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England v Wales

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From the BBC.

Youngs and Cole start whilst Genge is on the bench.
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Why are we playing this match?
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ourla wrote:Why are we playing this match?
Money.
“It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.” Sir Winston Churchill.
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Roly wrote:
ourla wrote:Why are we playing this match?
Money.
It can't just be money surely?

Is it a sell out? Anybody going? Anybody planning to watch it?

I am taking the folks out for Sunday lunch!
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ourla wrote:
Roly wrote:
ourla wrote:Why are we playing this match?
Money.
It can't just be money surely?

Is it a sell out? Anybody going? Anybody planning to watch it?

I am taking the folks out for Sunday lunch!
Out of curiosity (as I'm going to the AP final tomorrow) I looked at ticket availability for the game on Sunday - it is, to all intents and purposes, sold out.
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No tickets available? Very odd as the match just before the Summer tour doesn't usually sell out. Have they reduced the capacity?
Nowadays referees decide matches, players by how much.
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ourla wrote:.

I am taking the folks out for Sunday lunch!
Sounds much the better option - have you got room for another ;=) ?
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Robespierre wrote:
ourla wrote:.

I am taking the folks out for Sunday lunch!
Sounds much the better option - have you got room for another ;=) ?
Or another 50-70000 ?
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G.K wrote:No tickets available? Very odd as the match just before the Summer tour doesn't usually sell out. Have they reduced the capacity?
Nope, there only a few seats left apparently. No doubt as you get off the train at Twickenham, there'll be hoards of touts with fistfuls of them (does anyone actually buy from those people?)
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Roly wrote:
G.K wrote:No tickets available? Very odd as the match just before the Summer tour doesn't usually sell out. Have they reduced the capacity?
Nope, there only a few seats left apparently. No doubt as you get off the train at Twickenham, there'll be hoards of touts with fistfuls of them (does anyone actually buy from those people?)
I used to for the Middlesex Sevens, since they were making a loss on those ones.
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ourla wrote:Why are we playing this match?
For the same reason we have the play-offs.
Roly wrote:Money.
Exactly!

Anyway, here's hoping young Ellis gets some game time.
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I'm the ticket sec for my local club and we were told we could have as many tickets as we wanted. I have 26 members all heading to the game and all bar 4 are bringing their kids with them. So it appears to be reasonably popular for a "nothing game".
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BeeJ wrote:...

Anyway, here's hoping young Ellis gets some game time.
And that if he does he doesn't remind any of the Welshers of their antecedents - I quite like lamb!
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piebaps wrote:I'm the ticket sec for my local club and we were told we could have as many tickets as we wanted. I have 26 members all heading to the game and all bar 4 are bringing their kids with them. So it appears to be reasonably popular for a "nothing game".
Out of interest, how much were the tickets?
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One article was quoting 78,000 tickets sold. To be fair, it's not a bad side even with the AP Final players missing. Add in the fact that the game this time of year isn't a "cap" international, and usually against "weaker" opposition (or the Baa-Baas), and you can see why this is more popular.
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