security guards on duty, those residents who happened to be walking their dogs outside, Helen Clark having her coffee down the street in her house, and maybe the passengers on the passing trains within 50m of Eden.True Blue wrote:
Large crowd? You're dreaming. They'll get 10k probably. School finals get that much.
The reality is apart from a few of us diehards, no one gives a shit about the NPC in Auckland. (and from the looks of it, many other parts of the country). Very sad but that's the reality of it.
Even if the huge and massive underdogs Auckland manage to pull off a win against the Canterbury Machine, the NZH will probably cover it in one article and sandwich it in between articles about Megan Markles belly and Kim Kardisionans tits.
Like every stand at Yarrow?Enzedder wrote:That's the old WEL stand Snappy - don't go there