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Rugby World Cup organisers in New Zealand say the code being "on a downer" in Australia is impacting badly on their ticket sales for next year's showpiece.
Figures of phase one ticket sales were released on Thursday with 503,000 tickets sold, a fifth of them overseas, raking in $NZ76 million ($A60.32 million).
But the response from Australia has been underwhelming, with only 2000 Australian Follow Your Team ticket packages sold, compared with 3500 for South African supporters.
On Friday, RNZ 2011 boss Martin Snedden told the New Zealand Herald he expected more interest from Australian supporters.
``There's a suggestion rugby has been on a bit of a downer in Australia, so maybe that's affected things a bit,'' Snedden said.
Some wonder whether the Wallabies' mediocre record in recent years is a key factor.
The Wallabies are in the midst of a nine-match losing streak against the All Blacks and have not lifted the Tri-Nations Cup since 2001 and the Bledisloe Cup since 2002.
Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill told the Herald that Australia's proximity to New Zealand has lulled fans into thinking they can leave buying tickets until later.
New Zealand will renew its attempt to lure Australian supporters across the Tasman by stationing a giant rugby ball at Sydney's Circular Quay.
Phase Two tickets go on sale on September 10, with about 400,000 individual tickets for sale
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/...-1225910926888
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i bought tickets, but i went with the Christchurch option as opposed to the wallaby option..
They always rely on Perth to have good attendance..![]()
or maybe not interested in getting ripped off with accommodation,package deals,etc
Agree, its not that I'm not interested in the Rugby its the prices that have put me off
Alternative title:
Rugby New Zealand blames the ARU for it's own inadequacies
I'm sure if Australia hosted the cup next year there would be far better attendance
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Nothing at all to do with the total lack of accommodation...........
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There is accomodation - got a glossy brochure the other day - prices starting at wait for $16,000 TWIN SHARE - hello having priced themselves out of the running a nudge
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i believe the package that they mention in the article is purely the ticketing package..
the ticketing is broken up into different categories, with the major ones been:
a)follow your team(mentioned in the article)
b)stadium tickets(tickets for all matches at a certain stadium)
there isnt any accomodation or package deals included in those